Chicago. Bring A Coat. That is all this shirt says, and people seem to really, really like it.  So if you can take the cold, and you know how to dress for Chicago's infamously unpredictable, yet predictably infamous climate, this is the shirt for you!  Paradoxically, though, we recommend wearing this shirt when it's warm out, or indoors, so people can see it!

According to Chris:

This was one of those off-the-top-of-my-head good ideas. As i recall, I had a friend visiting and she was asking me what she should pack.  And I said, "Bring A Coat" -- Boom -- T-Shirt -- sometimes it's that easy. Most of the times it's not, but sometimes it is!  Few of our other shirts so universally and immediately get a chuckle from people of all ages and walks of life.

A quick personal note is, that when I first moved to Chicago, having lived previously in Florida, Arizona, and California, I actually DID NOT OWN a coat.  I got here in August, and started freaking out a little, so I went and bought this super-heavy, thick, shapeless, heavily padded Eddie Bauer parka that was tested for use on like, Antarctic ice-core sampling missions.  I started wearing it to work when the mercury plunged below the 55F mark in mid-September, and it was quite the running joke among my new Northern friends throughout the winter.  They called me "Michelin Man" and "Nanook of Vero Beach" -- and this was before the Seinfeld episode that had George wearing the similar type of "Gore-Tex" coat.  They also said that it was the least sexy, least stylish, least-likely-to-help-pick-up-chicks piece of outerwear in the history of men's fashion.  But man, did I stay warm.  "Superparka" lasted me a good, long time, but sadly, was last seen in a pile of coats in the corner of Slugger's at the end of TBOX7, never to be seen again.  Due to its indestructible nature though, I have to figure it's somewhere, keeping somebody warm, so at least that makes me feel a little better about losing it :)

PS - The coldest I've ever been in Chicago, hmmm, a couple of times stand out.  February 11, 1995, I went to see Magnapop, Throneberry, and Squash Blossom at the Empty Bottle on Western Avenue.  Back then, at 2:30AM, there were NO CABS on Western Avenue, it was NOT yet the Hipster Heaven it is today. Me and my friends Goze and Dan had to wait about 30 minutes for the bus and came close to frostbite.  The other time was just a couple years ago, 2006 I think, I went to this boat party in Monroe Harbor, and again, no cabs, and 8 of us had to drive back in the back of my friend Neil's pickup truck, and it was just like that scene in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles where Steve Martin says "What do you think the temperature is?" and John Candy goes, "One."