{"title":"Camisetas","description":"\u003cp\u003eCamisetas hombre, mujer, juvenil e infantil. Animal Kinhood · Yago Partal Studio.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mansa-elefante-africano-de-sabana-camiseta-de-impresion-integral-juvenil","title":"Mansa · African bush elephant · Youth t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMansa settles arguments in the schoolyard without raising her voice. This youth t-shirt carries her full portrait from neck to hem: African bush elephant, eight years old, pink sweater with daisies. Made to order with full-coverage print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe youth t-shirt of Mansa carries the full portrait of an eight-year-old African bush elephant who lives in Maun, Botswana, and has an ability nobody teaches you: she knows how to listen to two people shouting at each other and say something that makes them stop. She doesn't always make them happy. But she makes them stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the yard at the Boseja public primary school, when there's trouble — who's first in line, who copied who, who said something nasty about someone's mother — the kids don't go to the teacher. They go to Mansa. She hears both sides. She doesn't interrupt. She thinks for a moment, sometimes a long one, and says something. The headteacher told her once that she was like a judge. Mansa touched her left ear — she does that when she doesn't know what to do with a compliment — and went back to her seat without replying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Mansa does has a simple explanation: memory. African bush elephants have a hippocampus that doesn't forget: conversations, faces, promises, dates. Mansa remembers who started the fight from last week, what each person said, and whether anyone apologized. That gives her a huge advantage when she mediates: she doesn't need the long version because she already has it. And the kids know it. So they don't lie to her — or at least not twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer friend Bontle is the one who relies on her most, though not for her own disputes. Bontle speaks for both of them: she's the one who drags Mansa out to play when Mansa would rather keep reading, who negotiates with other groups in the yard, who says out loud what Mansa is only thinking. They fight and make up every week, sometimes in the same break. But there's one thing that never fails: when Bontle hasn't brought lunch — it happens sometimes — Mansa takes the extra sandwich out of her bag. Sorghum bread and peanuts. She splits it in half without a word and gives Bontle the bigger half. She doesn't announce it. She doesn't wait to be thanked. She does it because food isn't wasted and because if someone doesn't have any, you share. That simple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBontle isn't the only one who gets fed. Mansa always brings extra food — not because she's hungry, but because she needs to know it's there. If she goes more than four hours without eating, she goes quiet and irritable. Her mother Keitumetse has it figured out: \"Eat, Mantsi, and then tell me.\" Some days the bag comes home empty. Those are the best ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe odd thing is that Mansa doesn't seek that role. She doesn't raise her hand to mediate or volunteer. The others choose her because it works. And it works because she doesn't pick sides before listening, which at age eight is fairly rare. Most kids have already decided who's right before the first sentence is finished. Mansa doesn't. Mansa waits. And when she says \"Ee mma\" — yes, ma'am, a phrase she uses even with friends, a direct inheritance from her mother — the other person knows she's really been heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat you're buying here is a youth t-shirt with Mansa's portrait printed from neck to hem. Full-coverage print, water-based inks, synthetic fabric that holds the color wash after wash. The portrait shows her face-on, with the knitted pink sweater and the embroidered daisies — including the one bottom left, slightly crooked, that she sewed herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's an everyday garment. For the yard, for the street, for a Saturday at home. If someone asks, you explain she's an Animal Kinhood character who sorts out conflicts at recess and has better memory than most adults. If they don't ask, you wear it and that's that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo choose a size, the product selector shows the available options, and the **Size guide** tab has exact measurements by age. Fabric composition, print type, and washing tips are under **Fabric, fit, and construction**. If you want to know how it arrives and when, **Shipping and returns** covers that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMansa beyond the schoolyard — her seamstress mother, the stones she touches every night, the river where she throws stones into the water in the afternoons — has its own space in [Mansa's biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/mansa\/). The t-shirt is the door. 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Mansa counts to two hundred every Saturday while kneading sorghum bread with her mother. Her portrait, printed on cotton edge to edge, no frames or limits. Made to order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Saturday morning, before the heat of Maun makes it impossible to stand near the stove, Mansa and her mother Keitumetse knead sorghum bread in the kitchen of their Boseja home. This women's t-shirt of Mansa carries the portrait of that girl — an eight-year-old African bush elephant — printed edge to edge on the fabric. But before the product, the scene. Because what sets this t-shirt apart from any other is that there's a real person behind it, with a name, with a kitchen, with Saturdays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bread technique comes from Koko, Mansa's paternal grandmother. Shona by origin, from Serowe, four hundred kilometers southeast. Koko knew which stones are good for sharpening, which for grinding, and which are simply beautiful. And she knew how to make sorghum bread in a cast-iron pot over coals: dough kneaded for twenty minutes, pot preheated, low heat. Keitumetse inherited the recipe and repeats it every Saturday with Mansa at her side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMansa counts quietly as they knead. One, two, three. Up to two hundred. It isn't a whim: African elephants have a documented cognitive capacity for processing quantities. Mansa does it without knowing she does it by instinct and by memory. Counting is her way of measuring time. Of knowing the dough is ready without looking at a clock. Of staying focused while her hands — still a child's hands, small compared to her mother's — work the mixture against the table surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cast-iron pot is the same one Koko used. It's heavy. Mansa can't lift it alone. Keitumetse sets it on the stove and Mansa tends the fire. The result doesn't always turn out right. Sometimes the crust is too thick, sometimes the center stays raw. It doesn't matter. What matters is that Saturdays smell of sorghum, of coals, and of her mother's hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKoko died when Mansa was six years old. From pneumonia that started as a cough, at the hospital in Serowe. Mansa didn't go to the funeral. She stayed at Mma Tsheko the neighbor's house. What remained of Koko are three things: the pot, a pair of reading glasses Mansa keeps wrapped in a handkerchief, and the recipe. Saturday is the only appointment Mansa and Keitumetse have with someone who's no longer there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe windowsill stones, the daisy sweater, the Thamalakane river — all of that is in [Mansa's biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/mansa\/). What matters here is one Saturday. A Saturday with a cast-iron pot and two hundred numbers counted quietly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt is a women's garment with a full all-over print of Mansa's portrait. The design isn't limited to a panel on the chest: it covers the whole fabric surface, from the sleeves to the sides. The pink sweater with embroidered daisies, the calm eyes, the background — all of it fills the complete space of the garment. No frames. No blank areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe technique is direct sublimation onto the fabric. The color penetrates the fiber instead of sitting as a surface layer, which gives it durability through washes and a smooth feel — you don't feel the ink when you run your hand over it. For fabric composition, weight, washing instructions, and construction: the **Fabric, fit, and construction** tab. For measurements by size: **Size guide**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery t-shirt is made when you order it. No pre-existing stock, no surplus. Made to order, one by one, and shipped directly. Shipping timelines and return conditions are under **Shipping and returns**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome t-shirts you wear because they're comfortable. And some you wear because what's printed on them means something. This one has the portrait of an eight-year-old girl who kneads bread with her mother on Saturdays, who counts to two hundred quietly, and who lives in a Maun neighborhood where elephants cross the Shorobe road in silence. 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Full-coverage print on fabric, no frame limits. Made to your order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis men's t-shirt of Mansa has her portrait printed edge to edge: an eight-year-old African bush elephant who lives in Maun, Botswana, and has the habit of sitting down to read under a sausage tree when class is done. It doesn't need an explanation. You see it and know there's someone specific behind it: a pink sweater with embroidered daisies, a serious expression for her age, and a wildlife book that's always borrowed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Thamalakane river is ten minutes on foot from the Boseja neighborhood where Mansa lives with her mother. In the afternoons, when she's allowed, she heads down to the bank and sits under a Kigelia africana — the sausage tree, with those huge fruits hanging like lamps from an invisible ceiling. There she does nothing useful. She throws stones into the water, watches birds, and reads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe books come from Mma Kgosidintsi, her science teacher. Early forties, glasses, serious. She has a shelf in the classroom with African wildlife guides she rotates according to the student — because Mansa returns them read within three days and Mma Kgosidintsi already knows to have the next one ready. They aren't children's books: they're manuals with plates, scientific names, distribution maps. Mansa reads them with the same attention she gives to the three stones on her windowsill. Slowly. Without skipping pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat she reads sticks. She has the kind of memory her mother describes with a mix of pride and exhaustion: she remembers whole conversations, promises made months ago, the exact page where the martial eagle appeared. Sometimes on the way to school she stops at Rra Otsile's shop and tells him something she read. Rra Otsile listens carefully, gives her her daily strawberry Chappie, and asks: \"Is that true?\" Mansa nods, serious, and keeps walking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer backpack always holds an extra sorghum bread sandwich and a handful of peanuts. Not hunger. The need to know the food is there. If a friend doesn't have a snack, Mansa shares without saying anything. The sandwich appears split and ready, no ceremony. She's a kid who cares through acts, not words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the sausage tree, book open and sandwich half-eaten, Mansa doesn't look like an eight-year-old. She looks like someone who has decided how she wants to spend the afternoon and isn't going to change her plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat you're buying here is a men's t-shirt with a full all-over print of Mansa's portrait. The design covers the whole fabric surface: sleeves, chest, back, seams. No white border, no unprinted area. The portrait runs edge to edge, with the pink daisy sweater, the background, and that calm expression Mansa has when she's focused on something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe print is done by sublimation on cut fabric. That means the color integrates into the fiber — it doesn't sit on top like a sticker. It doesn't crack, doesn't fade from washes the way a conventional screen print does. To find out exactly what it's made of — composition, weight, construction — the **Fabric, fit, and construction** tab has everything. For sizing, **Size guide** with real measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade to order. Every piece is produced when you order it, which avoids dead stock and surpluses nobody needs. Production and shipping timelines are under **Shipping and returns**. It isn't the model where you buy a t-shirt and take it home immediately. There's a wait. But what arrives is a garment that didn't exist until you ordered it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want to know who Mansa is — why she lives in Maun, where the windowsill stones come from, who made the sweater — you can read [Mansa's biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/mansa\/). Every Animal Kinhood character has a life behind them. The t-shirt is one way to carry it with you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor someone who wants a t-shirt with more than a generic print. For someone who'd rather have a portrait with a name, a neighborhood, borrowed books. Mansa under the sausage tree, reading. 