The Zeld@ Tee
This badass shares a name with a famous video game, meaning we have to use a special character to get it past the copywrite filter.
About the design
Zeld@ Sayre Fitzgerald (1900 - 1948) is most famous for being the wife of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and a legendary party girl of the Jazz Age. However, she was also a prolific writer, painter, and dancer. She makes Rosie’s list of badass women not because of what she did, but for what she should have been able to do. Zeld@'s writing, particularly her private journaling, was good enough to be plagiarized by F. Scott for his work, but she struggled to gain traction on her own. She did publish stories in magazines and newspapers, including Scribner’s and The New Yorker. She became an accomplished ballerina, but at 28 acknowledged that she pursued the craft too late. She also painted, though the press was too focused on Zeld@'s mental struggles to notice her artistic talent; meanwhile, F Scott chronicled part of his wife’s mental deterioration (and profited from it) in the novel Tender is the Night. Zeld@ tragically lost her life in a fire while being held as a confined patient at the Highland Hospital in Asheville, NC. She is our matron saint of the committed, reflecting her confinement in various mental institutions, but also for her lifelong commitment to creative pursuits. In 1970, Nancy Milford's biography of Zeld@ made her a feminist icon, and in 1992, she was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame. Upon a reexamination of her creative work, an early genius can be seen, one that would have flourished with the freedom to explore her talents.
About the shirt
Made with 100% ring-spun cotton, a lightweight fabric (4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)), this unisex t-shirt feels like a bliss to wear all year round.
Made using ethically grown and harvested US cotton. Fabric blends: Heather colors - 35% ring-spun cotton, 65% polyester; Sport Grey - 90% cotton, 10% polyester.