CHICAGO — The shirt Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose wore on national television Thursday depicting his meme-able three-year-old son is the latest product from a Rose family business.
And Kaeya Majmundar, the River North clothier selling the shirts online, said she can't print enough of the crew necks to keep up with demand.
Majmundar, a 22-year-old recent Emory University graduate, said she's run out of the shirts three times already since Rose wore one following the Bulls' nationally-televised victory Thursday over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Though Rose was the model, the shirt's real star is his three-year-old son, P.J., shown flashing an adorable mean mug that went viral over the summer after a Bulls playoff game.
One of the items for sale. [ZipTank]
"My printer in Burr Ridge is probably pulling its hair out right now, but it’s really exciting," she said.
The shirt is part of a "Bullies" collection between Majmundar and Mieka Reese, P.J. Rose's mother. Majmundar — who owns the ZipTank clothing website — said she linked up with Reese when she moved into Trump International Hotel & Tower this summer and met arguably its most famous resident: Derrick Rose.
"I figured I'd hang in the residential lobby and try to meet people," Majmundar said. "[Rose and his friends] asked me what I did and they casually mentioned that’s P.J's mom has a clothing line."
Though the shirts are flying out of her warehouse, Majmundar said she's ordered more and she hasn't sold out. The P.J. Rose shirt — with a portion of each sale going to the Chicago-based After School Matters charity — is available for $30, while a sweatshirt is priced at $50. ZipTank launched in June, with its first product a basketball jersey that doubles as a bag.
On Monday, the clothier will open a pop-up store along with Succezz at 210 S. Wabash Ave. And none other than P.J. Rose himself will make an appearance.
"We all adore him," Majmundar said. "It epitomizes Chicago. He is Chicago's spirit animal."
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