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Mansa, African bush elephant, with her pink sweater of embroidered daisies: full portrait printed from neck to hem, made to order with water-based inks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kids' t-shirt of Mansa is a neck-to-hem printed garment with the portrait of an African bush elephant who is eight years old, lives in the Boseja neighborhood in Maun, Botswana, and wears a knitted pink sweater with daisies embroidered by her mother. If you want to understand why that sweater matters so much, start here. But first, the basics: it's a full-coverage print t-shirt, made to order, and it arrives within the timelines shown on the **Shipping and returns** tab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Boseja, when Keitumetse works nights at the textile cooperative, Mansa doesn't stay alone. She crosses the dirt yard, passes the drying line and the blue jerrycan, and walks into Mma Tsheko's house. Mma Tsheko is in her sixties, a widow, keeps chickens, and isn't the hugging type. She's the doing type. She feeds her dinner — bogobe with morogo, sometimes a piece of chicken if it's been a good week —, lets her watch TV for a while, and before bed, combs her hair with a wide-toothed comb while asking how school went. She doesn't expect long answers. Mansa doesn't give them, at least not at first. But if the day was strange — if someone didn't keep a promise, if there was a fight in the yard, if the water was cut again — then she talks. And Mma Tsheko listens without interrupting, which is exactly what Mansa needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Mma Tsheko doesn't know is that Mansa, when she comes back home in the morning, rearranges things. She moves the glasses from the shelf, turns the mop bucket, shifts the plastic chair in the yard two handwidths to the left. She doesn't do it out of caprice: she does it because moving things helps her process what she feels. If the outside world is unpredictable — power cuts, water cuts, a mother who comes home late from work — at least the kitchen can be the way she wants it. Keitumetse stopped asking why the cast-iron pot wakes up in a different spot. She knows that if Mansa has moved things, something was on her mind. And if nothing's been moved, the day was quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between Mansa and Mma Tsheko has no official name. She isn't her grandmother, isn't her nanny, isn't an employee. In African elephant biology there's a term for this: allomother. A female of the group who cares for young that aren't hers, who watches over them while the mother searches for food or water, who teaches what she knows without anyone formally asking her to. In Boseja, Mma Tsheko does exactly that. She taught Mansa how to sweep a dirt yard without raising dust (the trick: wet the broom first), how to count coins without making mistakes, and not to open the door if she doesn't recognize the voice. Practical things. Things that work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis t-shirt is for those who recognize something in that network of people who hold up a child from the background. Mma Tsheko doesn't appear in any records. She doesn't get paid. She has no title. But without her, Keitumetse couldn't work nights and Mansa wouldn't have someone to comb her hair before sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the person who's going to wear this t-shirt has someone like that — a neighbor, an aunt, a neighborhood lady who's always there — they'll understand. And if they don't, at least they'll know it exists. You can read more about Mansa, her mother, and the people around her in [Mansa's biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/mansa\/).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe portrait fills the whole garment: Mansa face-on, with the pink sweater, the embroidered daisies, and that serious expression that kids have when they listen more than they talk. The print is full-coverage — from shoulder to shoulder, neck to hem — and done with water-based inks on synthetic fabric. That means the color doesn't fade with washing and the image doesn't crack or peel. For sizing, exact fabric composition, and washing tips, the **Fabric, fit, and construction** and **Size guide** tabs have everything you need.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne more thing: made to order. No stock. Every piece is produced when it's ordered, which reduces material and inventory waste. The delivery time is a bit longer than a regular store, but what arrives was made for that specific person, not pulled from a warehouse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"2T","offer_id":57664879591749,"sku":"9773050_33950","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"3T","offer_id":57664879624517,"sku":"9773050_33949","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"4T","offer_id":57664879657285,"sku":"9773050_33951","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"5T","offer_id":57664879690053,"sku":"9773050_33952","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"6","offer_id":57664879722821,"sku":"9773050_33953","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"6X","offer_id":57664879755589,"sku":"9773050_33954","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"7","offer_id":57664879788357,"sku":"9773050_33955","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/mansa_ak-apparel-tshirt-child-000_dcf199e3-b6d2-472d-98be-894479d4eeb7.webp?v=1781808006"},{"product_id":"nayna-guepardo-camiseta-de-impresion-integral-mujer","title":"Nayna · Cheetah · Women's t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear a cheetah with a leather biker jacket and a red polka-dot bandana that belonged to a woman who sold chai at four thirty in the morning. Women's AOP t-shirt with the portrait of Nayna, motorcycle mechanic in Nairobi. Cotton, full print, all-over design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWomen's t-shirt with full print of the portrait of Nayna, the Animal Kinhood cheetah. The design covers the whole garment — chest, back, sleeves — no white borders, no blank areas. Cotton, direct sublimation on the fabric. What you see in the image is what arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd what arrives includes a red polka-dot bandana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Red on red\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you look at Nayna's portrait, three things catch your eye before the face: the black leather biker jacket, the crown of red flowers, and the bandana. Of the three, the bandana is the only one with a proper name behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWanjiku. Nayna's grandmother. She sold chai and mandazi from a tin-and-wood stall next to Syokimau station, on the southern outskirts of Nairobi, every morning from four thirty. The stall smelled of cardamom, boiled milk, and road dust. Nayna went there after school. Wanjiku taught her two things: how to tie a bandana at your neck — \"for the dust and so they know you work\" — and not to speak if you had nothing to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe died on a Tuesday in August, at 74, while preparing the first chai of the day. Heart attack. Nayna arrived twenty minutes later. The first thing she did was close the stall. The second was take the bandana from around her neck. Red with black dots, cotton washed many times, with that feel that clothes have when they've passed through more hands and more dawns than you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe tied it around her own neck. She hasn't taken it off since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the workshop on Lunga Lunga Road, the industrial area of South B where Nayna repairs eight to twelve bikes a week, the bandana picks up grease and red dust like everything else. She washes it on Sundays. By Monday it has a new stain. Sometimes, when she doesn't expect it, a wave of cardamom hits her — someone cooking at a nearby stall, a chai somewhere that isn't the usual place — and her throat tightens for half a second. Then she goes on. She always goes on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers came later. She started buying them shortly after Wanjiku died, three years ago. Wakulima market, two or three times a week, at five thirty in the morning, before opening the workshop. Red if she can. 150 shillings, sometimes 200 if the stall guy sees in her face that she needs them more today. She puts them in an empty oil can on the workbench. Sometimes the petals fall among the wrenches and bolts: red on metal, something living on something that works. She didn't plan it as a ritual. It just happened and now it's what she does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you ask why: \"Because I like it.\" If you ask again: nothing. Silence. The flowers are there and the workshop has flowers and that's all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe portrait captures her with all three reds together. Wanjiku's bandana, the fresh flowers, and the leather jacket she bought at the Gikomba secondhand market with the money from her second rebuilt and resold motorcycle. Three layers of red that weren't planned as a set or as an aesthetic decision. They accumulated, one by one, each for a different reason. Nayna doesn't see it as style. She sees it as her clothes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Wearing it\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt reproduces all of that in full print. Sublimation on cotton: the portrait transfers to the complete fabric, so the bandana, the flowers, and the jacket are there, distributed across the garment without breaks. It's not a logo centered on the chest. It's the whole portrait, in full color, covering the t-shirt top to bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo know how it fits in terms of cut and sizing, check **Size guide** before choosing. Fabric composition, construction, and washing instructions are in **Fabric, fit and construction**. Made to order when you place the order: no pre-existing stock, each unit is made for you. Production and shipping timelines and returns conditions are detailed in **Shipping and returns**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe complete story of Nayna — how she rebuilt her first bike on the sidewalk at night with a flashlight between her teeth, the workshop she opened alone at twenty-two, the 1985 Yamaha SR400 that's been dismantled for eight months and she has no intention of selling — you can read in [her biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nayna\/). It also exists [in men's cut](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nayna\/), with the same portrait and the same full print.