Tees & Tales
Four friends wearing custom graphic T-shirts and a hoodie outdoors

Custom Merch, Crafted Stories

Gifts, apparel& little thingsmade personal.

A vintage-inspired gift and merchandise label in Nairobi — turning ideas, memories and inside jokes into something you can hold, wear and give.

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Merchandise for every kind of story

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Black oversized T-shirt

T-Shirts

Graphic tees, custom tees and statement pieces.

Cream heavyweight hoodie

Hoodies

Custom hoodies and streetwear-inspired pieces.

Pair of folded white T-shirts ready for a matching design

Gifts

Personalized gifts for people who matter.

Folded monochrome polo shirts and tote bags

Corporate

Merchandise for businesses, teams and events.

Purple structured cap

Accessories

Caps, totes, mugs, bottles and related merchandise.

  1. 01T-Shirts1
  2. 02Polos—
  3. 03Hoodies—
  4. 04Sweatshirts—
  5. 05Caps—
  6. 06Trucker Hats—
  7. 07Tote Bags—
  8. 08Mugs—
  9. 09Bottles & Tumblers—
  10. 10Gift Sets—

The idea

Every shirt tells a tale.

From a favourite character to a shared memory, a personal joke or your brand identity — we turn ideas into things you can actually wear, use and give.

  1. 01Idea
  2. 02Memory
  3. 03Design
  4. 04Merch
Black T-shirt beside a design sketchbook and fabric swatches
Ideas, made tangible

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Collections with a point of view.

Edits grouped by theme, purpose and product, so you can start from an idea.

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  1. Black oversized T-shirt on a hanger

    Just landed

    New Drops

    The newest pieces out of the studio — fresh artwork, fresh blanks, first come first worn.

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  2. Cream heavyweight hoodie

    Studio favourites

    Bestsellers

    The pieces the studio keeps making — designs people come back for and ask about.

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  3. T-shirt with a sports car illustration

    Motoring

    Automotive

    For people who know their cars by the sound. Silhouettes, badges and racing lines on cotton.

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  4. Graphic streetwear T-shirt with a bold print

    Graphic & streetwear

    The Graphic Tee Edit

    Bold prints, heavyweight cotton and street-born silhouettes. Made to be noticed.

  5. T-shirt with anime-inspired illustration

    Fandom, worn

    Anime & Pop Culture

    Characters, quotes and scenes that shaped you — printed properly, without the bootleg blur.

  6. Sports-inspired fanwear T-shirt

    Match day

    Sports & Fanwear

    Club colours, numbers and chants — wearable loyalty for supporters and teams.

Flatlay of a blank black tee, sketchbook and fabric swatches

Custom

Bring the idea. We'll craft the piece.

Share a concept, a sketch, a photo or a phrase. We work through artwork, placement and product together, then produce it.

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Corporate

Merch your team actually keeps

Branded apparel and merchandise for companies, teams, events and organizations — produced in bulk without losing the craft.

Corporate enquiries
Folded white and black polo shirts and totes on a purple surface

Social proof

Worn by the tale-tellers

Customer photos, close-ups, couples, events and teams — the pieces once they've left the studio and started living.

Studio photos shown while the first customer stories are collected.

  • Woman laughing on a sunlit Nairobi rooftop in an oversized cream T-shirtSample
    LifestyleCream heavyweight tee, city light
  • Close-up of a raised purple screen print on cream cotton showing the fabric weaveSample
    Product close-upPrint texture on cream cotton
  • Couple in matching black T-shirts smiling at each other on a Nairobi street at golden hourSample
    CouplesMatching set, one story
  • Six colleagues in matching purple polo shirts laughing together at an outdoor eventSample
    Corporate teamsTeam polos for an away day
  • Mirror selfie of a man wearing a plain black hoodie in soft indoor lightSample
    Customer photoBlack hoodie, day one
  • Friends holding up matching white T-shirts under string lights at an evening celebrationSample
    EventsTees handed out at the party
  • Two people wearing black and cream oversized tees in warm daylightSample
    LifestyleBlack and cream, worn in

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In their words

What the tale-tellers say

  • Sample — real story coming

    This space is reserved for a customer's own words about a custom piece — the idea they brought, and how it felt to wear it.

    A custom-order customerCustom T-shirt
  • Sample — real story coming

    This space is reserved for someone who ordered a gift — who it was for, and the reaction when it was opened.

    A gift-giverPersonalised gift
  • Sample — real story coming

    This space is reserved for a team lead or organiser — the event, the merch, and what the team did with it afterwards.

    A corporate clientBranded team apparel