Enfants Riches Déprimés White ‘Reasons Why A Christian Won’t Dance’ T-Shirt

Enfants Riches Déprimés White ‘Reasons Why A Christian Won’t Dance’ T-Shirt

The ERD Reasons Why A Christian Won’t Dance T-Shirt takes a piece of old moral pamphleteering and blows it up across the entire chest until it stops sounding like advice and starts sounding like a sentence. White cotton, cut in ERD’s boxy oversized fit, the front is given over almost entirely to dense black block text — a bulleted, sermon-style list titled “SOME REASONS WHY A CHRISTIAN WON’T DANCE,” running through justifications about scripture, prayer, impure thoughts, and the moral risk of movement itself, each line printed with the flat, uneven kerning of a photocopied church handout.

There’s no irony layered visibly on top — no wink, no punchline appended at the bottom. The text is left to stand entirely on its own, reprinted in full and worn at actual size, which turns the shirt into something closer to a readymade than a graphic tee. It’s appropriation at its most literal: a piece of found religious ephemera, lifted whole and repositioned as luxury clothing, letting the discomfort of the original document do all the design work.

Made from 500gsm cotton in ERD’s oversized unisex fit, the shirt is produced in a strictly limited micro-batch, individually hand-finished so the dense text block prints with slight variation piece to piece. It comes in S, M, L, and XL. That much fine black type doesn’t forgive a careless wash, so check garment care before this one meets water or heat.

Enfants Riches Déprimés — French for “Depressed Rich Kids” — was founded in 2012 by conceptual artist Henri Alexander Levy, colliding 1970s French avant-garde tailoring with raw punk nihilism. The label regularly appropriates found text and ephemera — pamphlets, propaganda, tabloid clippings — reprinting them at full scale to let the source material’s own strangeness carry the entire garment, hyper-exclusive objects built from things nobody else thought to save.

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

Impure thoughts, printed in full, worn without apology.

Specifications
Brand · Enfants Riches Déprimés (ERD)
Design · Reasons Why A Christian Won’t Dance T-Shirt — full-text pamphlet graphic
Colour · White with black text
Style · Short-sleeve crew neck tee
Material · 100% cotton, 500gsm
Fit/Hardware · Oversized unisex fit
Details · Dense reprinted found-text graphic, sermon/pamphlet-style typography
Made in · Los Angeles (USA), Italy, Japan
Production · Strictly limited micro-batch, individually hand-finished
Price · $150.00 (was $200.00)
Size · S, M, L, XL

Care Instructions (Canvas/printed)
Hand wash cold inside out or spot clean. Air dry in shade. Do not iron the graphic. See full garment care.

FAQ

What is the ERD Reasons Why A Christian Won’t Dance T-Shirt made of?
100% cotton at 500gsm, cut in an oversized unisex fit.

What’s the graphic on the shirt?
A reprinted found-text pamphlet listing reasons a Christian shouldn’t dance, styled as a dense black bulleted list across the chest.

How do I wash it without damaging the print?
Hand wash cold inside out or spot clean, air dry in shade, and never iron directly over the graphic. Full details are on the garment care page.

Where is it made?
Produced across Los Angeles (USA), Italy, and Japan.

Is this shirt a limited release?
Yes — made in a strictly limited micro-batch and individually hand-finished, so the dense text print varies slightly piece to piece.

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