T-shirts for the female gaze? Such designs by women for women have unique appeal

Flore Flore prices is said to reflect the research and development required to design them, as well as the costs of making them in Portugal, a country recognised for its textile manufacturing industry. Photo: Instagram/Flore Flore

You could buy eight T-shirts from Hanes for the price of a single T-shirt from Flore Flore, a small brand that in recent years has popped up in fashionable boutiques across the world.

That hasn’t stopped some people from “buying them in bulk” at McMullen, a store with locations in San Francisco and Oakland, California, said its owner, Sherri McMullen.