Who You Are. How You Feel. Express Yourself in a Jih Tee.
Original Chinese calligraphy brushwork by the owner’s father — embroidered and printed on apparel you’ll actually want to wear.
THE HAND BEHIND EVERY CHARACTER
Every character was written by one man.
Every character on a Jih Tee was written by Jiausen Jih — the owner’s father, and a mathematician turned memoirist. Jiausen has written several books — memoirs and stories of his life. His first book, “An Ordinary Person’s Memoir,” even made it onto the shelf of the Library of Congress.
Dora has been putting his Chinese characters onto clothing for years — expressive of who she is and what she loves. It started with a family line: mom, dad, big sister, little sister, when she became a mom herself. Then she found a passion in triathlon, and naturally swim, bike, run found their way onto the line too. Dora continues to build the collection with characters her customers request.
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Wear Who You Are.
Whether you swim, run, or do all three — there's a character for that. Original Chinese calligraphy by Jiausen Jih, embroidered or printed on premium apparel.
"Swim bike run" in his brushwork isn't just a description of what you do. It's a declaration of who you are.
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Wear How You Feel.
Love. Laugh. Joy. Peace. Strong. Some days you need a reminder of what you're made of. Wear it.
Each character is displayed large, in the artist's original hand — a small piece of gallery art you can put on in the morning.
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Wear Your Family.
The original Jih Tees characters. Mom. Dad. Big Sister. Little Sister. Big Brother. Little Brother. Simple, universal, and deeply personal.
A gift that says exactly what you mean without saying a word.
THE SIGNATURE COLLECTION
Life Is Not Easy.™
Dora made her father a shirt with his lifelong saying on it. He wanted it in English, because he wants everyone to be able to read it. Life is not easy is not a complaint; it’s his philosophy on life. Seek challenges, do hard things, life should not be easy; if it is, you stopped living to your fullest. He wears it. When friends see photos of him in that shirt, they say: "I want one of those."
Tees and sweatshirts, embroidered the same way his shirt is. The philosophy that created everything else in this line.
REAL WORDS. REAL PEOPLE. REAL PHILOSOPHY
The Jih's Say
The Jih's Say is a collection of phrases the Jih family actually lives by — printed in English so everyone can read them. No calligraphy. Just words worth wearing.
THE ARTIST — JIAUSEN JIH
He titled his memoir "An Ordinary Person's Memoir." By any measure, there is nothing ordinary about how he has lived.
PHD MATHEMATICIAN · AUTHOR · HELD BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS · WRITES EVERY SINGLE DAY
Who you are. How you feel. Express yourself in a Jih Tee.
Original Chinese calligraphy. Wearable art. One family's story — on your sleeve.