‘It Was Always the Cliché’ — Jean Paul Gaultier Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Classic Tee

“It was always the cliché of chic, the cliché that because it’s expensive, it’s beautiful. I didn’t like that, so I was quite rebellious. I say, ‘No, there is so much more to beauty’.” Jean Paul Gaultier was remembering his early-1970s apprenticeships at Cardin and Patou when he said this around his 2014 Barbican retrospective: a teenager inside couture discovering that the whole creed was “expensive equals beautiful,” and deciding on the spot to rebel. He spent fifty years proving beauty answers to no price tag. Worth and cost are two different things wearing the same coat, and mistaking one for the other is how you get fooled.

**Bella+Canvas 3001 — Classic Tee (White, Crisp finish).** 100% Airlume combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 32 singles — smooth, tight-knit, holds crisp type. Unisex retail fit, crew neck, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold inside-out with like colors, no fabric softener, tumble dry low or hang dry, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).

**Bella+Canvas 3001 — Classic Tee (Black, Color finish).** 100% Airlume combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 32 singles. Unisex retail fit, crew neck, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold inside-out with like colors, no fabric softener, tumble dry low or hang dry, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).