Patu

PATU

A childhood mix-up, kept in the family.

Patu is built on a memory with my great-grandmother. As a kid, every time I got new shoes I would race to show them off, clutching them in both hands and shouting "Patu!" while trying to say "Sapatu", the Papiamento word for shoe. "Patu" actually means duck. The mix-up stuck, and so did the joke. The collection carries that innocence into cotton: heavyweight hoodies, midweight tees, prints that wear the family story without having to explain it.

This tee is part of the Patu collection, designed in Groningen and printed on demand to keep waste low and quality high.