‘In the 1960s You Could’ — Betsey Johnson Quote Tee | RQuéV Black-on-White Literary Tee — Muscle Tank

“In the 1960s you could take LSD but you couldn’t wear a pantsuit.” Betsey Johnson lived the joke: lead designer at the mod boutique Paraphernalia from 1965, she reportedly married the Velvet Underground’s John Cale in a pantsuit and was told the law forbade a woman to wed in trousers. The one-liner exposes how arbitrary, and how recent, the rules about women’s bodies really are. Whenever a society sets out to legislate what a woman may put on, the line is a reminder that those rules were invented, and can be un-invented.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).