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":57664961511749,"sku":"4827582_33943","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":57664961544517,"sku":"4827582_33944","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":57664961577285,"sku":"4827582_33945","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":57664961610053,"sku":"4827582_33946","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":57664961642821,"sku":"4827582_33947","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":57664961675589,"sku":"4827582_33948","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/nayna_ak-apparel-tshirt-women-000_30baaa76-cbb0-4580-805e-0dc303673cd1.webp?v=1781808018"},{"product_id":"nayna-guepardo-camiseta-juvenil-de-impresion-integral","title":"Nayna · Cheetah · Youth t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNayna rebuilt her first motorcycle on the sidewalk, at night, with a flashlight between her teeth. This youth full-print t-shirt carries her portrait — cheetah, mechanic, Nairobi — across the whole surface. For everyday wear, the street, for whoever doesn't need it explained why they like what they like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Nayna youth t-shirt carries her portrait printed across the entire surface: sleeves, front, back. It's not a print centered on the chest. It's a full print that covers the whole garment with the image of a cheetah wearing a black leather biker jacket, a red polka-dot bandana at the neck, and a crown of fresh red flowers on her head. Direct eyes, no calculated charm. A Nairobi motorcycle mechanic who knows exactly what she's looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Eight thousand shillings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEight thousand Kenyan shillings. That's what Nayna paid for a 2008 Honda CB125 that was more dead than alive. Bent frame, blown engine, tank pitted with corrosion. It was sold to her by a boda-boda rider called Ochieng — a motorcycle taxi driver — who didn't know what to do with it anymore. Eight thousand shillings was everything Nayna had at that moment. She was twenty. She'd been repairing bikes on the sidewalk for months, without a workshop, without a space, with four wrenches and a screwdriver. The boda-boda drivers in the area paid her in cash, sometimes in kind: a helmet, half a tank of gas, a plate of food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe didn't always eat every day. But every night she wrote down what she'd earned in a squared notebook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CB125 was a bet she had no right to make. But Nayna doesn't think in terms of right. She thinks in terms of: can this be fixed or not. And that bike could be fixed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe rebuilt it in two months. At night, on the sidewalk, with a flashlight clamped between her teeth because she had no lamp, no power, no covered place to work. She disassembled parts, cleaned them, checked them under the white beam of the flashlight while matatus roared past kicking up dust behind her. When it was done — when she turned the key and the engine started clean for the first time — it was the first time she heard herself make a sound she didn't know she made. A low hum, almost a purr, rising from her chest. Mwangi, her current apprentice, calls it \"Nayna's engine.\" She doesn't know he calls it that. Or she knows and says nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe sold the CB125. With the money from that one and the second rebuilt bike, she bought two things: more tools and a leather jacket at Gikomba, Nairobi's secondhand market. A black biker, diagonal zip, slightly large. She altered it herself. She hasn't taken it off since. There's a tear in the inner lining, on the left side, that's been there for two years. She knows how to sew leather. She hasn't fixed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## On the street\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat story — the bike, the sidewalk, the flashlight — isn't an ornament. It's the core of what you see in the portrait. Nayna looks like someone who has had to solve problems without help, without a safety net, without anyone telling her whether she was doing it right. Who learned by watching, worked with her hands, and built her own workshop by not giving up and keeping her accounts in a notebook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow she's twenty-five and has a workshop on Lunga Lunga Road, South B's industrial zone, Nairobi. It's called NAYNA MOTORS. She fixes eight to twelve bikes a week, mostly boda-boda that break the way anything breaks when it works fourteen hours a day. And every two or three months something better comes along: an old bike to restore, a crash bike she buys at auction. Those projects she works on at the end of the day, when the light is still coming through the door but the customers have left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the back of the workshop she has a 1985 Yamaha SR400 she bought at auction. Blown engine, incredible chrome underneath the grime. It's been dismantled for eight months, every part cleaned and photographed. She's in no hurry. It's not for sale. It's the first bike she's restoring just for herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt works because the portrait has weight. It's not a mascot or a generic illustration: it's someone with a story, with a workshop, with a routine, and with a cat sleeping on the bench rags. If you're drawn to another character with that same contained intensity, [Nala](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nala\/) shares something of that register. If you want to know more about how Nayna got to where she is, the [full biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nayna\/) tells everything — from Athi River to the flowers she buys every morning at Wakulima market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor exact sizes and measurements, check **Size guide**. Fabric and construction are detailed in **Fabric, fit and construction**. Made to order: shipping timelines and returns policy in **Shipping and returns**.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"8","offer_id":57664963674437,"sku":"1669855_33956","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"10","offer_id":57664963707205,"sku":"1669855_33957","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12","offer_id":57664963739973,"sku":"1669855_33958","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"14","offer_id":57664963772741,"sku":"1669855_33959","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"16","offer_id":57664963805509,"sku":"1669855_33960","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"18","offer_id":57664963838277,"sku":"1669855_33961","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20","offer_id":57664963871045,"sku":"1669855_33962","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/nayna_ak-apparel-tshirt-youth-000_fef040df-57f4-4c61-afb8-59b26d1b039d.webp?v=1781808029"},{"product_id":"nayna-guepardo-camiseta-infantil-de-impresion-integral","title":"Nayna · Cheetah · Kids t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngine grease on the knuckles, red flowers on her head, and a leather jacket she's been wearing since she was twenty. This kids' full-print t-shirt carries the portrait of Nayna, cheetah and motorcycle mechanic in Nairobi, across the whole surface. For daily wear, the park, or school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kids' t-shirt of Nayna, the cheetah, carries her portrait printed across the whole surface: front, back, and sleeves. What you see is a cheetah in a black leather biker jacket, a red polka-dot bandana at the neck, and fresh flowers on her head. Under all that, a basic white t-shirt. Direct gaze. No forced smile, no catalog pose. A Nairobi motorcycle mechanic looking straight ahead the way someone does who has spent years diagnosing problems before the owner even notices them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Look first\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNayna learned mechanics without anyone teaching her. Her father repaired trucks on the A109, the road connecting Nairobi to Mombasa, and she used to sit next to him after school. She didn't ask questions. She didn't ask for explanations. She just stayed there, handing him wrenches before he asked for them, watching how her father's hands moved under the chassis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy ten she could tell a diesel from a petrol engine just from the sound of the ignition. She hadn't studied it. She'd heard it hundreds of times, sitting in the dust of Athi River, the town southeast of Nairobi where she grew up, with the sound of trucks in the background and the smell of diesel floating in the hot midafternoon air. Her mother sewed in a textile factory. Her grandmother Wanjiku sold chai from a tin stall next to Syokimau station. Nayna absorbed everything without a filter: engines, fabric, cardamom, road dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat she learned in those years wasn't mechanics. It was a method. Look first. Listen. Let the machine tell you what's wrong before putting your hand in. At fourteen, a tanker truck crushed her father's left foot. He didn't lose it, but he could no longer work under a chassis. The tools sat idle in a box. Nayna was fifteen when she started using them to fix neighborhood bicycles. At sixteen, boda-boda bikes. The drivers of those 125cc motorcycle taxis that move half of Nairobi paid her in cash, sometimes in kind: a helmet, half a tank of petrol, a plate of food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe didn't always eat every day. But every night she wrote down what she'd earned in a squared notebook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's something of that in this t-shirt. Not in a symbolic way: directly. It's a garment that carries the portrait of someone who looks closely, who doesn't need to talk to understand what's in front of her. The kind of image a kid can look at many times and find new things each time. The spots on the cheetah's fur. The gold buttons on the jacket cuffs. The red flowers on her head, which Nayna buys two or three times a week at Wakulima market before opening the workshop, because since her grandmother died she hasn't stopped doing it. If the kid asks why a cheetah wears flowers, you've got a conversation that can go a long way. [Nayna's biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nayna\/) tells the whole story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## For the one who watches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe print covers the whole t-shirt — it's not vinyl stuck on the chest or a centered patch. The portrait extends across the entire surface, making the garment look different from the usual printed t-shirt. For exact sizes and fit by age, check the **Size guide** tab. Construction and fabric are in **Fabric, fit and construction**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's not a t-shirt that shouts. It's a t-shirt that, if you look closely, has a lot of detail. That distinction matters more than you'd think when it comes to kids' clothes: some kids prefer to wear something they love without the whole playground commenting on it. Others want to show it to everyone. This works for both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade to order. Each unit is produced when it's ordered, which means no stockpile and no sizes permanently out of stock. Production and shipping timelines, returns, and anything about delivery are in **Shipping and returns**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNayna works in a workshop on Lunga Lunga Road, South B's industrial area, Nairobi. The workshop is called NAYNA MOTORS: handpainted sign on the blue gate. Inside there's a long workbench, tools hung on wooden panels, a compressor, a ficus in one corner, and a cat sleeping on the rags. The cat doesn't belong to anyone. Mwangi, the nineteen-year-old apprentice, calls it Jefe. Nayna puts water out for the cat and hasn't given it a name. Those details — the cat, the flowers, the jacket with a tear in the lining she won't repair even though she can sew leather — are what make the portrait work as an image. It's not just an animal in clothes: it's someone with recognizable habits, real quirks, and a particular way of being in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"2T","offer_id":57664964526405,"sku":"4224014_33950","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"3T","offer_id":57664964559173,"sku":"4224014_33949","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"4T","offer_id":57664964591941,"sku":"4224014_33951","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"5T","offer_id":57664964624709,"sku":"4224014_33952","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"6","offer_id":57664964657477,"sku":"4224014_33953","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"6X","offer_id":57664964690245,"sku":"4224014_33954","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"7","offer_id":57664964723013,"sku":"4224014_33955","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/nayna_ak-apparel-tshirt-child-000_1c0d21c4-1df5-4b49-bb8d-cc5d87b1c65e.webp?v=1781808034"},{"product_id":"nayna-guepardo-camiseta-de-impresion-integral-hombre","title":"Nayna · Cheetah · Men's t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does a cheetah do when the engine has been running for four hours and her hands can't tell grease from skin? Men's full-print t-shirt with the portrait of Nayna, the motorcycle mechanic from Nairobi. Cotton, complete print, for everyday wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis men's t-shirt with the portrait of Nayna, the Animal Kinhood cheetah, comes with full printing: the design covers the whole garment, not just the chest. What you see in the image is what you get. Cotton, straight cut, to wear with jeans, under a jacket, or as a first layer without overthinking it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut before the product, one thing about Nayna that explains quite a bit of what you'll see in the portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## How she works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNayna fixes bikes in a workshop in South B, Nairobi. The industrial zone of Lunga Lunga Road, sheet-metal sheds, red dust when it's dry and red mud when it rains, boda-boda riders coming and going at any hour. Eight to twelve bikes a week, mostly 125cc taxis that break down the way anything breaks down when it works fourteen hours a day. Punctures, brakes, chains, clutches. And she works the way a cheetah hunts, although she'd never use that comparison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBursts. She can spend four hours straight with an engine without lifting her head. Hands moving with a precision that looks rehearsed but is accumulated instinct — years of Gedore wrenches inherited from her father, a truck mechanic from Athi River who taught her without teaching her, simply by not stopping her — and nights rebuilding a totaled Honda CB125 on the sidewalk with a flashlight clamped between her teeth. She doesn't eat. She doesn't talk. She doesn't stop. Not even Mwangi, the nineteen-year-old apprentice who has been at the workshop for eight months, dares to interrupt those hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then she shuts off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe sits on the red stool, drinks half a liter of water in one go, stares into space for five minutes. If the day has been especially long — three bikes finished, a tricky diagnosis, a customer trying to haggle after the work is done — she's capable of closing the workshop at noon, taking a matatu to Naivasha and sitting by the lake for three hours watching flamingos. On Monday she comes back as if nothing happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople who don't know her think she's unreliable. That she can't be counted on. Those who know her know that's how she works: first she burns, then she cools down. If she doesn't cool down, her hands shake. And if her hands shake, she won't work. Not because she can't, but because she refuses to do something badly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a sound she makes when an engine starts clean: a low hum, almost a purr, that comes from her chest without her deciding it. Mwangi calls it \"Nayna's engine.