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Frutiger Aero, Y2K and Cutecore Shirts

Glossy aqua bubbles, space-age starbursts and a raccoon astronaut who never leaves the couch. Shirts for people nostalgic for a future that looked like a screensaver.

About this collection

Frutiger Aero is the name the internet gave to the look of mid-2000s technology: glossy aqua bubbles, water drops, blue skies, green fields and a lot of optimism. It sits next to Y2K fashion and the softer, pastel cutecore aesthetic, and all three borrow from the space-age art of the 1950s and 60s.

These designs put the raccoon inside that world, from teal goggles and an axolotl bubble to an astronaut who never leaves the couch.

Fans of Frutiger Metro, kidcore and Y2K clothes will recognize the glossy palette; the axolotl design is the most Frutiger Aero of them all.

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