‘To Challenge Expectations’ — Billy Porter Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Literary Tee — Muscle Tank

“My goal is to be a walking piece of political art every time I show up. To challenge expectations.” Billy Porter wrote this for Vogue in February 2019, explaining the velvet tuxedo gown Christian Siriano built him in a week for the Oscars — a look engineered to be impossible to ignore. For a Black gay man on that carpet, simply showing up dressed to unsettle expectations was a statement in itself. He treated his own visible body as art with an argument to make, proof that how you appear can be a stand, taken in public and at some cost.

**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).