\" She doesn't know he calls it that. Or she knows and says nothing. With Nayna you're never sure how much she knows about what's going on around her. The answer usually is: more than you'd think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMama Amina, from the chai stall three doors down from the workshop, is the first to notice when Nayna doesn't show up in the morning. She doesn't ask. When Nayna comes back, she serves the usual cup. 50 shillings, standing up, no conversation. Both of them know that's enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the back of the workshop there's a 1985 Yamaha SR400, dismantled. It's been that way for eight months. Every piece cleaned, photographed, cataloged. Some she's had custom-made. She's in no hurry. It's not for sale. It's the first motorcycle she's restoring for herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Cotton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt is cotton with sublimation printing: the portrait transfers to the complete fabric, it's not a patch stuck on or a screen print that cracks with washing. The result has that quality of full-print garments: the image doesn't break at the seams, no white edges, no uncovered area. For sizing and fit, check **Size guide** before choosing. The fabric, exact composition and care are in **Fabric, fit and construction**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade to order. No pre-existing stock: each unit is produced when you order it. Lead times and shipping conditions in **Shipping and returns**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want to know more about Nayna — the red bandana from her grandmother Wanjiku, the flowers she buys at Wakulima market before opening the workshop, the Honda CB125 she rebuilt at night on the sidewalk and that's still her motorcycle — [her full biography is here](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nayna\/). 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Soft colors and a character that looks straight at you — good for kids who move and don't stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kids' all-over print Yeray t-shirt is a piece for every day, not for saving. The portrait reads fast: a bright yellow canary with a light blue beanie and a pastel-block knit sweater. The gaze is direct, no strange expression. That's why a lot of kids take to it — it looks like a character who answers when you talk to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYeray, the Atlantic canary, works with sound and archive in La Laguna and, from time to time, runs workshops with schools. Not long classes. Simple exercises: close your eyes, count three sounds, learn that silence isn't a punishment. That same idea is in this t-shirt: color without noise, energy without shouting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## For kids who get dirty, run, and come back\nIf the kid who's going to wear it never sits still, the design holds up because it's large and centered. It doesn't get lost in a small pattern. In photos, you see it. At the playground, you recognize it. And because the sweater tones are soft, it doesn't go \"loud\" even if the rest of the outfit is plain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a scene that fits Yeray well: crossing the Plaza del Adelantado early, with long shadows still stretching, backpack over one shoulder and notebook in his pocket. In the workshops, when a kid gets overexcited, he doesn't correct with shouting. He opens a window, turns the volume down a notch, and carries on. That way of caring — through small actions — is what someone carries when they put the t-shirt on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**Question:** How do I choose a size if the kid is between two ages?  \n**Answer:** Don't rely only on age. Go to the **Size guide** and choose by measurements. If in doubt, decide based on whether you prefer more or less room (and confirm in the guide).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## What's worth checking in the tabs\nWith a kids' garment, three things usually matter most: how it fits, how it's cared for, and how it arrives. It's all organized in:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- **Fabric, fit, and construction**: to know what the garment is like and what to expect when you put it on.  \n- **Size guide**: real measurements to choose from.  \n- **Shipping and returns**: the operational part.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt home, this t-shirt also works as an \"activity uniform\": a trip, a birthday, an afternoon at the library, a walk around the neighborhood. The colors are cheerful without being fluorescent, and the portrait background is clean, so it pairs with solid pants and hoodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want to add a story (without making anything up), you can share something simple: Yeray is very strict about smoke and recording people without their permission. Not because he's \"sensitive,\" but because he knows that invading is easy and repairing is hard. 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A design that's bright and understated at the same time — works as the main piece or as a layer under a jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis women's all-over print Yeray t-shirt has a rare quality: it's eye-catching by color, but it's not loud. The portrait is front-facing, the background is clean, and the expression is calm. The piece can work as the \"hero\" of an outfit or as an inner layer peeking out under a jacket, without turning into a carnival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYeray, the Atlantic canary, lives in La Laguna and works with sound and archive. His world is full of invisible details: clean cuts in a recording, labels that organize, permissions that protect people. In the t-shirt, that care translates into a design that reads at a glance. No extra ornaments. Just the character and his knit outfit: light blue beanie, pastel sweater, and a gaze that isn't trying to please anyone — just to be there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## How it fits into your daily wardrobe\nIf your wardrobe is mostly neutral (blacks, jeans, grays), this t-shirt adds color without asking you to change everything. If you already wear color, the design holds because the tones are soft and the portrait background acts as a rest. An AOP t-shirt can be \"too much\" when there are too many elements; the centered framing here avoids that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the character there's a very specific way of caring: not with speeches, but with small actions. Opening a window before starting to work, turning it down instead of up, sending a short message with three options. It's easy to read in the portrait even without knowing the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**Question:** Will it still look good if I wear it under an open coat?  \n**Answer:** Yes, because the portrait has a clear center and a neutral background. The part that shows is still readable. For the exact fit, confirm in the **Size guide**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## The technical part, where it belongs (tabs)\nTo decide with confidence, three tabs cover what matters:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- **Fabric, fit, and construction**: composition, drape, and care.  \n- **Size guide**: measurements for choosing without guessing.  \n- **Shipping and returns**: timelines and conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt also works well as a gift when you know someone who lives \"morning-first\" or who needs calm in their daily life. Not because the character is \"zen,\" but because his expression and clean background don't create noise. It's a portrait that doesn't demand energy when you look at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if you want the gift to have a story (without inventing anything), you can pair it with a real detail about the character: Yeray's clean air rule. He avoids smoke with quiet firmness. If he's somewhere stuffy, he suggests stepping outside and that's that. That way of living, without drama, is part of the appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read his full biography — La Laguna, the sound archive, the listening walks, and the people around him — the [Yeray biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/yeray\/) is there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":57727766200645,"sku":"9401110_33943","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":57727766233413,"sku":"9401110_33944","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":57727766266181,"sku":"9401110_33945","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":57727766298949,"sku":"9401110_33946","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":57727766331717,"sku":"9401110_33947","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":57727766364485,"sku":"9401110_33948","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/yeray_ak-apparel-tshirt-women-000_50b2bcc1-5245-44db-a63c-52851e841fe1.webp?v=1781808486"},{"product_id":"yeray-canario-atlantico-camiseta-aop-hombre","title":"Yeray · Atlantic canary · Men's t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn all-over print men's t-shirt with Yeray's portrait. Color and calm in a daily-wear piece — made to move in, not to perform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis men's all-over print Yeray t-shirt is built to head out early and come back late without the garment giving you extra work. The portrait is clear and front-facing, with colors that read from a distance: bright yellow, blue beanie, pastel knit. It works as a clothing piece, not as a poster stuck to your body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYeray, the Atlantic canary, lives in La Laguna and works with sound and archive. His day usually starts before most people's. When he walks to the radio station, the air is cooler and the streets are half empty. In that routine, clothes have to work: comfortable layer, easy movement, and some visibility so people see you crossing. That idea is inside the t-shirt: color that orients, an expression that doesn't shout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## For wearing without \"feeling\" it on you\nAn AOP t-shirt can put people off if they're thinking about stiff or rigid prints. Here the image is large, yes, but the clean background and centered framing make it read as a portrait, not a collage. In a simple outfit (jeans, dark pants, sneakers), the t-shirt does the work of a \"focal point\" without you needing to add anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn everyday life, Yeray is someone who turns down the volume. He doesn't go somewhere to take it over; he goes to leave it ready. That calm shows in how the portrait enters the garment: no aggressive expression, no irony. A face looking at you and a sweater that looks genuinely soft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**Question:** How do I choose a size without guessing?  \n**Answer:** Check the **Size guide** tab. That's where the measurements and equivalents are. If you're between two, decide based on whether you prefer a closer or looser fit (and confirm in the guide).