2014 - The Joe Joe Tee, designed by Lauren Martin . We printed these at home (Lauren is the screen printer, but Greta and other friends would help)! We would order tee shirts online from a company called The Adair Group which sent assorted colors (it was a great deal but you couldn’t choose colors too specifically). Every shirt would be unique and Lauren and I would have so much fun picking ink colors for each tee.
2015 - The Buildings Tee, designed by Lauren Martin. An instant classic - we’ve been printing these for years! The first batches were screen printed at home in various colorways, and later we had some professionally screen printed in a few different styles too.
above: some standard and fancy at-home printing jobs! The multi-colored prints shown on Grace and Valerie were done by hand by Lauren! below: some versions of this tee we had professionally printed for various tours.
Left: A light blue tee with black ink we sold on our Japan tour in 2017.
Right: Wujong by a merch “table” in 2015 with more Building colorways we printed at home.
2015 Cosmos design by Lauren Martin.
Luke & Greta wear grey crewneck sweatshirts with the Cosmos design hand screen printed by Lauren! David wears a black hoodie with the Buildings print in white.
Many multi-colored tees with the Cosmos design printed in pink dry on the floor.
Soon our need for merch quantities exceeded our ability to print ourselves at home. Starting around 2016 we switched to ordering merch from professional screenprinters.
2015 - Fit Me In Sweatshirt designed by Lauren Martin. Part of a very small run for the Fit Me In EP tour.
2013 - Tour Tee, designed by Joana Schneider. This was maybe technically the first ever Frankie Cosmos tee shirt, though it was actually for all three bands on the tour!
Welcome to the Shirt Archives!
Here you will find a documented history of Frankie Cosmos shirts (tee shirts and sweatshirts!).
It begins with mostly one-of-a-kind shirts printed by hand at home, and then moves on to larger orders through professional merch companies.
Enjoy!
More Building styles (including hoodies!) and Cosmos designs we printed at home too.
Shown on Dana, Lisa, Frances, David, Lillian, Sophie, and Avery in 2015.
2016
Grid Sweatshirt by Lauren Martin.
Grid Tee Shirts by Lauren Martin.
Grid tee in white on Macey
Grid tee in black,
well-loved by Jared
Ping Pong Tank and Ping Pong Tee
designed by
Lauren Martin
(2016)
Pong tee on Ash
Customink Mockup
Egg Tee designed by Lauren Martin for 2017 tours in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.
Blue Flowers Tee (2017) on black long sleeve and grey short sleeve, designed by Lauren Martin. Shown on Talya and Alex.
Red Flowers Tee (2017) on blue short sleeve and grey long sleeve, designed by Lauren Martin.
Square Tee designed by Lauren Martin (2017)
Greta wears the first version printed with navy ink on a white tee.
David wears the second version printed in light blue ink on a navy tee.
Egg Tee on Tyler.
Key Tee designed by Lauren Martin in 2018 for our EU/UK tour. Matches a pin set and tour poster.
Joana and Leonie of DC Schneider wear matching FC caps, and Leonie wears the Key Tee.
Cosmic Tee by Lauren Martin, 2018. Worn by Alex.
(printed on a tote bag as well)
Vessel Tee in White and Grey designed by Lauren Martin. For the Vessel album tours in 2018.
Vessel Tees pictured on Alex and Athena.
Diner Longsleeve Tee designed by Lauren Martin (2019).
Stickers Tee and Stickers Sweatshirt
designed by Lauren Martin for Close It Quietly tours in 2019, printed on a blue tee shirt and a white crewneck sweatshirt.
(also sold as a sticker sheet)
Blue tee shown on Athena to the right
(also pictured, Alex in the Cosmos tee).
White sweatshirt shown on Alex (left) and Katie (right, also with Nate in the grid sweatshirt).
Flower Growth Tee designed by Lauren Martin (2022).
Shown on Alex.
Smiley Cow Tee designed by Greta (2023).
Shown on Greta.
Castle Tee designed by Greta (2023).
Shown on Alex.