‘For Something to Be Beautiful’ — Rei Kawakubo Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Literary Tee — Oversized Tee

“For something to be beautiful it doesn’t have to be pretty.” Rei Kawakubo built Comme des Garçons on clothes that unsettled before they seduced — the lumpy, padded “body meets dress” collection of 1997, the tattered all-black silhouettes Paris dubbed “Hiroshima chic” at her 1981 debut. She said this in a 2008 interview, having spent decades making beauty out of what other designers would have called a mistake.

**AS Colour 5082 “Faded Bone” — Oversized Tee (Cream finish).** 100% carded cotton, heavyweight 240 gsm, garment-dyed — each tee fades a little differently, so no two are identical. Oversized, boxy relaxed fit, dropped shoulders, wide twin-stitched ribbed neck, side-seamed, pre-shrunk (size down for a less roomy look). Care: machine wash cold inside-out with like colors, do NOT bleach, do NOT tumble dry (line dry in the shade to protect the garment dye), cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).