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Details worth checking before you buy (no invented specs)\nThe technical side of the garment — fabric, drape, care, finishes — can't be figured out from a photo. So before buying, it's better to go to:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- **Fabric, fit, and construction**: to see materials and how it behaves when worn.  \n- **Size guide**: to choose with real measurements.  \n- **Shipping and returns**: to know timelines and conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nice thing about wearing an Animal Kinhood character is when you don't have to explain it. Someone can look at you and say \"great colors\" and that's it. If they want to know more, then you can tell the story: that Yeray works archiving soundscapes, that he has a rule about smoke, that he leads listening walks through the city. But you're not obligated. The t-shirt works even if you say nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's also a practical reading: the front portrait doesn't \"get lost\" when you move. In group photos, it reads. On the street, it's recognizable. And because the background is clean, it goes with jackets or hoodies without making visual noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want the routine behind the portrait — the wind-arrow notebook, the early coffee, the archive with date and consent — it's all in the [Yeray biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/yeray\/).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":57727767052613,"sku":"6682609_33937","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":57727767085381,"sku":"6682609_33938","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":57727767118149,"sku":"6682609_33939","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":57727767150917,"sku":"6682609_33940","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":57727767183685,"sku":"6682609_33941","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":57727767216453,"sku":"6682609_33942","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/yeray_ak-apparel-tshirt-men-000_2f90021e-befc-4bc5-a5de-db7d09f04e17.webp?v=1781808491"},{"product_id":"yeray-canario-atlantico-camiseta-juvenil-aop","title":"Yeray · Atlantic canary · Youth t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA youth AOP t-shirt with Yeray: a clear portrait, soft colors, and calm presence. Wears well with jeans, sweats, or under a hoodie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis youth all-over print Yeray t-shirt needs no context to work. It's a front-facing portrait, clean and recognizable, with colors that don't fade: bright yellow, light blue, and pastel. It can go as the main piece or as a layer that peeks out, and it doesn't end up \"shouting\" in photos or on the street.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYeray, the Atlantic canary, works with sound and archive. He has a way of being that's useful for adolescence: doesn't push you to talk more than you want, but doesn't treat you like you're invisible either. On the listening walks he organizes, sometimes teens come who don't want a \"cultural activity\" — they just want to walk. Yeray gets it. He gives them two simple rules: don't invade anyone, and listen before you speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## A piece for moving (and for not explaining)\nIn this t-shirt there's something that works for anyone still finding their place: the portrait looks straight at you, but doesn't judge. No forced smile, no pose. Calm presence. That means you can wear it without feeling like you're carrying a message.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn practice, the centered design doesn't get lost if you're carrying a backpack, if you put a jacket on over it, or if you move a lot. On a normal day — class, errands, training, meeting up with friends — the t-shirt holds up because it doesn't rely on small details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want to play with layers, it works well with a plain hoodie over it: when you open the zipper or take off the layer, the color appears without the whole thing becoming too much. And if you prefer to keep things low-key, the t-shirt also goes with a denim jacket or a windbreaker: the neutral background of the portrait acts as a visual rest for the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**Question:** Does the print stand out too much in everyday life?  \n**Answer:** It stands out because it's a large portrait, but it doesn't get \"tiring\" because the background is clean and the palette is soft. To see what the fabric is like and how it falls, check **Fabric, fit, and construction**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Sizes, fit, and what you shouldn't guess\nWith youth clothing, the usual questions are always the same: size, comfort, and care. Instead of guessing, it's better to go to:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- **Size guide**: to choose with real measurements.  \n- **Fabric, fit, and construction**: to see how the garment is made and what to expect when wearing it.  \n- **Shipping and returns**: for the operational part.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a detail about the character that tends to resonate with young people: Yeray doesn't make a show of \"being different.\" He does his work and sets clear limits. If there's smoke, he doesn't go in. If someone doesn't want to be recorded, they're not recorded. Seems obvious, but not everyone does it. That consistency reads without needing to read the biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill, if you want to know more, his story is in La Laguna: open windows, early coffee, archives with dates and permissions. It's in the [Yeray biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/yeray\/).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"8","offer_id":57727772492101,"sku":"8745972_33956","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"10","offer_id":57727772524869,"sku":"8745972_33957","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12","offer_id":57727772557637,"sku":"8745972_33958","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"14","offer_id":57727772590405,"sku":"8745972_33959","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"16","offer_id":57727772623173,"sku":"8745972_33960","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"18","offer_id":57727772655941,"sku":"8745972_33961","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20","offer_id":57727772688709,"sku":"8745972_33962","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/yeray_ak-apparel-tshirt-youth-000_98464b57-0324-44d8-a316-618707c462f5.webp?v=1781808497"},{"product_id":"liam-oso-negro-americano-camiseta-de-impresion-integral-mujer","title":"Liam · American black bear · Women's t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixty thousand hectares of temperate forest twenty minutes by car. Liam goes into the Pisgah for wild honey, sassafras root, and spruce bark the way you'd go to the grocery store. His American black bear portrait, Fair Isle sweater and skulls, printed on cotton seam to seam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTake the Liam women's T-shirt to the trail: the portrait of the American black bear who knows Pisgah National Forest the way you know your own kitchen shelves, printed full size on cotton. The thick knit sweater with turquoise neckline, the Fair Isle motifs, the skulls in fuchsia and orange. The whole portrait, shoulder to shoulder, with the irregular texture of something handmade visible in every detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Sixty thousand acres\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePisgah National Forest has sixty thousand hectares of temperate forest twenty minutes by car from West Asheville. Liam knows the trails by heart: Looking Glass Rock, Bent Creek, Pink Beds. He goes to look for ingredients as naturally as someone else goes to the supermarket. Wild honey when the season allows. Spruce bark to experiment with. Sassafras root, which has an unmistakable smell and a flavor that doesn't resemble anything you can buy packaged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe American black bear is an opportunistic omnivore. Seventy or eighty percent of its diet in the wild is plant matter: fruit, roots, shoots, bark, berries. In Liam that translates into something very concrete: he eats everything, tries everything, combines without prejudice. If something is left over it transforms into something else. Food doesn't get thrown out. That rule isn't something he learned in any sustainability course. He learned it watching his mother work double shifts in a roadside restaurant where nothing was wasted because there was no margin for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## What grows without permission\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForaging is a word that sounds romantic until you practice it. It means getting up early, walking, crouching, distinguishing what's edible from what isn't, carrying weight back, cleaning and processing before it spoils. Liam does it because it's cheaper and better than buying. But also because his sense of smell turns the forest into a map he reads without effort. He smells where there's honey before he sees the hive. He knows if a berry is ripe without tasting it. A nasal capacity a hundred times greater than a human's doesn't register until you watch Liam walking a trail with his eyes half closed, orienting himself by what reaches him before he looks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose ingredients end up in his seasonal beers. A sourwood porter — from a tree endemic to the Appalachians — with autumn olive berries he foraged in the Pisgah won a local competition and put the brewery on the map. But most of what he gathers doesn't win competitions. It simply works: it gives flavor, gives identity, gives meaning to a process that starts on the trail and ends in a glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## From the trail to the pot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe T-shirt carries the portrait of someone who smells the bark before deciding if it's good, who chews a berry before putting it in the pot, who prefers the forest to the supplier when he can choose. The Fair Isle yoke of the sweater — that band of geometric motifs in fuchsia, yellow, and turquoise on black — mixes Appalachian textile tradition with a touch that Liam probably wouldn't call punk but is: large skulls alternating fuchsia and orange, irregular, handmade, with that texture that says someone knitted them without a template.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe print is AOP — full coverage, seam to seam — on cotton. If you want to know how it looks worn, what size fits you, or how to care for it, in **Fabric, fit, and construction** and **Size guide** you'll find the information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiam's whole story is in his [biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/liam\/): from the Great Smoky Mountains to Asheville, the three years as a helper, his own brewery, the mother who still works in the Smokies, the hop-stained recipe notebook that never leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## A T-shirt for those who walk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade to order — printed when you request it, no accumulated stock — and arrives in the timelines you'll find in **Shipping and returns**. It's a T-shirt to wear on a Saturday morning, to go to the market, for a trail that doesn't need technical gear but just the desire to walk and something comfortable on top. If you're looking for something warmer with the same portrait, [Liam's unisex hoodie](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/liam\/) works as a layer for the trail days when the temperature drops when you enter the forest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":57727787434309,"sku":"4112090_33943","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":57727787467077,"sku":"4112090_33944","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":57727787499845,"sku":"4112090_33945","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":57727787532613,"sku":"4112090_33946","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":57727787565381,"sku":"4112090_33947","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":57727787598149,"sku":"4112090_33948","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/liam_ak-apparel-tshirt-women-000_21e2553e-6e4d-4dc7-b504-65a9f0bbcab6.webp?v=1781808542"},{"product_id":"liam-oso-negro-americano-camiseta-de-impresion-integral-hombre","title":"Liam · American black bear · Men's t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree years cleaning tanks and moving twenty-five-kilo sacks of malt at Highland Brewing before daring with his own recipe. This portrait of Liam, the American black bear craft brewer in West Asheville, carries his Fair Isle skull sweater printed full size on cotton. By Yago Partal for Animal Kinhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis men's Liam T-shirt carries the portrait of the West Asheville craft-brewing American black bear printed full size on cotton: the thick knit sweater with turquoise neckline, the Fair Isle motifs in fuchsia and yellow, the skulls in orange on a dark background, the texture of something handmade. The whole portrait, shoulder to shoulder, with the resolution it needs so the irregular knit of the fabric is visible from half a meter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Twenty-five kilos of malt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiam worked three years at Highland Brewing, Asheville's oldest brewery. His boss was named Earl. He talked little. He taught what gets taught without speeches: that beer doesn't forgive rushing and that ego doesn't improve the hops. Liam did what was his to do. He cleaned tanks, moved twenty-five-kilo sacks of malt, monitored temperatures. And watched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree years doing someone else's work before doing his own. Most people need much less time to convince themselves they already know enough. Liam needed three full seasons — three autumns of peak production, three slow winters, three springs starting from scratch — to feel he'd seen enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## What Earl taught without talking\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne day he modified a recipe without permission. He added fifteen percent more hops to the IPA because he thought it needed it. Earl tasted it, looked at him, and said something Liam hasn't forgotten: \"It's good. But it's not mine. If you want to make yours, find a place.