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Every droptells a tale.

Sweat-activated t-shirts from Mysuru. They look like plain heather grey. Work up a sweat and the fabric darkens around a water-repellent print, so the line hidden in your shirt shows up.

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Move across the fabric to sweat on it

Shirts that keep a secret.

Made for the gym, the run club and the 6 am badminton court. Each shirt hides one line in water-repellent ink. Hover over a shirt, or tap "Start a workout", to see it.

Heather grey tee. When wet, it reads Still showing up.
Batch 001

Still Showing Up

₹1,299

For the days you didn't feel like it and went anyway. Plain at warm-up. By the last set, everyone can read it.

Reveals “Still showing up.”

Heather grey, regular fit, XS to XXL

Blue heather tee. When wet, it reads Innondu, one more, in Kannada and English.
Batch 001

Innondu ಇನ್ನೊಂದು

₹1,299

Kannada for “one more”. The word every coach in Karnataka says just before the last rep.

Reveals “ಇನ್ನೊಂದು / One more.”

Blue heather, regular fit, XS to XXL

Heather grey tee. When wet, it reads See you at 5:30.
April 2027

See You at 5:30

₹1,399

For the run club that meets before the city wakes up: Cubbon Park laps, race mornings and team runs.

Reveals “See you at 5:30.”

Heather grey, athletic fit, XS to XXL

  1. 1

    Dry

    It looks like a plain heather tee. Nobody can see the print, including you.

  2. 2

    Sweat

    Wet cotton turns darker. The print repels water and stays light, so the line appears.

  3. 3

    Dry again

    As the shirt dries, the line fades back into the fabric, ready for tomorrow.

Care: wash cold and inside out, skip fabric softener because it coats the fibres and dulls the reveal, line dry in shade, and don't iron the print. Every reveal print is tested for 10 washes before a batch ships.

For the ooru that raised you.

Hometown t-shirts for Mysuru (Mysore), Bengaluru (Bangalore), Kerala and Mangaluru (Mangalore), each printed with an ink that reacts to the place it's about. The palace bulbs glow in the dark. The coffee steams with warmth. The monsoon arrives in the rain. The sunset comes out in the sun.

Indoors, under normal light, all four look like regular printed tees.

Black tee with Mysuru Dasara arched over a gold palace whose bulbs are printed in glow-in-the-dark ink, and Mysuru in Kannada below
Batch 001

Mysuru Dasara ಮೈಸೂರು

₹1,499

For everyone who has stood on the palace grounds at 7 pm, waiting for nearly a lakh bulbs to come on at once.

In the dark, the palace bulbs glow. Glow-in-the-dark ink, charged by any light.

Black, oversized, gold puff print

Oatmeal tee with By-two coffee above a steel tumbler and dabara, and Bengaluru in Kannada below
Batch 001

By-Two Coffee ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು

₹799

One filter coffee split into two tumblers at the darshini counter. Most Bengaluru friendships started over one of these.

With body heat, the steam appears. Heat-reactive ink turns clear when warm.

Oatmeal, regular fit, water-based print

Bottle green tee with a round badge of backwaters, palms and a houseboat at sunset, and Keralam in Malayalam below
Batch 001

Monsoon Coast കേരളം

₹1,199

Every June, the monsoon reaches Kerala before anywhere else in India. Backwaters, coconut palms and a houseboat waiting out the first rain.

When it gets wet, monsoon clouds and rain appear. Water-reactive white ink turns clear.

Bottle green, oversized, water-based print

Laterite red tee with a sunset over the sea framed by a tiled roof, and Kudla in Tulu below
Batch 001

Kudla Sunset ಕುಡ್ಲ

₹799

Red-tiled roofs, the Arabian Sea and an evening at Tannirbhavi with a gadbad. Kudla is what Mangaluru calls itself in Tulu.

In sunlight, the sky turns orange and the sun burns red. Sun-reactive ink.

Laterite red, regular fit, water-based print

Drip­tale

drip·talenoun

  1. 1.A shirt that tells its story when you sweat.
  2. 2.A shirt that tells the story of where you're from.

The name is the whole idea. The drip is our sweat line: tees that only speak once you've put in the work. The tale is our hometown line: tees that carry the town you grew up in, wherever you live now.

