Mandrake Queen Burial Noir Tee

She tears it from the earth and the earth screams back. This is dark art clothing that means something.

The Mandrake Queen Burial Noir Tee is a bone-on-black monochrome illustration after an antique engraving — old master line work pulled into 90s bootleg territory, rendered in a single cream ink on heavy black cotton. The artwork is dense: cross-hatched like a woodcut pulled on newsprint, textured, heavy, every mark doing work. Persephone kneels at the moment of the pull — face thrown back, the mandrake's forked human body wrenched from erupting soil, poppies and asphodel collapsing inward around her. Her robes dissolve at the hem into root tendrils and ink drips. The figure sits high on the chest, its lower edge bleeding into scratched negative space, grounded by a small two-line lockup in spaced capitals far below — a single vast black field carrying the weight of what she has done. Nothing decorative. Nothing soft. It earns every second of looking.

The garment itself is a soft, substantial heavyweight black tee in a unisex fit — the kind that drapes well loose and still holds its shape worn in over time. A piece you reach for on purpose, not by default.

Perfect for:

• Anchoring a dark academia or gothic layered look over a long-sleeve black top

• Wearing to record shops, gallery openings, the kind of gig that matters

• Pairing with wide-leg black trousers or a long skirt when the artwork does all the talking

• Gifting to the person who has a specific shelf for their mythology books and a very firm opinion on Persephone

Specs:

Colour: Black garment / bone-cream monochrome print

Fit: Unisex — size up if you prefer an oversized drop

Care: Machine wash cold, inside out, low heat dry to preserve the print

Add it to your cart and wear the myth. The engraving credit appears below — this is a real piece of art history on your back.

After “(i) A True and Exact Prospect of the Famous Citty of London,... (ii) Another Prospect of the Sayd Citty taken from the Same Place...”, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1666 — 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