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe didn't fire him. He opened the door. And since then Liam doesn't touch anyone's recipe without being asked. It sounds like manners. It's something else. It's knowing that someone else's beer has its reasons, even if you can't see them, and that changing it without asking is a type of arrogance you don't notice until someone like Earl points it out with six words and a glass in hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe T-shirt carries that portrait. The skull sweater, the direct gaze, the hands you can't see but that you sense are large, dense, built for moving sacks and holding pint glasses. Look at the Fair Isle yoke — that band of geometric motifs crossing the shoulders — and you'll see Appalachian textile tradition mixing with something more urban, more punk, more like someone who respects the forms but doesn't stay still inside them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## A recipe that wasn't his\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wears it with the same jeans as always, the same boots, the same workshop routine at seven in the morning. It's a garment for going to buy hops, for carrying boxes, for sitting on the porch at the end of the day with a glass of whatever came out that day. It asks nothing special. It doesn't demand matching. It works with the rest of the things you already have because it doesn't compete with any of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe portrait is printed in AOP — full print, seam to seam — on cotton. The detail of the sweater reproduces with enough definition for someone who knows Fair Isle motifs to recognize them, and for someone who doesn't to simply see an interesting fabric with skulls that don't frighten but amuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWant to know more about Liam — where he's from, why he opened his own brewery, what his relationship with the forest is? His [full biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/liam\/) tells all of that, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the West Asheville workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Cotton that says something\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're interested in how the print works, the cotton, or the sizing, in **Fabric, fit, and construction** and **Size guide** you'll find the data. It's a T-shirt made to order: produced when you request it, which is this project's way of not accumulating stock no one has asked for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the [Animal Kinhood objects collection](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/objects\/) there are other characters with stories just as specific. Each portrait has its own sweater, its own texture, its own way of standing in front of the camera. Liam looks straight ahead, not smiling too much, with the calm of someone who has learned to wait before acting. On a T-shirt, that shows.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":57727789367621,"sku":"5213280_33937","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":57727789400389,"sku":"5213280_33938","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":57727789433157,"sku":"5213280_33939","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":57727789465925,"sku":"5213280_33940","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":57727789498693,"sku":"5213280_33941","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":57727789531461,"sku":"5213280_33942","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/liam_ak-apparel-tshirt-men-000_ec14580d-c328-48bc-b38d-dbca76f510ae.webp?v=1781808564"},{"product_id":"nur-pangolin-de-sunda-camiseta-juvenil-impresion-integral","title":"Nur · Malayan pangolin · Youth t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eYouth t-shirt with the portrait of Nur, the Malayan pangolin, by Yago Partal. All-over print on cotton: the portrait of a kid who climbs trees without thinking, who watches the street from the fork of a frangipani, and who knows his neighborhood better from above.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis youth t-shirt of Nur carries the portrait of the Malayan pangolin printed across the full surface: light blue denim overalls, pale pink and white striped t-shirt, and the sand-colored scales covering his head and arms. All-over print on cotton, front and back. For fabric and construction details: **Fabric, fit and construction**. Sizes in **Size guide**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## The frangipani on the ground floor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the void deck of Nur's block — the covered ground-floor space in Singapore's HDB blocks, where neighbors sit and children play — there's an old frangipani tree. The trunk is knotted, the gray bark cracks in plates, and the low branches form a fork two meters off the ground. Nur climbs up there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the fork he sees the street, the lights of the blocks across from him, the pavement where the neighbors who come back from the hawker centre walk. At that height the void deck looks different. The concrete benches, the table where Uncle Razak fixes bikes, the stretch of tile where Aminah sits at five in the afternoon. It all fits in one glance. It's his lookout. Aminah doesn't tell him to come down anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNur lives in Toa Payoh, a mature neighborhood of Singapore, in a two-bedroom HDB flat on the eighth floor, with his grandmother Aminah. Toa Payoh is working class, multicultural, with nearby parks and paths where sometimes, at night, wild pangolins cross. Aminah and Nur walk five minutes to school every morning. In the afternoon, they go down to the void deck. It's an extension of the flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Climbing where others walk by\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first thing Nur did when he got to the void deck at age two was try to climb the frangipani. His arms weren't long enough. At four, he could already reach the first branch. At six, he goes up without stopping and without looking down. And when he comes down, the bark leaves a sweet resin smell on his palms that lasts until the evening bath. The claws of the Malayan pangolin are built for climbing: strong, curved, able to grip bark and branches. The prehensile tail supports the full weight of the body hanging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Nur, that translates into a child who climbs everything. The living room bookcase, the kitchen doorframe, the school playground structures. What other children avoid — the high branch, the low wall, the void deck railing — Nur looks at, calculates, and climbs. He does it quietly, without asking for help, without warning. Aminah discovered him one afternoon sitting in the frangipani fork when she thought he was down below playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contradiction is that Nur, who climbs trees without hesitation, freezes on escalators in shopping centers. Natural heights are his. Artificial ones, with the mechanical movement and the crowded space, produce something that closes his body. He stands still at the edge, holding Aminah's hand, until she steers him around and they find the regular stairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## The view from above\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the frangipani fork, Nur sees things that can't be seen from the ground. The way the ants go up the trunk in a line. The pattern of cracks in the bark. The white and yellow flowers that fall when the wind blows. Sometimes he stays up there fifteen or twenty minutes doing nothing, just watching. Neighbors walk by underneath without looking up. Nur sees all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt night, when he wakes — which is nearly every night, because Malayan pangolins are nocturnal and Nur reaches his activity peak when he should be sleeping — he looks out the window of the eighth floor. From there he sees the lights of Toa Payoh, the lit HDB blocks, the odd taxi crossing the street. Another perspective. Up, always up. Where there's quiet and you can look without anyone asking what you're doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt is made to order: it's printed when you order it. No advance stock. Shipping and delivery conditions in **Shipping and returns**. If you want to know Nur whole — the tin of stones, the grandmother, the encounter with the wild pangolin — [it's all in his biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nur\/).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA six-year-old pangolin in denim overalls who climbs frangipani trees and knows his neighborhood better from two meters up. If you're looking for [a t-shirt in his size](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/objects\/), there are more options for the same character in the Animal Kinhood collection. Ships flat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"8","offer_id":57727821021509,"sku":"5143110_33956","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"10","offer_id":57727821054277,"sku":"5143110_33957","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12","offer_id":57727821087045,"sku":"5143110_33958","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"14","offer_id":57727821119813,"sku":"5143110_33959","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"16","offer_id":57727821152581,"sku":"5143110_33960","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"18","offer_id":57727821185349,"sku":"5143110_33961","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20","offer_id":57727821218117,"sku":"5143110_33962","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/nur_ak-apparel-tshirt-youth-000_77dd7ee9-c583-4405-91a0-721524b0a5b2.webp?v=1781808622"},{"product_id":"nur-pangolin-de-sunda-camiseta-infantil-impresion-integral","title":"Nur · Malayan pangolin · Kids t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA kids' all-over print cotton t-shirt for children who collect stones in their pockets, crouch to watch ants, and prefer the ground to the slide. Made to order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kids' t-shirt of Nur is a cotton garment with all-over print: the portrait of the Malayan pangolin with his light blue denim overalls and pale pink striped t-shirt covers the whole surface, front and back. For kids going to the park, to school, or to the grandparents' house. Sizes and construction details in **Size guide** and **Fabric, fit and construction**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## The Khong Guan biscuit tin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder Nur's bed there's a Khong Guan biscuit tin. The metal lid with flower prints, the kind you find in any shop in Toa Payoh. There are no biscuits left inside. There are stones, buttons, pieces of sea glass, a nut, and a myna feather. Every object has an exact place. His grandmother Aminah never touches the tin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first stone is gray with a white vein. Smooth to the touch, the size of a thumb. Nur found it on Changi Beach at age five. Aminah wanted to go and Nur wouldn't move. He was looking for more. He waited twenty minutes crouched in the sand, turning stones, rejecting the ones that didn't pass the touch test. The selection criteria are his alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt recess he does the same. He looks for things on the ground while the others run. When he finds something that interests him, he pockets it in his overalls without comment. At home, he washes it under the tap and places it in the tin alongside the rest. The tin gets heavier every month. If it was ever lost, something would really break.