Every print reacts to something real: sweat, the dark, warmth, rain or sunlight. Some stories are printed for everyone to read. Others show up only when the moment is right.

What's coming.

Small, numbered drops, timed to the seasons and festivals they're about. Pick the ones you want and we'll email you before each one opens.

  1. Batch 001

    Still Showing Up, Innondu, and all four hometown tales: Mysuru, Bengaluru, Kerala and Kudla.

  2. Gym season

    A new-year restock of the sweat line, plus collaborations with gyms in Bengaluru.

  3. Holi

    Water-reveal tees for Holi parties, colour runs and housing-society celebrations.

  4. Race season

    See You at 5:30, plus run-club kits with your club's line hidden in the chest.

  5. Monsoon

    A rain-reveal tee, released when the monsoon reaches the coast.

  6. Onam

    A Kerala capsule in Malayalam, ready before Thiruvonam.

  7. Dasara hoodie

    An embroidered Mysuru Dasara hoodie with glow-in-the-dark palace bulbs.

  8. Rajyotsava

    Kannada Rajyotsava tees, and team orders for offices across Karnataka.

  9. Winter layers

    Hoodies and sweatshirts for the hometown line, made for cool Bengaluru evenings.

  10. New hometowns

    The next oorus, chosen by your votes below, and shipping to the UAE.

Pick the drops you want to hear about, or leave them all unpicked to hear about every one.

Which ooru next?

Vote for the town you'd wear on your chest. When enough people from one place sign up, it becomes the next hometown tale, and the people who voted for it hear first.

Pick up to three

Bulk orders for teams and events.

Custom printed t-shirts in bulk, from 50 pieces. Your line, hidden in the shirt. Sweat reveals it at the gym and on the race route. Water reveals it at waterparks, Holi parties and rain dances. Pick an occasion to see an example.

Example line: “No days off.”

₹650per tee from 50 pieces, with your own hidden line

  1. 1Tell us the occasion, the date and your line, in any language.
  2. 2We print a sample. Sweat on it or splash it before you approve.
  3. 3We print and deliver the full run, sized and packed per person.
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Let's make something together.

Tell us a little about what you need and we'll get back to you by email.

  • Bulk and event orders from 50 tees, with a sample to test before the full run.
  • Gyms and run clubs: member kits and coach tees with your motto hidden in the chest.
  • Stockists, creators and press: wholesale, collaborations and samples.

Before you ask.

How the reveal works in real life, how sizes run, and what to expect from a bulk order.

Can people see the print when the shirt is dry?

Barely. In bright, direct light you may catch a faint sheen at an angle. Across a room it reads as a plain heather tee.

How much sweat does it take?

The fabric has to be properly damp, not just warm. Most people see the line appear partway through a workout or a run, starting where they sweat first: the chest and the collar.

Does water work as well as sweat?

Yes. Rain, a water balloon or a splash at the pool all reveal it. That's why the print works for waterparks, Holi and rain dances.

Do the hometown tees change too?

Yes, each in its own way. Mysuru's palace bulbs are printed in glow-in-the-dark ink. The steam on By-Two Coffee sits under a heat-reactive layer that clears when warm. Kerala's monsoon clouds sit under a water-reactive white that turns clear when wet. Kudla's sky and sun are printed in sun-reactive ink that deepens outdoors. The effects on this page show what each ink does; the printed shirt itself doesn't move.

How long does the reveal last?

Every reveal print is tested for 10 washes before a batch ships. Wash cold and inside out, skip fabric softener, line dry and don't iron the print. Softener coats the fibres and dulls the reveal.

How do sizes run?

Regular fit is true to size. Oversized styles are cut a size larger, so size down if you want a closer fit. Measurements are taken flat across the chest, armpit to armpit, and doubled.

Regular fit measurements in centimetres
SizeChest (cm)Length (cm)
XS9266
S9768
M10270
L10772
XL11274
XXL11776
Where do you ship?

Across India, from Mysuru. Orders to the UAE will follow after launch.

What's the minimum for a bulk order?

50 tees. We print a sample first so you can sweat on it or splash it before you approve the full run.

Batch 001 opens mid-December.

Numbered, small and printed in Mysuru. Leave your email and we'll write once, when it opens.

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