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You are Allowed to Need Help Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

You are Allowed to Need Help Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

You are allowed to need help. The same person who organizes the meal train, drives the neighbor to the appointment and answers the group chat at midnight will sit in the dark rather than post her own ask, and the organizer in the tee did exactly that until a friend posted it for her. Receiving is half of how this works. This tee gives you permission.

Wear it to the mutual aid meeting, the hospital waiting room when it is your turn, the therapist's office, the support group, and the family dinner where a relative says you never ask for anything. It is a warm gift for the meal train organizer, a caregiver, a nurse, and the friend who posted the ask for her.

The tee is a Comfort Colors 1717, garment-dyed in 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft and evenly colored, with a heavier hand than a novelty tee and three lines that read across a waiting room when it is your turn. Direct-to-garment. It bonds with the cotton.

Unisex, relaxed, true to size. S through 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. Also Chambray, Graphite, Ivory, Banana. It is the permission slip on our mutual aid and solidarity page.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

Is this shirt for the helpers? For the helpers who cannot ask. The tee posts the ask for them.

Would a caregivers' group order these? Groups do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do people pick? Blossom and Bay. Sand-adjacent Ivory for the waiting room.

How does the 1717 fit? True to size, relaxed body. Order your usual.

Wear it to: the mutual aid drop-off, the block party, the picket line, the church basement.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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