Untranslatable T-Shirts

Description: Untranslatable words: torschlusßpanik A German word that literally means “gate-closing panic,” but usually implies something like “the fear of diminishing opportunities as one gets older.” Comes from the fear in the middle ages of being late to get inside the castle as they shut the gate for an impending attack by marauding hordes.

Description: An ethereal relic from a museum that never existed. A headless classical figure wrapped in lace, satin, fractured light and celestial fragments—an imagined artifact for those who hear music as atmosphere rather than language.

Description: Untranslatable word: Schadenfreude German: Pleasure derived from the misfortune of others.