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Features
Ethically made true-to-size unisex polo with UPF50+ UV protection, soft moisture-wicking fabric, and 100% recycled yarns, featuring breathable Venta® CoolDry material.
Specifications
  • True-to-size unisex fit
  • Short set-in sleeves
  • Extended back length (can be tucked in)
  • Self-fabric collar with a three-button placket
  • Active breathability with moisture management
  • Fully sublimated design on Venta® CoolDry syntetic fabric
  • Wrinkle-resistant material that drapes well
  • Side-seamed, double-needle hem
  • Split detail on the sides
  • UPF 50 sun protection
Fabric & Care

For best care, machine wash gently and avoid using bleach. Line dry out of direct sunlight, and refrain from tumble drying. If needed, use a cool iron on the inside of the fabric. Additionally, avoid contact with rough surfaces.

Thickness

Lightweight Heavyweight

Softness
Rough Super Soft

Breathability
Waterproof Breathable

Sustainability 🍃

Environmentally Responsible
Crafted from yarns made from recycled PET bottles, this polo is printed using high-quality, carcinogen-free inks.

Sustainable Production
Life Apparel collaborates with carefully vetted local and international partners to produce limited quantities of each model, ensuring exclusivity and preventing overproduction.

Eco-Friendly Packaging
Our products are packaged without plastic, using kerbside-recyclable or home compostable mailers. Deliveries are handled by Australia Post, supporting carbon-offset projects to reduce emissions.

The Artwork
"Kaalpa is my home, where my grandfathers walked around hunting bush tuckers and getting meat for the family."

Corban Clause Williams

Kaalpa

Corban Clause Williams is a First Nations artist, a proud Martu, Manyjilyjarra man, currently residing on Martu Country (Western Australia).

Kaalpa is my two grandfathers' ngurra (home). My two grandfathers, they were pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) in Kaalpa, where they walked around hunting bush tuckers, getting meat for the family.

I went there for the first time in 2018 on a Martumili trip to Wantlili Claypan. The KJ (Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa) rangers were going to visit Kaalpa and asked "we going Kaalpa, you wanna come? "The oldies said "go see your grandfather's Country"-they showed me a well (Well 23 on the Canning Stock Route). It's got kapi (water) there, a well, jurnu (soak) and tuwa (sandhills). When we been in Kaalpa they [elders] said "this is your Country, this is your home. This one here is yours and your little sister's [Tamisha Williams] home, this is your two's grandfather's Country".

I went hunting there, got a parnajalpa (sand goanna). We were looking for bilbys - we couldn't find any. We got minyarra (bush onion) there too. When I went there, I was pukurlpa (happy). It made you open up your spirit, feels like home. When I was little, I first came to Martumili, I saw people painting and Gabe (Gabrielle Sullivan, previous manager at Martumili Artists) got me a small canvas to try. One day when I was at Fortescue festival I saw all the oldies there and their paintings, I was looking around, looking around and seeing what I liked, this and that, this and that, and I was thinking- I want to be a painter when I grow up.

At school in Newman and in Punmu I liked to paint. I painted a lot with my nana Jakayu [Biljabu] and little bit I got her style of painting, into my painting. First, when you have a brush in your hand it's like I see it in my mind, the sandhills, waterholes. I picture it in my head and I am back there.

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Tom J.
Outstanding Service in Every Way

What a fantastic polo. It is a great reflection of a beautiful culture. The colours are awesome. It is very comfortable, and I wear it to work once a week. It has generated some interest from others, which is great. And, I ordered it on a Sunday, and being in far north Queensland, I had it in my mind it would take a week to arrive. It arrived two days later! You have won me for sure.

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