Cooper.

The charm of this t-shirt is in the print Cooper wears across his shoulders: a Hawaiian shirt full of flowers, dense greens and warm touches, the kind you put on for a day you want to go well. I created it digitally, like all the portraits in the series, and moved it onto a piece you can throw on any gray Tuesday and still carry a bit of summer on you.

It works because it doesn't shout. It's a t-shirt with color, not a costume. The koala faces forward, calm, and the floral shirt does the rest: it brings cheer to the piece without you having to explain a thing. In his story, that print has its own reason for being, and anyone who asks will find the answer in Cooper's full biography. But you don't need to know it to wear it.

If you're looking for a gift for a woman who loves koalas, this t-shirt has the advantage of not landing on the obvious. It's not a generic plush koala: it's Cooper, a character with a face of his own, with his floral shirt and his calm gaze. Whoever receives it gets something they can actually wear, not an object that ends up in a drawer.

The detail I like most about koalas is the nose: big, black, leathery. On Cooper you recognize it right away, it's the first thing that looks at you. And there's something lovely about wearing that peaceful face on your chest, with its printed bunch of flowers. For sizes, fit and fabric composition, check the specifications on the product listing before you choose. The rest is Cooper, who explains himself just fine.