Drive Out Winter T-Shirt | The Kurent meets Electric Flight

Every February, as Lent approaches, the town of Ptuj in Slovenia fills with Kurents. These shaggy figures wear heavy sheepskin costumes, horned masks with long red tongues, and huge cowbells hung from their belts. They carry wooden clubs topped with hedgehog skin and move through the streets in a hopping, ringing crowd. Tradition says the noise and the dancing drive out winter and wake the spring, and the Kurentovanje carnival is now one of Slovenia's best-known festivals.

In this design a Kurent stomps through melting snow under a red sun, bells swinging and club in hand, while a small propeller plane flies overhead. Slovenia builds electric light aircraft, and in 2020 a Slovenian two-seater became the first electric plane to earn full type certification. Winter is being driven out, quietly.

Choose your shirt

• Heavyweight: Comfort Colors 1717, 6.1 oz (206 g/m²) ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed for a soft, lived-in feel. Relaxed unisex fit; size down for a closer fit.
• Classic: Gildan 5000, 5.3 oz (180 g/m²) 100% cotton. Regular unisex fit. The same print, for less.

Printed to order: in the EU (Riga) for European orders, in the US for American ones.

Care: wash cold inside out, tumble dry low or hang dry, do not iron the print.