Hellebore King Burial Noir Tee — Original

A drowned king. A dissolving crown. A graphic tee that hits like a found artefact from a darker decade.

The centerpiece is a vast crowned stag, chest-deep in black bog water, antlers erupting with open hellebores — the blooms mid-shatter, petals falling like ash. Its head is thrown back, eyes milky-white, the whole figure sinking. Below the waterline, the body doesn't end cleanly — it dissolves into vertical ink drips that bleed down into pure void, with a spare two-line lockup in widely-spaced small capitals anchored far below in the darkness. The image is after a real antique engraving from a museum collection — old master linework, not a generated picture — rendered here in bone-cream ink on black: monochrome, dense, no colour, no compromise.

The crosshatching is Doré-weight heavy. The worn halftone grain and ink-bleed edges give it the texture of a 90s bootleg rap tee that's already lived a life — Caravaggio chiaroscuro energy filtered through a record store bargain bin. On a vintage white garment in a unisex cut, it sits exactly right: not too fitted, not too boxy, with the kind of soft heavyweight cotton drape that makes you reach for it first.

Perfect for:

• Layered under an open flannel or over a long-sleeve for that effortless dark-aesthetic layered look

• Worn as a statement piece to a gallery opening, a gig, or anywhere black-on-black gets boring

• Paired with wide-leg trousers or cargo pants for a moody nature / dark cottagecore fit

• Gifted to the person whose walls are covered in botanical prints and whose playlist is exclusively funeral doom

Specs:

• Colour: Black graphic on Vintage White garment

• Fit: Unisex — relaxed through the chest and shoulder

• Artwork: Single ink, monochrome — black and cream only

• Variant shown: Black / M

If you've been waiting for a gothic graphic tee that earns a second look across a crowded room — this is the one. Add it to your cart before this run is gone.

After “Knielend meisje, dat een staande haas aan zijn poten vast houdt, RP-T-1941-42(V)”, Rijksmuseum, between 1904 and 1934 — Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

• Made to order — made fresh just for you
• A one-of-a-kind piece you won't find in big-box stores