Our Design Of The Month for August 2022, an oversized unisex t-shirt made of 100% organic cotton, and supporting grassroots labour unions in South Asia.
It commemorates the "13 Roses": women and girls who were executed en masse by the right-wing regime of general Francisco Franco after the end of the Spanish civil war in 1939. They were lined up against the walls of the Eastern cemetery in Madrid and shot. They were just some of some tens of thousands of people executed in an orgy of violent revenge by the right after Franco's victory. The 13 Roses' names were Ana López Gallego, Victoria Muñoz García, Martina Barroso García, Virtudes González García, Luisa Rodríguez de la Fuente, Elena Gil Olaya, Dionisia Manzanero Sala, Joaquina López Laffite, Carmen Barrero Aguado, Pilar Bueno Ibáñez, Blanca Brisac Vázquez, Adelina García Casillas and Julia Conesa Conesa. Conesa wrote a final letter to her family, which concluded: "Que mi nombre no se borre en la historia" ("May my name not be erased from history.")
Design by Rio de Janeiro based tattoo artist and illustrator Helena Lopes shows the muse Clio, who is the patron of history, using a string of 13 roses, symbolising the 13 Roses becoming a part of history and never being forgotten.
- 100% organic combed ring-spun cotton
- Fabric weight: 5.9 oz./yd.² (200 g/m²)
- Oversized unisex fit
- Set-in sleeves
- Dropped shoulders
- 1 × 1 rib at collar
- Double-needle topstitch on the sleeves and bottom hems
- Self-fabric neck tape on the inside of the back
- The fabric of this product holds certifications for its organic cotton content under GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) and OCS (Organic Content Standard). Stanley and Stella Fair Wair Foundation-made
- Supports grassroots labour unions in South Asia through ExChains and social enterprise dna merch
- Printed in the US individually just for you, with no overproduction or waste
- Global shipping from the US
The sizes correspond to a bigger size in the European market, customers from that region should order a size down.
Size guide
| BODY LENGTH (cm) | SLEEVE LENGTH (cm) | CHEST (inches) | |
| S | 73 | 24 | 39 |
| M | 75 | 24.5 | 43 |
| L | 77 | 25 | 47 |
| XL | 80 | 25.5 | 51 |
| 2XL | 82.5 | 26 | 55 |
If you would like this design on a different product please email us on shop@workingclasshistory.com