Relic Hound Burial Noir Tee — White

A spectral greyhound caught mid-breath over an open reliquary — this is dark art you actually wear.

The Burial Noir Tee centres on a massive, ghost-lit greyhound rendered in a single bone-cream ink against a deep black field. The figure is drawn after an antique engraving — an old master's line, not a generated image — and the detail lands accordingly: you can read the taut ribcage, the raised paw, one foreleg locked in tension, the bones of a saint's hand just visible beneath the dog's lowered muzzle. Below the haunches, the figure doesn't end cleanly — it dissolves into ink drips and scored scratches, as though the image is still deciding whether to stay on the fabric. The whole composition sits high on the chest like a fresco fragment, dramatic negative space holding it in place. On a vintage white garment the black-and-cream contrast is stark and clean, with none of the flatness of a modern print — the texture reads like worn engraving plate, not screen.

The garment itself is a soft heavyweight cotton in vintage white, cut as a unisex fit — substantial enough to hold structure, broken-in enough to feel like something you've owned for years. It wears wide through the shoulder and relaxed through the body, which is exactly what this kind of graphic needs.

Perfect for:

• Worn open over a black long-sleeve for a layered dark aesthetic look

• Paired with raw-hem denim or cargo trousers when the rest of the outfit is minimal

• The person whose bookshelf includes memento mori prints and whose walls do too

• A genuinely considered gift for a dog lover, a gothic art devotee, or anyone who wears their taste loudly

Specs:

Garment colour: Vintage White

Fit: Unisex relaxed

Artwork: Monochrome — single bone-cream ink on black field, after an antique engraving

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

If your wardrobe already skews dark and your taste runs toward relics, old masters, and things that shouldn't be beautiful but are — this one's for you. Add it to your cart and wear something worth looking at twice.

After “Portrait of Paul the Apostle "Portrait of Paul the Apostle" "Portret van Paulus de apostel"”, Unknown author Unknown author, between 1500 and 1599 — 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