Mineral Wash Lace Sleeve Cotton Tee in Royal Blue

Three ideas are working at once here and somehow they get along. A mineral wash gives the royal blue a faded, lived in depth so the color shifts across the fabric instead of sitting flat. Raw seams leave the edges unfinished and undone. Then lace sleeves arrive and soften the whole thing. Rugged and delicate in the same tee is a harder trick than it looks.

The body is 100% cotton with no stretch, which is exactly what a mineral wash needs to work on. Cotton takes the wash unevenly and that unevenness is the point. It also breathes, which matters in a tee you will wear through the heat. The cut is relaxed: bust measures 40.2 inches at S and reaches 48 inches at XL, with the length running 25.2 inches at S to 27.6 inches at XL. The lace sleeve is short at 2.7 to 2.9 inches, closer to a cap sleeve than a true short sleeve. Sizes are S, M, L and XL.

Since the fabric has no stretch and the fit is already generous, take your normal size unless you want it truly oversized. Denim shorts and sandals in summer. Straight leg jeans and white sneakers the rest of the year. Because the tee is doing so much texturally already, keep everything else plain and let the wash and the lace be the interest. Royal blue with a mineral wash reads richer and more worn than a flat blue ever would, and it sits well against indigo, white and tan.

Why you will love it

• Mineral wash that gives the royal blue a faded, uneven depth
• Lace detail on the sleeves against raw, unfinished seams
• Material composition: 100% cotton
• No stretch, in a relaxed and generous cut
• Offered in royal blue in sizes S, M, L and XL

Care

• Machine wash cold
• Tumble dry low