‘Elegance is Refusal’ — Coco Chanel Quote Tee | RQuéV Typographic Statement Tee — Muscle Tank

“Elegance is refusal.” The phrase gets pinned on Chanel everywhere, though the trail actually runs through Diana Vreeland, who put it in her 1980 book Allure while admitting she had no memory of where she first heard it. The author is lost, the idea unmistakable: elegance as everything you leave off. To refuse well, to take off the one thing too many before you walk out, is its own quiet form of taste.

**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).