Mandrake Queen Burial Noir Tee — Original

She tears the root from the earth and the earth tears back. This is the moment mythology never quite shows you — rendered in bone-and-black monochrome on a heavy white tee that wears like a statement and washes like a wardrobe staple.

The artwork is after a real antique engraving — old master line work, not a generated image — translated into a single bone/cream ink halftone on black. Dense cross-hatching builds Persephone's figure from deep shadow: face thrown back, root screaming in her fist, robes dissolving at the hem into trailing tendrils and dripping ink, poppies and asphodel collapsing around her knees as the soil erupts. The image sits high on the chest, its lower edge unraveling into scratched drips and negative space, grounded by a small two-line type lockup in widely spaced capitals — quiet authority beneath the chaos. It reads like a woodcut pulled on newsprint. It looks like nothing else in your wardrobe.

The garment is white, unisex-fit, and cut in a soft heavyweight cotton that drapes well without going boxy — the kind of weight that holds its shape wash after wash and feels considered, not fast.

Perfect for:

• Layering open over a black long-sleeve for a dark academia or witchy-aesthetic outfit

• Wearing alone with wide-leg trousers or a maxi skirt when the print needs room to breathe

• The person in your life who owns every mythology book and still hasn't found a shirt that keeps up

• Anchoring a gothic or occult-leaning wardrobe with something that has genuine art history behind it

Specs:

Colourway: White garment / bone-cream on black monochrome print

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

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

If you're building a wardrobe around dark graphic art, mythology, and pieces that actually mean something — this one's for you. Add it to your cart and wear the underworld.

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