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Swirl
Syndicate was inspired by my daughter Simone, who — with
her Caucasian father’s fair complexion and red hair and her
African-American mother’s…well, nothing but big brown eyes,
at the time — constantly
drew double takes during mommy & me strolls when she
was an infant. This collection of tongue-in-cheek tees is
meant to take the taboo out of the race topic and
celebrate the beauty
of having a rich mixed heritage. Designer Leigh-Ann Jackson
is a former style columnist and full-time mother. Swirl Syndicate
designs are printed on sweatshop-free 100% cotton T-shirts
Just placed an order and I
wanted to tell you how much I love your fun ideas! My son
Kai is the product of a Mexican American mom and a Japanese
Hawaiian dad. He looks just like his daddy. In fact, if it
wasn't for the 21 hours of labor, I might wonder if he was
mine too. — Amy, Lakewood, CA
Upon the expectation of my
new niece, I purchased two "I'm swirled" shirts,
one for her and one for her older brother. I went to visit
them a few weeks ago and gave them the shirts. My sister
and brother-in-law could not have been happier. Not only
were they wowed by the shirts cute design, but touched by
a message that celebrated their children in a way we see
far too little in our society. — Claire, Greenbelt,
MD
A friend of mine just bought
me one of your shirts for my 8 month old (his father is Mexican
American and I'm biracial --African American mother, White
father). I love it!! I wanted to thank you personally for
putting this together. I've been wondering how to deal with
the whole multi-culti--being a multi-ethnic person who is
parenting a multi-ethnic person and its great for a website
to take that experience seriously. — Jenifer, Houston,
TX
Just want to let you know
that I love the T shirt. A lot of people don't get it at
first, then they see me and a lightbulb goes on. — Jasmine,
Tucson, AZ
Your site is MORE THAN AWESOME!
As a mixed race child... well, not child, but person!! I've
seen all fo the Irish Pride, Kiss me, I'm such and such shirts
and buttons, but refused to wear any of it, because it forced
me to choose between my mom and my dad! THANK YOU!! I see
this as the first step to... well, hopefully, a better social
structure for mixed race children. — Kuma |
