Heather charcoal tee with a large back print of a detailed whiskered rat sitting on a red lantern, framed by a gold Chinese lattice border. 2020 sits in cream bubble numerals above YEAR OF THE RAT in red and gold, with the red seal characters for the rat year beside the animal and Chinatown, Honolulu, Hawaii lettered underneath. The front carries a slim vertical YEAR OF THE RAT banner with the red brush characters on the chest.
The Year of the Rat opened the 12 year zodiac cycle on 25 January 2020, and Chinatown in Honolulu is one of the oldest Chinese districts in the United States. Souvenir shirts like this were printed each lunar year by local design houses, and the small copyright line on the back credits Fortune Designs Collection, 2019. A dated souvenir from the exact year the world stopped.
Tag: Alstyle
Era: 2020S
Details: Front: vertical YEAR OF THE RAT banner with red characters on chest; Back: rat in lattice frame, 2020 YEAR OF THE RAT, Chinatown Honolulu Hawaii print; crew neck; short sleeves; heather charcoal
