Enfants Riches Deprimes The Drama of Opium Sweater

Enfants Riches Deprimes The Drama of Opium Sweater

The Enfants Riches Déprimés The Drama of Opium Sweater stages addiction as a theatrical production and knits the entire playbill into the fabric — characters, dialogue, and all, performed on a body that did not audition for the role.

The front carries a large-scale illustrative composition rendered in dark ink tones across a heathered oatmeal ground. The scene depicts multiple expressive figures caught in a moment of physical entanglement — drawn in a raw, gestural line style that borrows equally from underground comix, Egon Schiele’s contorted bodies, and the loose reportage sketching of someone drawing faster than events are unfolding. Scattered handwritten text populates the composition: the title phrase The Drama of Opium sits in script at the upper left, functioning as a chapter heading for the scene below, while fragments of additional prose — observations, confessions, stage directions for a play no one is directing — fill the negative space between the figures. In the lower right corner, ENFANTS is scrawled in larger hand-lettered capitals, the brand name arriving not as a logo but as a signature left at the bottom of a drawing that should never have been shown to anyone.

Constructed from a soft heathered knit with a vintage hand — warm, slightly textured, with the muted tonal depth that only blended fibres produce. The silhouette is cropped and boxy in an oversized unisex fit with a ribbed crewneck, cuffs, and hem. Each piece is individually hand-finished within a strictly limited micro-batch production cycle, built as an object that belongs in a vitrine as much as a wardrobe. Hand wash cold with extreme care using mild detergent; lay flat to dry in shade and never wring, tumble dry, or iron over the printed graphic — consult full garment care instructions before first wear. Available in sizes S, M, L, XL.

Enfants Riches Déprimés — French for “Depressed Rich Kids” — was founded in 2012 by conceptual artist Henri Alexander Levy. The house crashes 1970s French avant-garde tailoring into raw punk nihilism, producing hyper-exclusive isolating objects that treat substance, spectacle, and self-destruction as material for garments that will outlast the people who inspired them.

Crafted across Los Angeles (USA), Italy, and Japan.

The curtain never rises. The drama was always backstage.

Specifications

• Brand: Enfants Riches Déprimés
• Design: Large-scale illustrative scene of entangled figures in dark ink with handwritten The Drama of Opium title text, scattered prose fragments, and hand-lettered ENFANTS signature
• Colour: Heathered Oatmeal / Grey
• Style: Cropped crewneck sweater
• Material: Heathered knit (blended fibres)
• Fit: Oversized unisex, cropped boxy silhouette
• Details: Full-front illustrative graphic print, handwritten and hand-lettered typographic elements, ribbed crewneck / cuffs / hem, woven interior brand label, hand-finished
• Made in: Los Angeles (USA) / Italy / Japan
• Production: Strictly limited micro-batch, individually hand-finished
• Price: $289.00 (was $350.00)
• Size: S · M · L · XL

Care Instructions (Canvas / Printed)

Hand wash cold inside out with extreme care using mild detergent. Lay flat to dry in shade. Do not wring, tumble dry, or iron over the graphic. See full garment care.

FAQ

What material is the Enfants Riches Déprimés Drama of Opium Sweater made from?
A soft heathered knit in oatmeal-grey with a vintage, slightly textured hand. The blended-fibre construction gives the fabric its tonal depth and warmth while providing a neutral ground for the detailed illustrative graphic across the front.

What does the graphic on this sweater depict?
A large illustrative scene of multiple expressive figures drawn in dark ink in a raw, gestural line style — bodies entangled in a moment that reads as simultaneously intimate and chaotic. Handwritten text including the title The Drama of Opium and scattered prose fragments frame the imagery, with ENFANTS hand-lettered in the lower right as a signature rather than a brand mark.

What is the “Drama of Opium” reference?
The title invokes the literary and artistic tradition of opium narratives — from De Quincey to Cocteau — reframing substance as theatre and dependency as performance. ERD presents the subject through an illustrative language that treats the topic as art history rather than morality.

How should I care for this sweater?
Hand wash cold inside out with mild detergent and extreme care. Lay flat on a towel to dry in shade. Never wring, twist, hang, tumble dry, or iron directly over the printed illustration. The knit construction requires gentle handling to preserve both fit and graphic integrity.

Is the Drama of Opium Sweater a limited release?
Yes. All Enfants Riches Déprimés garments are manufactured in strictly limited micro-batches. Once a production run is sold through, the design is permanently retired — no restocks, no reissues.

Style it with: Erd You’re Going to Find Yourself Alone Crewneck Sweatshirt