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Anna Karenina T-shirt

A funny, cute Anna Karenina gift for an English teacher, book club member or anyone who loves Russian literature. The Anna Karenina T-shirt is a Honeyman Tees print-on-demand tee from the Classic Books collection. The design shows a young woman in a black velvet gown with lace trim, purple flowers in her dark curls and a black fan, with a lilac ribbon at her feet, saying “Everyone wore lilac. I wore black.” Available on Etsy.

“Everyone wore lilac. I wore black.”

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About this design

A black velvet gown, purple flowers in her hair, a black fan and a lilac ribbon.

The story behind it

Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina ran in installments from 1875 to 1877 and appeared as a book in 1878. At the ball in Part One, Kitty expects Anna to arrive in lilac, but Anna comes in a simple black velvet gown and steals the evening.

Mockups show the print at true scale on a size M tee. Colors are proposed, not final.

Where to buy

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