‘Elegance is Elimination’ — Cristóbal Balenciaga Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Oversized Tee

“Elegance is elimination.” The line has no firm date, but the work proves it: Cristóbal Balenciaga, celebrated in Diana Vreeland’s 1973 Met retrospective, was the couturier who kept removing seams until a coat could hang from a single one. Elegance, to him, was a subtraction problem — you reach it by taking away, past the point most people stop. The final, hardest cut is usually the one that leaves the thing looking inevitable.

**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).