Two cousins. One obsession.
We are two cousins. We grew up with the same stories told by the same uncles. The same battles. The same kings. The same saints.
At some point, we realised no one around us knew these names. Not Clovis. Not Charles Martel. Not the Templars. Not really.
French history is there, everywhere around us. In the streets. In the churches. In the towns. But it is no longer passed on.
We wanted to find a way to put it back in circulation.
What we do
We select moments. We document them. We draw them on fabric. We build an augmented reality experience that triggers on scan.
The tshirt becomes a door. History becomes an object you wear.
What we are not
Kolyzy is not a political brand. None of the figures we wear belong to a modern camp. Clovis, Charles, Jeanne, the Templars, Louis IX — they have been dead for 700 to 1,500 years. They do not belong to us. They belong to history.
“We pass them on. That is all.”
How it is made
The entire production cycle is French. The cotton is spun, woven and made on French soil. Printing happens in a French workshop that masters premium screen printing and DTG printing for the richest designs.
The augmented reality was developed in-house, with no app to download. Everything happens in your smartphone browser. No data collected. No tracking. Just the archive opening.
Why give to heritage
Because it would be inconsistent otherwise. If we wear French history, we must also help preserve it.
We give a fixed share of revenue to the Fondation du Patrimoine. Public counter, updated in real time. Tax receipt available for every payment.
Contact us
Kolyzy.