Relic Hound Vigil Noir Tee — White

A spectral hound on cold limestone. Darkness below. Nothing else needed.

This is the Relic Hound Vigil Noir Tee in vintage white — a unisex heavyweight graphic tee carrying a black-and-cream monochrome illustration drawn directly after an antique engraving held in a museum collection. Old master line work. Not a generated image. The real thing, pressed onto cotton.

The artwork is dense and deliberate: a massive hound, ribcage half-visible through matted fur, stands mid-turn over a stone tomb lid. One paw is pressed flat against carved scripture. Its head is raised, catching something just beyond the frame — eyes burning like struck flint. The figure is built from layer upon layer of crosshatched line work, textured like a rubbing pulled from cold limestone, before the lower body dissolves into vertical scratch-marks and ink drips. Below it: a dead-black field, vast empty darkness, and a two-line lockup of tiny, widely-spaced capitals sitting far at the foot of the composition. One bone-cream ink on black. Nothing more.

On a vintage white garment, the contrast lands hard. It wears like a statement and sits equally well on any body — cut for a relaxed unisex fit that layers clean over a long-sleeve or holds its own on its own.

Perfect for:

• Anchoring a monochrome fit — black denim, dark cargos, grey separates

• Wearing to a gallery, a gig, or anywhere the crowd notices what's on your chest

• The person in your life who gravitates toward dark art, gothic imagery, and alternative clothing with actual craft behind it

• A gift occasion where something genuinely considered beats anything generic

The details:

• Garment colour: Vintage White

• Ink: Single-colour bone/cream on black — monochrome throughout

• Fit: Unisex relaxed fit

• Fabric: Soft heavyweight cotton

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

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After “The Apocalypse: The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist”, Jean Duvet, 1546–56 — The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0).

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