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

“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.

**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).