Redditor Shares Epic “Shirtception” Gift of Him Wearing a Shirt of Himself a Year Ago for 8 Years

Shirtception Shirt on Reddit

2022

Some of the greatest gifts are handmade. These special presents are tailored to the recipient—and only them—with fun backstories and inside jokes to match. For a staggering nine years, one such present has been given, and it gets funnier and more elaborate with each passing year.

On the surface, it sounds pretty ordinary; a Redditor named GeorgieWashington shared a shirt he got from his brother during the holidays. But this isn't just any garment. Calling it “Shirtception,” it features a picture of GeorgieWashington in 2021 wearing the shirt from 2020, wearing a picture of him wearing the shirt from 2019, and so forth. Each year is a different “level,” and the whole thing began in 2014 when he received a shirt featuring his smiling face plastered against the body of the garment. In 2015, that same photo appeared, but in the picture of GeorgieWashington had taken wearing the first shirt.

The present is only getting more mind-bending as time passes. It’s the mark of a great gift; the meaning of it keeps on giving long after the package is unwrapped. And now, other people can get in some of the humor and joy. After GeorgieWashington shared all of the shirts (so far) on Reddit, the post went viral with fellow Redditors now invested and already looking forward to the next holiday season.

Scroll below to see the shirt’s evolution over the past nine years.

A Redditor named GeorgieWashington shared a shirt he got from his brother during the holidays. But this isn't just any garment.

Shirtception Shirt on Reddit

2021

Shirtception Shirt on Reddit

2020

Calling it “Shirtception,” it features a picture of GeorgieWashington in 2021 wearing the shirt from 2020, wearing a picture of him wearing the shirt from 2019, and so forth.

Shirtception Shirt on Reddit

2019

Shirtception Shirt on Reddit

2018

Each year is a different “level,” and the whole thing began in 2014 when he received a shirt featuring his smiling face plastered against the body of the garment.

Shirtception Shirt on Reddit

2017

Shirtception Shirt on Reddit

2016

In 2015, that same photo appeared, but in the picture of GeorgieWashington had taken wearing the first shirt.

Shirtception Shirt on Reddit

2015

And here's where it all started:

Shirtception Shirt on Reddit

2014

GeorgieWashington: Reddit

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled 'Embroidered Life' that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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