I Want All the Bookish Tees

In December 2024 and January 2025, I did a little bit of shopping with my Christmas money. I discovered through Instagram a store called Piper + Ivy. They were offering a deal on Instagram for free bookish stickers (but you paid for shipping). It was a cheap deal, so I went ahead with it.

Then I discovered their shirts. Books, books, everywhere!

Now, here's the thing: I've slowly become interested in celebrating my writerly authorness in different ways--decorating my desk, picking up merch, and lastly (and probably most importantly to me), dressing what I think is the part. While anime tees are very much my thing (another important part of my identity), I want to look bookish. I want someone to mistake me for a librarian.

Bring out the book shirts and cardigans for me, please!

Here's what I got myself for Christmas/New Year's from Piper + Ivy.

You can see a theme here, right? I love art of books with pretty things exploding out of them.

And Piper + Ivy have so many book tees! Look at them!

Some of my favorite things about these shirts besides the art prints are the fact that the color of the shirts are all variations of heather--a visual texture that I like--and they come in sizes that actually fit me.

I know I have a lot of clothes, but honestly, I would start replacing almost everything out with book tees and sweaters if I could. I really love how they look together.

Here are some more shirts I'm hoping to get in the future:

Shirts start at $29.99 for short sleeves and $37.99 for long sleeves.

Since I own four of these shirts, I can tell you that they are of high quality and my favorite things to wear. I feel such bookish inspiration when I wear them! If I ever get to be a guest at a conference or convention, and the style is casual, these shirts will be my "author uniform."