Mornings on the Court

The hour she lives for, named on the shirt.

Mornings on the court are the time you cannot get back. Early light, empty courts, the sound of the ball before the sun clears the tree line. For the regular — the woman who shows up at 9 am or 7 am or 5:30 am — this is identity. This is the part of her week that matters most. We named the experience and set it as type, in the most editorial register the lineup gets.

The print is single-color stone charcoal on cream. The line "mornings on the court." is set in Fraunces Italic at 36pt, single line, centered across the chest, roughly ten inches wide, period included. The typography is quiet, editorial, meant to feel like a line from a poem or a small-press journal — no loudness, no decoration, just the statement itself.

Cut on the Bella+Canvas 6400 — a women's relaxed crew in 4.2 oz airlume ringspun cotton. Softer shoulder than a unisex crew, slightly longer body, the hem lands at the hip without riding. True to size in XS through 2XL. The cream substrate makes the charcoal type sit warm rather than sharp; the eye lands on the substrate first and the line second, which is the order of operations a classic tee asks for.

We picture this one as the everyday tee for the buyer who does not need the court name or the court crest — she just needs the thing she has already bought a dozen mornings into. Under a chambray shirt at the cafe after, tucked half-in over relaxed denim at the farmers market, or on its own at evening drop-in with the same sandals she wore over.

Single color, no back print. A line of type at the size a line of type deserves. The shirt for the woman whose week starts on the court, and the one she will reach for the morning after a good match.

Care

Wash cold, inside out, line dry, no fabric softener. Cream colors: wash separately for the first three washes. Iron inside out on low heat, never on the print.

Sizing

True to size for the women's relaxed cut. If between sizes, size up. Full chart at our sizing chart.