The 5AM Tee
For the ones already out there when the first bird sings. Heavy cotton, cut long, printed one at a time.
- 240 gsm combed organic cotton, a third heavier than the blank most print shops default to.
- Water-based ink, not plastisol. The swift sits in the weave, so it fades with the shirt instead of cracking off it.
- Cut two inches longer, so it stays put when you are crouched behind a hedge at dawn.
- Printed in your region, to order. Nothing sits in a warehouse, nothing gets binned.
Printed to order · dispatched in 48 hours
A heavyweight everyday tee for people who are out before the light is. Cut straight through the body with a longer hem, in a faded black that is dyed before printing so it stays flat rather than going grey at the shoulders. The swift is screen-printed one shirt at a time, in your region, on the day you order it.
- Fabric 100% combed organic cotton, 240 gsm, ring-spun
- Print water-based DTG, single terracotta ink
- Wash cold, inside out, with like colours
- Dry line dry. Skip the tumble dryer and the print stays put
- Iron warm, never directly on the print
| Size | Chest | Length | Sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 48 cm | 71 cm | 20 cm |
| M | 51 cm | 73 cm | 21 cm |
| L | 54 cm | 75 cm | 22 cm |
| XL | 57 cm | 77 cm | 23 cm |
| 2XL | 60 cm | 79 cm | 24 cm |
Measured flat, garment laid out. Allow 1 cm tolerance.
What you are actually buying
Every line here is a number you can check against the garment when it lands.
240 gsm, not 150
Roughly a third heavier than a standard promo blank. It hangs instead of clinging.
Combed & ring-spun
The short fibres are combed out before spinning, which is why it stays smooth instead of pilling.
Water-based ink
No plastic slab across the chest. The print breathes with the shirt and softens at the same rate.
Pre-shrunk, then cut
Shrinkage happens at the mill, not in your machine. The size you order is the size it stays.
We kept meeting the same six people at 5am
Dawn Chorus started as a group chat between people who kept running into each other on the same wet path before sunrise. Everyone had the same complaint: the outdoor brands were all selling summit photos and gear you needed a loan for, and nobody was making anything for the quiet, unglamorous, half-dark hour when the birds actually sing. So we printed the shirt we kept describing to each other. Then the people we passed on the path started asking where to get one.
- Drawn by a birder, not pulled off a trend deck
- One shirt, revised each season instead of a catalogue
- 2% of every order goes to local reserve upkeep
Where it sits
Cut straight through the body with a longer hem. Between sizes, or planning to wear a base layer underneath, take the larger one.
- S–MTrue to size, straight through the chest
- LRoom for a thin base layer underneathMost ordered
- XL–2XLRelaxed, longer in the sleeve
4.8 from 1,406 reviews
Third one I have bought. It is the only print-on-demand tee I own that has not gone thin at the shoulders.
Arrived in four days in a compostable bag. The print is properly in the fabric, not sitting on top of it.
Wore it up a hill at 5am, which felt like the point. Heavy enough for the cold, no clinging on the way back down.
Ten washes in and the swift has not cracked once. Runs long, which I like. Ordering the next size down for my sister.
Photos submitted by verified buyers
If the print fails, we reprint it.
Wash it, sweat in it, take it out in the rain. If the swift cracks, peels or fades unevenly inside the first year, send us a photo and we print you a new one. You keep the old shirt.
The questions we actually get
It is printed to order, so will it feel cheap?
How long until it ships?
Will the print crack?
Can I return it if it does not fit?
Be out there before everyone else
Printed to order in your region, shipped in days, guaranteed for sixty.
Reprinted free if the print fails · carbon-neutral delivery