THE DUTCH PHILOSOPHY PRESENTS
FIRST
EDITION.
There can only ever be one.
Made once. Individually numbered. Never repeated.
OWN THE
BEGINNING.
For a short time, we're opening orders for the first ever release from The Dutch Philosophy.
We don't know whether 20 people will order one. Or 200. That's kind of the point.
When the First Edition ordering window closes, we'll make exactly what was ordered. Then we'll close the book on this design.
Every shirt carries its own Roman numeral, marking its individual place in the very first TDP release.
Not artificially limited.
Genuinely never repeated.
FOOTBALL SHIRTS
SHOULDN'T NEED A
FOOTBALL CLUB.
The Dutch Philosophy is a football-inspired clothing brand built around the design, history, humour, sponsors, culture and stories that surround football shirts.
We take that world and create our own version of it: original shirts, original stories and a little satire along the way.
No club. No replica. No season to recreate.
Just our take on football culture, one edition at a time.
And this is
Edition One.
EVERY PROPER SHIRT
NEEDS A SPONSOR.
Your Money is Our Money. Literally.
Unfortunately, nobody offered us several million dollars. So we invented one.
ALBABANC is our completely fictional financial institution and inaugural shirt sponsor.
A small nod to the increasingly absurd relationship between football, money and the brands plastered across the shirts we love.
No complicated corporate purpose. No inspirational brand film. Just a fictional bank willing to say the quiet part out loud.
THE
SHIRT.
Black. Forest green and charcoal pinstripes. White trim. Raglan sleeves. A fictional sponsor. And an individual Roman numeral marking where your shirt sits in the First Edition.
The production run is set by demand during the ordering window.
Each shirt carries an individual Roman numeral from the First Edition.
No restock. No reissue. No remake of this exact design.
FIRST EDITION REGISTRATION
THIS IS WHERE YOU COMMIT.
RESERVE YOUR PLACE
MAKE THE
COMMITMENT.
Commitment deposit. Deducted from the final shirt price.
Register your details, choose your size and tell us whether you want personalisation. You'll then be taken to Stripe to securely pay your $25 commitment deposit.
Your Roman numeral is not chosen.
It will be allocated in the order successful commitment deposits are received — I, II, III, IV and so on.
04 / IF YOU'VE MADE IT THIS FAR...
THANK YOU.
The Dutch Philosophy is starting from zero. Friends. Family. Colleagues. Football tragics. And hopefully the people they tell next.
If you love the shirt, we'd love you to own one. If it isn't for you but you know someone who'd get it, send this page to them.
However many people join us for the First Edition, that's how many First Editions will ever exist.
COMMIT TO FIRST EDITION — $25 ↘ SEND IT TO SOMEONE WHO'D GET IT ↗