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## Stones that fit in a pocket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLots of six-year-olds collect stones (not all of them in the same way, though). What's different about Nur is the precision. He doesn't pick up just any stone. Each one has to pass through his hands, his nose, an inspection that can last thirty-five seconds. The stones he chooses are always small, always smooth, always with some detail of color or texture that sets them apart. A vein, a shine, a shape that reminds him of something without quite being it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe overalls pocket is the first filter. If the stone fits there without bulging, it might be a candidate. The second filter is the tin. When Nur gets home and opens the Khong Guan lid, he decides where the new piece goes with a seriousness he has for almost nothing else. He moves others, adjusts gaps, changes positions. It's a private museum where only the curator gets in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA child wearing this t-shirt probably has their own pockets full of things. A pine cone, a screw, a stone from the playground. The age when the ground is the most interesting place in the world doesn't last long. The best t-shirt for that age is one that holds up through the day. This one has all-over cotton print, the ink integrates into the fiber. Washing and care details in **Fabric, fit and construction**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e## For whoever understands that the ground is a museum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNur lives with his grandmother Aminah in an HDB flat in Toa Payoh, Singapore. A neighborhood where the blocks have a void deck at ground level — the covered space where neighbors socialize and kids play. At five in the afternoon, Aminah and Nur go down to the void deck. Aminah sits. Nur searches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat he's looking for isn't toys. It's fragments: a loose piece of tile, a strangely shaped leaf, an insect crossing the pavement. He crouches, observes, sometimes smells. He doesn't touch until he's had a good look. Then, if the object passes the test, it disappears into his pocket. Aminah doesn't ask what he's found anymore. She knows that if it's important, it'll show up in the tin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt is made to order: it's printed when you order it. No permanent stock. Shipping timelines and conditions in **Shipping and returns**. If you want to know more about Nur — how he came to Singapore, who Aminah is, what happened that night in the park — [his full story is in his biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nur\/).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA portrait by Yago Partal for Animal Kinhood. A six-year-old pangolin in denim overalls, with a tin of stones and a grandmother who knows how to wait. If you're looking for something to pair it with or [to take Nur to class](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/objects\/), there are more options in the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"2T","offer_id":57727822004549,"sku":"1885477_33950","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"3T","offer_id":57727822037317,"sku":"1885477_33949","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"4T","offer_id":57727822070085,"sku":"1885477_33951","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"5T","offer_id":57727822102853,"sku":"1885477_33952","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"6","offer_id":57727822135621,"sku":"1885477_33953","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"6X","offer_id":57727822168389,"sku":"1885477_33954","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"7","offer_id":57727822201157,"sku":"1885477_33955","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/nur_ak-apparel-tshirt-child-000_689ed4cf-de59-4ec3-9140-0d3be824377a.webp?v=1781808632"},{"product_id":"nala-lobo-de-tierra-camiseta-de-impresion-integral-mujer","title":"Nala · Aardwolf · Women's t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLook at your hands the next time you do something hard. Nala's, aardwolf, tattoo dotwork dot by dot in a Maboneng studio without shaking. This women's all-over print t-shirt carries her full portrait: studded jacket, pink hoodie, the calm of someone who has worked with needles since she was fourteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Nala women's t-shirt is an all-over print garment with the portrait of an aardwolf who tattoos blackwork and dotwork in a Maboneng studio, Johannesburg. The portrait covers the entire surface of the t-shirt — from the shoulders to the hem, no borders, no blank areas. What you see is the jacket covered in pyramid studs, the pink hoodie showing underneath, the black spike collar, the double ear piercings. All of Nala.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this page isn't about the jacket or the collar. It's about the hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNala's first contact with a tattoo was at a Polokwane market. She was fourteen. A guy was tattooing with a homemade machine between fruit stalls and clearance racks. The lines were crooked, the hygiene left a lot to be desired, but the sound of the needle on skin froze her in place. She stood watching for an hour. \"If you want to learn, bring me coffee.\" She brought coffee three Saturdays. On the fourth, he let her practice on synthetic skin. The lines were terrible. The hand didn't shake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat — the hand that doesn't shake — is what defined her. Not talent, not artistic vision, not style. The steadiness of the hand. Koko Mapula, her grandmother, had trained it without knowing: threading sewing needles for her from age six, sewing buttons onto shirts they sold at the market from age eight. Nala's fingers learned precision before they knew what it would be used for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt eighteen she went to Johannesburg and apprenticed under Tshepo, a Braamfontein tattooist who did African blackwork with a cleanness Nala had thought impossible. Tshepo didn't teach with words. He taught by letting her watch and making her clean. A full year before Nala touched human skin. \"If you can't wait, you can't tattoo.\" Nala could wait. When she finally did her first complete tattoo — a geometric fern on the forearm, three hours, the needle marking the skin as if counting — Tshepo said nothing. When she finished, a black spike collar was on the table and a note: \"Don't take it off.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday Nala tattoos dotwork. Thousands of dots, one by one. Geometric or botanical patterns that grow from the skin as if they were always there. Each dot is a decision: where it falls, how far from the last one, with how much pressure. The aardwolf's tongue picks termites from the soil surface the same way: no force, no rush, exact repetition, hundreds of thousands of times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSessions last three hours maximum. If the client's body says stop, Nala stops, even if there's half an hour of work left. \"Skin needs to rest. You do too.\" She doesn't negotiate this. It's the only thing she's completely inflexible about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNala's style is blackwork and dotwork. Black only. She doesn't do color, doesn't do lettering, doesn't do hyper-realistic portraits. \"I have one thing I do well. I don't need ten.\" She draws the designs in sketchbooks — fourteen of them since she was eight, each one full of patterns, repetitions, geometries she later adapts to each client's body. She doesn't copy from Pinterest. No tablet. Marker and paper, then transfer onto skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe works in a former tailor's workshop in Maboneng that she adapted with what she found: the worktable from a closing dentist, the lamp rescued from a dumpster at Arts on Main, the waiting chair from a Jeppestown barbershop. In a glass jar on the drawing table she keeps Koko's sewing needle. She doesn't use it. It's there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want the full story — Limpopo, Koko's death, the two months without tattooing, the \"Amahle\" tattoo that brought her back — the [biography of Nala](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nala\/) has everything. This t-shirt is the portrait. The story is behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs for the garment: all-over sublimation print, which bonds the color to the fabric instead of leaving it on top. It doesn't crack, it doesn't lose definition. The details of the studs, the denim seams, the gradient of the pink hold wash after wash. In **Fabric, fit and construction** you'll find the exact composition and cut type. If you need to compare measurements, the **Size guide** sorts it out fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade to order. No warehouse stock: each t-shirt is printed when it's ordered. Delivery timelines and conditions are in **Shipping and returns**. This means no one has worn this t-shirt before you — which, for a tattooist who insists every piece is unique, makes sense. The same portrait is also available [in a men's cut](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nala\/).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":57727823872325,"sku":"8947484_33943","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":57727823905093,"sku":"8947484_33944","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":57727823937861,"sku":"8947484_33945","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":57727823970629,"sku":"8947484_33946","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":57727824003397,"sku":"8947484_33947","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":57727824036165,"sku":"8947484_33948","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/nala_ak-apparel-tshirt-women-000_5b16912e-e1b4-4da9-9899-1385b05a21a5.webp?v=1781808639"},{"product_id":"nala-lobo-de-tierra-camiseta-de-impresion-integral-hombre","title":"Nala · Aardwolf · Men's t-shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short-desc\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do at two in the morning when the rest of the city is asleep? Nala walks Johannesburg with the studded jacket and loose thoughts. This men's all-over print t-shirt carries her aardwolf portrait on cotton that holds up through the night and whatever comes after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Nala men's t-shirt carries the portrait of an aardwolf who tattoos blackwork in Maboneng and walks Johannesburg when everyone else is sleeping. All-over print across the entire surface, no white borders, no dead zones. The portrait of Nala — studded jacket, pink hoodie showing underneath — covers the fabric from edge to edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the real story starts at two in the morning, when Nala leaves the studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe locks the studio door, checks the padlock twice, and heads down Fox Street. The asphalt glistens if it's rained — in Johannesburg summer storms fall fast and hard, and by two in the morning only the steam rising from the ground is left. The Maboneng buildings are converted industrial: exposed brick, metal staircases, gallery signs that at this hour are closed and dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shisa nyama owner at the corner keeps the same cut for her. If she doesn't show two nights in a row, he sends a WhatsApp. \"Alive?\" \"Alive.