Yana Marks, the 22-year-old Love Island Australia star, suffered a costly blunder on Thursday when she unveiled a new T-shirt drop for her fashion brand Tradxe Chicks, only to discover the design carried a glaring spelling mistake.
The blue top was supposed to read 'I'm literally just a girl', but instead was emblazoned with the words 'I'm literalty just a girl'. By the time the error was spotted, production was already under way.
"Oh, my f***ing god, guys. Only me. They're already in manufacture. Like, they're already getting made," Marks said in a video posted to her Instagram Story.
Marks, who also worked as a plumber before appearing on Love Island Australia, was seen wearing the T-shirt shortly after filming a campaign shoot for the new product launch.
"We f***ing spelt it wrong. Like, what? Why did I not see that? I'm so dyslexic. We just shot this whole f***ing campaign. No one has noticed it. What the f***?" she said.
"Oh, my god, I just can't. We've just shot this whole f***ing thing. Everything's getting made. We spent all day shooting this, how did we not see it?" she added. "Oh, my god. I'm literally just a girl. Literal-ty just a girl."
Fans spot the mistake
An hour earlier, Marks had shared the campaign images on Instagram, striking a pose while eating ice cream in the T-shirt. Fans quickly flocked to the comments to point out the error.
"Is it supposed to be spelt wrong or is that on purpose?" one person wrote. "Wait the typooo - literalty," another pointed out, while someone else commented simply, "Illiterate?"
Another follower wrote, "So quick to release a new product that you didn't even realise had a spelling mistake? Damn that says a lot."
Yana hits back at critics
Marks defended herself in the comments, writing: "We already have these exact tees in black so we knew the quality was exactly how we wanted it. We were only approving the new colour and somehow didn't triple check the spelling."
"We spent eight hours shooting with four people today, and not one of us noticed until we posted it on TikTok. We're human, mistakes happen," she said.
Marks then pointed out that the commenter owned a florist business, adding that they shouldn't be "so quick to slam another business over a genuine mistake."
Some fans want the typo kept
Despite the criticism, many other followers said they liked the flair the mistake added to the shirt and called for Marks to keep it as is.
"I'll take one with the T," one person said, while another added, "Dude this shirt is going to stand out with the spelling. I'm here for it."
A third wrote, "The fact that there's a typo genuinely makes this so much better. That is such a girl thing to do - make a whole campaign about shirts you made with a typo and not even noticing hahaha. I think you should keep them like this!"
