After seeing Swift in a video wearing an old T-shirt with an emphasis on sea otter protection, purchase inquiries flooded, and the aquarium that produced it relaunched the T-shirt as part of a fundraising campaign for sea otter protection.
According to the Associated Press and other foreign media on the 17th, Swift appeared earlier this month wearing an otter protection T-shirt at California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium in a party video commemorating the release of her new album, The Life of a Showgirl.
The T-shirt is an old one, with an aquarium last built in 1992. In front of it is a picture of two sea otters lying on their backs and a description of the sea otter.
It is not known how Swift obtained the t-shirt, which came out a long time ago. In 1992, Swift was 3 years old.
When Swift appeared on Kelsey’s podcast recently, they even exchanged jokes about how much she likes sea otters and whether she likes to send videos of sea otters to Swift.
Since the video was released, the aquarium has been flooded with inquiries to purchase T-shirts. The aquarium has decided to re-produce and introduce T-shirts after more than 30 years as part of its sea otter protection program.
They decided to mail a T-shirt to someone who contributes at least $65.13 for sea otters who were injured or lost their parents.
Less than eight hours after the pre-order began, donations exceeding the target of $1.3 million were collected, and less than two days later, it exceeded $2.3 million, the aquarium said.
Swift and her fiancé Travis Kelsey had visited the nearby Kamal area, but the aquarium said it did not know if they had visited their store.
Although the English language is unknown, not only aquariums but also companies that make T-shirts are enjoying the sudden outpouring of interest.
T-shirt manufacturer in Maine is a small company with 50 employees. It usually produces 1,500 copies a day, but starting next week, it will be busy handling the crowded orders.
SALLY LEE
US ASIA JOURNAL