\" That's all they need. Nala crosses toward Jeppestown, where the streetlights work half the time and the street has a different sound: less tourist, more residential, a dog behind a fence, gospel music from an upstairs flat. If the night is clear she goes up through Bez Valley, where the asphalt breaks up and the sky opens a little more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo headphones. That matters. She listens to the city the way she used to listen to the Limpopo countryside when she was eight and Koko would take her to the edge of the veld with a flashlight. The animals have changed — jackals to cars, hyraxes to load-shedding generators — but the habit of hearing without a filter stays. The walk lasts forty minutes to an hour. She comes back via Main Street, goes upstairs, takes her boots off, leaves the spike collar on. By five in the morning she's asleep. At two in the afternoon she gets up. The aardwolf is nocturnal. Nala is too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe walks aren't meditation or ritual. They're inertia: she's spent her whole life sleeping badly and walking at night, and at this point it's the only time of day when her head goes quiet enough to stop thinking about the lease that's up in December, the call she owes her mother, the missing stud on the left shoulder of the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then there's the map. On the wall of the studio, next to the drawing table, there's a hand-drawn route map of the night walks. Marker lines on brown paper, marked with dates and crosses. The crosses are places she stopped: a new piece of graffiti, a cat, a window with light on at three. The map grows slowly. Nobody has seen it except her and the ceramicist who has a studio two doors down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt you're looking at doesn't know any of this. It's a cotton garment with a printed portrait. But what it's wearing is the portrait of someone who lives this way: at night, on foot, hands stained with ink and a head full of geometric patterns that tomorrow will be dotwork in someone's skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe all-over print means Nala's portrait covers the whole t-shirt, not just the chest. The details of the studded jacket — each metal pyramid, the washed denim, the pink hood — are fully visible, uncut. The sublimation technique bonds the color to the fabric instead of depositing it on top, so it doesn't crack or flake with washing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor sizing and fit, the **Fabric, fit and construction** tab has the cut specs and composition. If you're between two sizes, the **Size guide** has the table with measurements in centimeters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade to order. No pre-built stock: your t-shirt is printed when you order it. Lead time and shipping conditions are in **Shipping and returns**. This means no one has worn this t-shirt before you — which, for a tattooist who insists every piece is unique, makes sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNala doesn't know this product exists. She doesn't design merch of herself. What she does design is t-shirts, patches, and flyers for local Johannesburg bands — it's her side work, what pays the bills when tattooing doesn't stretch. She knows what a good print on fabric looks like because she's been ordering them for others for years. The difference is that here the portrait is her: the bristling jacket, the direct gaze, the pink showing through. If you want to know more about who Nala is — Koko's story, Tshepo's collar, the fourteen pattern sketchbooks — her [full biography is here](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nala\/). The t-shirt is the entry point. What's behind it has a lot more depth. 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Nala carries that patience in every detail of her portrait: studs, spike collar, pink hoodie. This kids' all-over print t-shirt brings her whole story, printed on soft fabric that holds up through recesses and adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Nala kids' t-shirt brings the full portrait of a Johannesburg aardwolf printed across the whole fabric. Studded jacket, pink hoodie showing through, black spike collar. An image kids look at twice because there's a lot to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKoko Mapula lived next door, in the part of Limpopo where the earth is red and flat. She sewed clothes for the neighbors. She had the steadiest hands her granddaughter had ever seen. And one night, when Nala was eight and couldn't sleep, Koko took her to the edge of the field with a flashlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo eyes glowing under a bush. A long-haired crest that showed for a second and disappeared into a burrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"See? Looks big. But it's small. And it doesn't bite. It just eats ants.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Termites, Koko.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ants with helmets.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat phrase stuck. Nala still repeats it, years later, in her Maboneng tattoo studio, when someone asks what animal that is in the portrait. An aardwolf. Related to hyenas, but without the bite or the size. Nocturnal. Solitary. Capable of eating three hundred thousand termites in one night without destroying the mound, because it comes back tomorrow and needs it to still be standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's something in that story that works when you tell it to a child. It's not a lesson in disguise. It's a weird creature that looks fierce and turns out to be gentle, that walks at night and hears what others don't, that has a ridiculous crest it raises to look bigger when it's scared. Kids understand that. They recognize themselves. Especially the ones who wake up at three in the morning and don't know why, who draw patterns in the margins of their notebooks, who have still hands and a noisy head. Nala was that girl in Limpopo. Now she tattoos in Johannesburg. The road between the two things is long, but it starts here: one night, a flashlight, a creature that eats ants with helmets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt carries the portrait printed edge to edge: the denim jacket covered in pyramid studs, the pink hood showing at the collar, the double hoop earrings, the leather spike collar Nala never takes off. It's all-over print — the image covers the whole surface, not a patch centered on the chest. That means the drawing continues down the sides and sleeves, as if Nala were really there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKoko taught things without saying what she was teaching. At six she sat her down to thread needles. At eight, Nala was sewing buttons on the shirts they then sold at the market. It wasn't play: it was small-hands work, and Nala's were the stillest in the village. That's where the hands come from that today tattoo dotwork — thousands of dots, one by one, without rush — in a Johannesburg neighborhood called Maboneng, which means \"place of light\" in Sesotho.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe connection between the seamstress grandmother and the tattooist granddaughter isn't coincidence. It's direct inheritance, passed hand to hand the way needles are passed. If you want to read the full story — how Nala got from Limpopo to Maboneng, what happened with Koko, why she wears that collar — it's in her [biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nala\/).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut you don't need to know all that for the t-shirt to work. A kid sees an animal in a studded jacket and a pink hoodie and thinks it's fine. Fun. Someone they'd want to meet. And if they ask — and kids always ask — you can tell them about the ants with helmets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt is made to order. No stock waiting in a warehouse: it's printed when you order it, which reduces waste. In **Fabric, fit and construction** you'll find the exact fabric composition and how it's sewn. In the **Size guide** you'll find measurements by age, which is what you actually need to get the right size. And for anything about shipping or returns, it's all in **Shipping and returns**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing about kids' sizes: if the child is between two sizes, go for the bigger one. They grow fast. 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Youth all-over print t-shirt with the complete portrait of Nala, aardwolf from Maboneng.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- LONG_DESC --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Nala youth t-shirt is an all-over print of the portrait of an aardwolf who tattoos blackwork in Johannesburg, wears the loudest jacket in the neighborhood, and underneath hides a pink hoodie she doesn't try to conceal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first thing you see of Nala is the jacket. Ice-blue washed denim, covered top to bottom in silver pyramid studs. Each one pressed in by hand. It's the kind of garment that says \"don't come close\" before you open your mouth. The aardwolf does the same: it raises a crest of long hair down its back and manages to look forty percent bigger than it is. It doesn't have the bite to back it up. Not the size. Just the display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNala is five foot four. She weighs a hundred and fifteen pounds. With the jacket on she projects something that people mistake for hardness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut then there's the hoodie. Pale pink, hooded, showing at the neck and chest. Not hidden. Nala lets it show on purpose. She's the same person who hands you a cold glass of water during a tattoo session before you've asked for it, who remembers your allergies, who stops the needle before you have to say anything. The black spike collar — leather, metal cones, closed at the throat — is not provocation. It's a gift. Her mentor gave it to her the day she completed her first full tattoo. A note inside: \"Don't take it off.\" She hasn't taken it off in six years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat contradiction — the metal armor over the soft cotton — is no aesthetic accident. It's a statement. And it's what makes the portrait work so well on a youth t-shirt: because at fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, the thing about looking one way on the outside and being another on the inside doesn't need explaining. You live it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt comes with the portrait printed edge to edge. Not a logo centered on the chest: the image covers the whole surface, sides and sleeves included. The studs are visible. The pink hoodie is visible. The double hoop earrings are visible. The spike collar is visible. All the detail of Yago Partal's original portrait, reproduced on fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNala lives in Maboneng, a neighborhood of converted industrial buildings in east Johannesburg. \"Place of light\" in Sesotho. She works at night. Opens her tattoo studio at three in the afternoon. The last session starts at ten. Closes between one and two in the morning. After that she walks. Down Fox Street, crosses toward Jeppestown, up through Bez Valley if the night is clear. No headphones. Listening to the city the way she used to listen to the Limpopo countryside as a girl: same ears, different noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe specialized in dotwork and blackwork. Thousands of dots, one by one. Geometric or botanical patterns that grow from the skin as if they were always there. She doesn't do color. Doesn't do lettering. Doesn't do hyper-realistic portraits. \"I have one thing I do well. I don't need ten.\" Sessions last three hours maximum. If the body says stop, she stops, even if there's still work left. The aardwolf doesn't destroy the mound — it harvests and comes back tomorrow. Nala does the same with the people who sit on her table. There's something in that discipline that connects with the t-shirt you're wearing — or thinking of giving. A portrait. A character. A story that doesn't need twenty versions to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want to know where Nala comes from, how she got from Limpopo to that studio, what happened with her grandmother Koko, and why the jacket has a missing stud on the left shoulder, her [biography](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nala\/) tells everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe t-shirt is made to order when you buy it. No overproduction. The fabric details — composition, weight, stitch type — are in **Fabric, fit and construction**. To pick the right size without a mistake, the **Size guide** has the exact measurements by age. And the logistics — timelines, how it arrives, what to do if something goes wrong — are in **Shipping and returns**.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf it's a gift for someone who's looking for their own version of the studded jacket with the hoodie underneath, this is a good way to tell them you see it. Another character with the same contained intensity is [Nayna](https:\/\/www.yagopartal.com\/animal-kinhood\/nayna\/), cheetah and wildlife photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yago Partal Studio","offers":[{"title":"8","offer_id":57727828918597,"sku":"5022205_33956","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"10","offer_id":57727828951365,"sku":"5022205_33957","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12","offer_id":57727828984133,"sku":"5022205_33958","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"14","offer_id":57727829016901,"sku":"5022205_33959","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"16","offer_id":57727829049669,"sku":"5022205_33960","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"18","offer_id":57727829082437,"sku":"5022205_33961","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20","offer_id":57727829115205,"sku":"5022205_33962","price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/7830\/8677\/files\/nala_ak-apparel-tshirt-youth-000_a8f64906-5d46-49c2-a16a-71cec852fba4.webp?v=1781808668"}],"url":"https:\/\/checkout.yagopartal.com\/collections\/camisetas.oembed","provider":"Yago Partal · Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}