In case you missed it: we have news
We're launching a range of jams and dried flowers!
Is it a co-incidence that Outloud merch dropped on the same calendar day as Meghan’s jam and also April Fools day? (yes).
Was it deliberate that there is a typo in one of the designs? (no)
But while Meghan’s jam may have no typos, it has already sold out, whereas we still have some stock left and are insisting that the typo (which we will fix in the next batch) makes this first run of misprinted tees bascially a collector’s edition.
OH HAPPY DAY.
We have been planning to do merch for a while but it wasn’t until we landed on the idea of collaborating with independent Australian female small business brands to make our merch that it all clicked into place.
Our first collection (we so fancy, we have collections now, lol) is a collab with cult t-shirt designer, Maku whose iconic tees we’ve all bought and wear constantly.
So we approached her to see if she’d be interested in helping us and discovered she was an Outlouder and had already bought tickets for the live show for her and her mum.
Which saved us having to explain what a pufferfish was.
Here are the four designs…….
And here is what Maku said about her inspiration:
“The pigeon was inspired by the idea of a carrier pigeon, but with a fun twist. It's carrying the phrase "I have thoughts" and paired with the colourful designs and choice of colour it’s sort of like delivering news or delivering a message in a fun and interesting way that was the message behind the carrier pigeon
The crocodile, I was thinking it’s a quintessential Australian animal. It’s bold it’s snappy. You can’t ignore it. Things that I felt represented the podcast well too.
I've also incorporated the pufferfish and pineapple, as per Mia's suggestion, I don’t know why but I instantly when I thought of the pufferfish thought it needs to be a disco ball. It’s shining. It’s cool and colourful and kind of something. I guess I would want to see on a T-shirt.”
Here’s a bit more about Maku and you can follow her here if you love her designs as much as we do
And here is Mia wearing her merch is lots of different ways because she currently refuses to wear anything else.
Just saw the pineapple tee in the merch drop and had a brief identity crisis.
Do I buy it to support the pod… or will I accidentally invite half the suburb to a key party? 🍍
Honestly, mamamiaoutloud might’ve just launched the most chaotic collector’s item of the year haha