ERD “Les voies au plaisir sont pénétrables” Long Sleeve T-Shirt — Black

ERD “Les voies au plaisir sont pénétrables” Long Sleeve T-Shirt — Black

S / Style 2
$69.90
Sale price  $69.90 Regular price  $94.00
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ERD “Les voies au plaisir sont pénétrables” Long Sleeve T-Shirt — Black

ERD “Les voies au plaisir sont pénétrables” Long Sleeve T-Shirt — Black

$69.90
Sale price  $69.90 Regular price  $94.00
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Black heavyweight cotton. White print, front, back, and sleeves. ENFANTS RICHES DÉPRIMÉS woven label at the neck.

Front: A composed, vertically structured composition on the left chest.

Upper text — two elements stacked:

  • e.r.d. — in small, fine lowercase letterforms with periods — delicate, almost typeset in quality, the brand initials rendered at their most restrained
  • Les voies au plaisir sont pénétrables — in very small italic or light serif type, centered below “e.r.d.” — a French phrase meaning “The paths to pleasure are penetrable.” A Baroque sensibility in a single line — ERD as literary label.

Below the text: A large white screen-print rendering of Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1647–52) — the sculpture’s central figure, Teresa of Ávila, depicted in her famous state of divine rapture: head thrown back, eyes half-closed, mouth slightly open, expression suspended between agony and ecstasy. The rendering is high-contrast and heavily degraded — white on black, with strong chiaroscuro collapsing fine detail into bold mass. The robes and the descending angel’s arrow are partially visible at the edges of the image.

Sleeves: Both sleeves carry additional print elements — small circular medallions or heraldic seals rendered in white, placed at intervals along the sleeve length. These echo the archival, classical register of the front and back imagery.

Back: A large, centered composition — the same subject rendered differently.

Center image: The same Teresa figure, now shown within an elaborate oval portrait frame — a Baroque carved frame, highly ornate, with a crown at the top, decorative foliate and figurative elements along the sides, and a base element below. The frame itself is rendered in fine white detail — engraving-level intricacy. Inside the frame, Teresa’s face and upper body are shown in a slightly different cropping or tonal treatment — the same ecstatic expression, now formally enshrined as a portrait.

Below the framed portrait: A small architectural element — a balustrade, a plinth, or a stage-like base — rendered in fine white line, extending the illusion of a physical object standing in space.

The overall program references the theological, the erotic, and the art-historical simultaneously — the French phrase “Les voies au plaisir sont pénétrables” functioning as both a devotional reading of Bernini’s work and a deliberately provocative secular reframing of sacred ecstasy.

Black heavyweight cotton. Oversized/relaxed fit. Long sleeve. Crew neck. Ribbed cuffs.

  • Black heavyweight cotton, white print
  • Front: e.r.d. — small fine lowercase with periods
  • Front: Les voies au plaisir sont pénétrables — small italic French, below e.r.d.
  • Front: large high-contrast rendering of Ecstasy of Saint Teresa — Bernini sculpture, white on black
  • Sleeves: small heraldic/medallion seals at intervals, both sleeves
  • Back: Teresa figure within elaborate oval Baroque portrait frame — crown top, ornate sides
  • Back: architectural base element below framed portrait
  • Long sleeve, ribbed cuffs
  • Oversized/relaxed fit, crew neck
  • ENFANTS RICHES DÉPRIMÉS woven label at neck
  • Available in sizes S, M, L, XL
    Size Length Shoulder Chest Sleeve Length
    S 26.0" 23.6" 47.2" 27.2"
    M 26.8" 24.0" 48.8" 27.6"
    L 27.6" 24.4" 50.4" 28.0"
    XL 28.3" 24.8" 52.0" 28.3"

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