- "Burkina" means "honest" or "upright" in the Mossi language spoken in Mali, Togo, and Burkina Faso.
- This pattern is modelled after the Dashiki, a design popularised in the 1960s by African American liberation activists. The shape of a tradition Dashiki garment is a loose-fitting pullover which originated in West Africa as a functional work tunic for men.
- The socks are 90% Cotton, 8% Polyamide, and 2% Elastan.