Exotic Shorthair Shirt: Embroidered Orange Tabby Cat

This Exotic Shorthair shirt carries an orange tabby standing in profile, with its flat face, big round eyes and curled tail turned toward you. It is a ready-made design on a soft, short-sleeve T-shirt: choose the color and size, add a name or icon on the sleeve if you like, and we stitch it to order. Every stripe of fur is 100% real embroidery, stitched into the fabric rather than printed.

What is on the Exotic Shorthair shirt?

The Exotic Shorthair shirt has 2 parts:

• The cat: centered on the chest. Its coat is stitched in swirls of ginger, rust and light caramel thread, with a cream chest and cheeks, pink inner ears, small white whiskers, a flat nose and two round black eyes, and its striped tail curls up over its back.
• The sleeve (optional): a name, initials or short word and an icon from the font and icon chart, in the font and thread color you choose, on the left or right sleeve.

Which color should you choose?

Pick a color in the options above and the photos switch to it, so you can see the design on that color before you order.

The orange tabby stands out most on dark colors, cool mid-tones and the lightest colors, where the ginger stripes have a clear edge. On warm neutral colors the fur looks softer, and on colors close to the orange coat, the cat sits close to the fabric, so the cream chest, the black eyes and the darker stripes carry the design.

How do you order your T-shirt?

To order your T-shirt, follow 4 steps:

• Choose the T-shirt color and size in the options above.
• Choose whether to add sleeve embroidery.
• If you add it, type the name or initials, then pick the icon, font, thread color and sleeve.
• Add it to your cart; we email a free design proof before we stitch.

How do you add a name or icon on the sleeve?

Sleeve embroidery is optional and goes on one short sleeve. Type a short name or your initials, such as your cat’s name, and pick an icon, a font and a thread color from the charts in the photos, or leave the icon off. White thread is preselected because it reads best on dark shirts; pick Black or another dark thread for the light colors.

Is it an orange tabby shirt for any ginger cat?

Yes. The breed is an Exotic Shorthair, the short-coated cousin of the Persian, but the swirled ginger stripes make it an orange tabby shirt that suits anyone who loves a ginger cat, flat face or not. It has no words or dates on it, so it works all year with jeans, shorts or under an open overshirt.

Is there a sweatshirt version too?

Yes. The same orange tabby comes on our Exotic Shorthair sweatshirt, a crewneck sweatshirt for cooler days. Choose this T-shirt for warm weather or layering, and the sweatshirt for a cozy fleece.

Is it a good gift for an Exotic Shorthair owner?

Yes. It suits an Exotic Shorthair or Persian owner, a cat mom or cat dad with a ginger tabby, or a cat show regular, and it makes an easy birthday, Christmas or new-kitten gift. Add their cat’s name or initials on the sleeve to make it personal.

What happens after you order?

We email you a free digital design proof, and you can ask for unlimited edits. Once you approve it, we embroider your T-shirt to order and ship it from the USA; the estimated delivery date is shown on this page. For a birthday or holiday, order at least two weeks ahead.

Which size should you choose?

Each piece is made to order, so it is not eligible for size exchanges. Open the size guide on this page and compare the measurements with a T-shirt you already own before you order, and size up if you want an oversized look or are between sizes.

How should you wash an embroidered T-shirt?

To keep the embroidery bright and the color even, follow 4 steps:

• Turn the T-shirt inside out before washing.
• Wash it cold with similar colors, and use only non-chlorine bleach.
• Tumble dry low or hang it to dry.
• Skip the dry cleaner, and if you iron, iron on the reverse side, never directly on the embroidery.

Frequently asked questions

Is it an embroidered Exotic Shorthair shirt or a print?

It is an embroidered Exotic Shorthair shirt. The fur, the eyes, the whiskers and the sleeve name are stitched in thread, so they have a raised texture you can feel and will not crack or peel like a print.

Can the cat look like my own cat?

This tabby is a ready-made design. To stitch your own cat from a photo, see our embroidered cat sweatshirt.

Are there other orange cat designs?

Yes. The cat sleeping on books shirt has an orange tabby napping on a stack of books, more designs are in our cat lover gifts, and more short-sleeve designs are in our embroidered T-shirts.