Cool Hunting

The Grimm's fairytale of the Bremen Town musicians tells the fable of a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster who, fed up with their day jobs, venture into the world to pursue lives as musicians. For Ontour, a new line out of the Netherlands, the tale was inspiration to launch their clothing label and became the source material for the four shirts in their debut collection. Using a cartoonish trumpet as a logo and images of balloon animals, the series features raining cats and donkeys, patterns made up of tiny versions of the creatures, and a playful reference to traditional imagery (and the Maurizio Cattelan sculpture) of the characters stacked on one another.
Currently Ontour tees are only available at select stores in Europe and online at Fresh Cotton.
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