Everything else gets measured against the Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt
Whenever a friend asks where they ought to start with That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup, I point them at the Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt. The cloth used here is 6.5 oz 100% organic cotton, which weighs more than the thin jersey the bulk of graphic tees get printed on, and the weight registers the second you lift one. Because the body is relaxed rather than slim, the shirt hangs off the shoulder instead of hugging the chest. Signature jumbo screen prints land front and back, which means the shirt reads from both sides as you pass somebody. A yellow woven label closes the hem, and that strip of yellow is the first thing long-time buyers of alocs alocs hoodie clothing look for on any piece. Not every tee here is cut the same way, which is why it matters more than it sounds that the brand’s own copy says this style fits true to size. At the brand’s own store it runs about $150 as of September 2026, and because streetwear prices move constantly, treat that as a snapshot.
The graphic tees, going by their actual names
Graphic tees at that same core price account for most of the cough syrup shirts on offer, and the names are half the reason people collect them. On the list you have the A.L.O.C.S. T-Shirt, the Warning T-Shirt, King Of The Kill, Drankenstein and Juicebusters, along with Big Pharma, Cough Syrup Scream, Paralysis, Rib Cage, ALOCS Smoke and the Cough Syrup Scary Movie T-Shirt. Scroll on and Po Up, Rosary, Man Down, Death Row, Land Of the Sippers, The Last Pint, Love At First Sip, the Wok Is Dead T-Shirt, the Promethazine Tour T-Shirt and the Dodger T-shirt come up. 100% cotton, jumbo screenprint hits front and back, the yellow woven label, and a fit the brand calls true to size: that is the one spec sheet covering King Of The Kill, Drankenstein and Juicebusters. A 100% organic cotton short sleeve, the Warning T-Shirt also runs true to size, and the brand adds that you should consider sizing up for an oversized look. Listed as handmade in Los Angeles, the Paralysis T-Shirt has a stencil-style treatment and a rough print on a relaxed body. The brand takes its name from a phrase that refers to promethazine-codeine cough syrup, known as lean, and titles like Promethazine Tour and The Last Pint play on it; the brand runs its own banner reading “! PLEASE DO NOT SIP DRANK AND SHOOT FIREARMS !” and then gets back to selling clothes.
The lightweight, cropped cuts sit in their own lane
The Wok Is Dead T-Shirt and the Promethazine Tour T-Shirt are two tees that behave differently enough to deserve their own paragraph. Both read as a wide-fit, cropped tee in lightweight cotton jersey, the opposite of the heavy classic body in almost every respect. A rinse gives them a comfortable vintage feel, and the artwork is a water based screen print front and back rather than a thick plastic-feeling hit. Flat measurements are given for these two styles as well, which is rare enough here to be worth using: small is 20 inches by 17.5 inches, medium 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5, taken as width by length. Lay those numbers against a tee you already own, since 20 inches wide by 17.5 long is short by ordinary standards. For a relaxed fit the brand asks you to order one to two sizes bigger than your regular size, because it states outright that this style runs small. Price-wise there is no difference, about $150 at the brand’s own store as of September 2026.
Women’s cuts and the lighter end of the rail
What the flagship tee costs is not what everything with the logo on it costs, which comes as a surprise to people who know the brand only from resale chatter. On the women’s side the lighter pieces run roughly $48 to $100 and they cover crop tops, tank tops and bodysuits rather than the full heavyweight body. Tanks and crop tops are published as 100% combed cotton, a genuinely different fabric from the 6.5 oz organic cotton on the classic. The Cough Syrup measuring line side print appears on some tanks, a nod to a dosage line and one of the quieter graphics in the lineup. The Kids Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt is also on the list at about $60, which is the cheapest route into the classic artwork. Open this part of the catalogue first if you have been searching an awful lot of cough syrup shirt and bouncing off the $150 figure, and expect these prices to shift with drops and sales.
The tee range at a glance
Rather than what forums assume, the table below sets out what the brand actually publishes for each tee. What the brand’s own store showed as of September 2026 is what the prices are, and they change with each drop. Some rows are thinner because the material column lists only what the brand states itself. No single global rule exists here, so the fit notes come from per-product guidance rather than from one global rule. I have said so instead of filling the gap with a guess wherever the brand publishes nothing about the fabric. The one useful fit sentence lives on the product page, so use this as a shortlist and read that page next.
| Model | Cost | Cloth | Note on fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt | about $150 | 6.5 oz, 100% organic cotton | Relaxed cut, true to size |
| Warning T-Shirt | around $150 | 100% organic cotton, as published | True to size; size up one for an oversized look |
| King Of The Kill, Drankenstein, Juicebusters | around $150 each | 100% cotton, jumbo screenprint | True to size |
| Wok Is Dead, Promethazine Tour | about $150 apiece | Lightweight cotton jersey, rinsed | Wide-fit cropped; runs small, order 1 to 2 sizes up |
| Paralysis T-Shirt | roughly $150 | Handmade in Los Angeles, stencil-style print | Relaxed cut, rough finish |
| A.L.O.C.S. T-Shirt | roughly $150 | Not separately published | Read the product note |
| Dodger T-shirt | about $150 | Not separately published | True to size, as the brand publishes it |
| Kids Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt | about $60 | Not separately published | Kids sizing, 2/3 to 8 |
| Women’s tanks and crop tops | about $48 up to $100 | 100% combed cotton, as published | Lighter weight, closer cut |
The way these tees actually fit on a body
There is no one rule here, and pretending otherwise is how people end up reselling a tee they wore once. The majority of pieces here are published as true to size, including the classic, the Warning tee and the King Of The Kill, Drankenstein and Juicebusters group. Described as relaxed, the classic body means true to size already leaves room through the chest and a print that sits flat rather than stretched. If you want a lower hem and a wider sleeve, which is the look most people are after, the Warning tee adds the option of going up one. Then come the two lightweight cropped styles, which run small and ask for one to two sizes up, so a medium in the classic might be a large or extra large in Wok Is Dead. Sizing across the apparel range spans from extra small up to 3XL depending on style, but the deeper sizes are not on every product. It is worth saying plainly that the brand publishes no global size chart and no washing instructions, so per-product notes and those flat measurements are all you get.
How to pick the one you will actually wear
A first piece is best as the classic in your normal size, so you learn how the 6.5 oz body wears before spending on anything cut unusually. The cropped lightweight tees give you another silhouette for the same money if you own one already and want something different rather than something similar, provided you respect the sizing note. Shop by name if graphics matter more than cut to you, since Drankenstein, Rib Cage and Cough Syrup Scary Movie pull from the horror side while Big Pharma and Promethazine Tour lean on medical wordplay. Whatever you end up with, check the yellow woven label, check the product name against the brand’s own catalogue, and check the price against real levels, since a $45 tee carrying this artwork is not coming from the label. Thats awful lot of cough syrup is only one of a dozen spellings people type into a search bar, and plenty of those searches land on stores with no connection to the brand. The brand’s own online store and its Los Angeles locations at 7669 Melrose Ave and 312 W 5th St, plus 5410 Almeda Rd in Houston, are where it sells, and roughly two in five size variants sit sold out at any moment. Prices, colorways and availability shift drop by drop, so check the live listing on the day you buy rather than trusting any guide, including this one.