Black organic sweatshirt, front: “true beauty… the incomplete” in an open ensō, from Okakura’s The Book of Tea.

True Beauty — Okakura Kakuzō Quote Organic Sweatshirt

$57.00

Size:

Fit & Fabric

Our shirts are cut differently from style to style, so check this chart before you order. All measurements are in inches, taken laid flat.

Size	Chest width	Length
S	20⅛	26¾
M	21¼	27½
L	22½	28⅜
XL	23⅝	29⅛
2XL	24¾	29⅞

How to measure: Lay a sweatshirt you like flat. Measure straight across the chest, armpit to armpit. Pick the size with the closest chest width. Length runs from the top of the shoulder to the hem.

Fabric: 80% organic cotton, 20% recycled polyester, 8.26 oz per square yard. Organic cotton outside, French terry inside.

Care: Wash inside out in cold water. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Don’t iron the print. Don’t bleach or dry clean.

Each piece can differ from the chart by up to 2 inches.

Variant

The dresser on the curb has a missing drawer and three coats of bad paint. You load it into the car anyway. You can already see it sanded.

“True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally completed the incomplete.”
— Okakura Kakuzō
The Book of Tea, Ch. IV, “The Tea-Room,” 1906. Written in English, so there’s no translation. We check every line against a primary source.

He calls the tea-room an “Abode of the Unsymmetrical,” consecrated to “the worship of the Imperfect.” Something in it is left unfinished on purpose.

The brushed ring never closes. The last words sit across its open stroke.

Organic cotton.

Pull it on for the Saturday project.

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True Beauty — Okakura Kakuzō Quote Organic Sweatshirt

$57.00