Sometimes, life demands that you wear a t-shirt.

Whether it’s because you’re exercising or in some such way working towards greater physical fitness or because you really want or need to look like you’re not trying too hard, the t-shirt will always be there for you.

It’s easy enough to reach for that heather gray v-neck shirt again, but maybe it’s time to expand your horizons.

Maybe it’s time to replace your high-school thrift-finds and ex-boyfriend remainders with something really special.

We suggest obscure French t-shirts, of course. Like these ones from Fade. They’re adorned with cryptic psuedo-masonic imagery, and each design comes in gray, black, or white - the eternal triptych of casually cool colors.

Once you try these, you’ll never go back to that tired old “Ithaca is Gorges” tee!

—ALISON COOL