Mecha Tokyo Tee

メカ東京 (meka Tōkyō): "mecha Tokyo."

Tokyo Tower opened in December 1958 as the city's broadcast mast, a steel lattice that follows the lines of the Eiffel Tower and tops it, at 1,092 feet. Aviation rules picked the colors: bands of international orange and white so pilots can see it. For more than half a century it carried Tokyo's TV signals, until Tokyo Skytree took over the broadcasts in 2013. Since 1989 it has been lit at night in warm orange.

The back opens the tower up like a technical drawing, gears and pistons in its legs and cables trailing from the deck, under メカ東京 (meka Tōkyō), "mecha Tokyo." Labels name the parts: 動力ケーブル (dōryoku kēburu), "power cable," ピストン (pisuton), "piston," and ギヤ (giya), "gear." The chest badge reads メカニカルタワー (mekanikaru tawā), "mechanical tower."

For robot lovers and anyone who has stood under the real tower at night. The washed light gray softens the orange, so it pairs well with olive or black, and the city turns up again across the wider tee collection.

• Fabric: 100% combed cotton, 230gsm, pre-shrunk and soft-washed
• Print: direct-to-garment (DTG)
• Color: washed light gray
• Fit: unisex, regular; size up for a boxier, oversized look
• Sizes: S to 3XL
• Size reference: 6 ft 2 in wears L; 5 ft 7 in wears M

Measurements for every size are in the size guide.