Leviathan Sounding Noir Tee

One look stops the scroll. The Leviathan Sounding Noir Tee carries the weight of an old master's line on a clean black unisex tee — and wears it like it always belonged there.

The artwork is a single bone-cream ink printed on black: a strict, monochrome illustration after an antique engraving, rendered with the dense crosshatched texture and salon chiaroscuro of a Doré plate. Leviathan surfaces at the exact instant of sounding — its colossal armoured spine arching out of black water, ridged flanks catching a single shaft of cold light before the creature curves back into the abyss. Barnacled scales read like carved basalt. The churning surface at the lower edge of the print dissolves into foam and inked drips. And the eye — vast, rimmed in pale fire — turns back toward the viewer mid-descent, as if deciding whether to return. Below it: negative space. Dark, deliberate, unresolved. The figure sits high on the chest, its tail bleeding into scratch-marks and dissolution, the whole image held in black and cream with the concentrated weight of something pulled from a museum archive — because it was.

The garment is black, unisex fit, cut from soft heavyweight cotton that hangs with quiet authority. It layers cleanly, holds its shape, and feels like a proper tee rather than a novelty print.

Perfect for:

• Worn under an open overshirt for an effortless dark-aesthetic layered look

• Tucked into wide-leg trousers when the occasion calls for something that reads as art

• Paired with black denim and boots for anyone whose wardrobe already leans toward the literary and the strange

• Gifted to the person who owns too many books about the deep ocean and not enough shirts that match

Specs:

Colour: Black garment / bone-cream monochrome print

Fit: Unisex

Fabric: Soft heavyweight cotton

Care: Machine wash cold, inside out, tumble dry low

This is a shirt for the person who wants their clothes to say something precise. Add it to your cart — the Leviathan is watching.

After “LEVIATHAN”, bain news service, [between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920].

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