Vanitas | Frankenstein T-Shirt, Gothic Horror Clothing | Horror Movie 2025 Edition

These symbols; skulls, decay, and the fragility of life became the foundation for much of what later defined gothic horror imagery. The fascination with time running out, knowledge overturned, and ambition undone runs directly into Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It is no coincidence that vanitas imagery has often been used on Frankenstein book covers, visually reinforcing its themes of creation and ruin.

T-shirt made from 100% recycled materials. Lightweight fabric and time-tested fit.

• 65% recycled polyester, 35% recycled Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²)
• 32 singles
• Unisex sizing, regular fit
• Side-seamed construction
• The recycled content of this product is certified under GRS (Global Recycled Standard)
• Blank product sourced from Nicaragua

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Mortality and Frankenstein

This imagery resonates powerfully with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a novel preoccupied with the dangers of unchecked ambition and the limits of life itself. Over the years, vanitas artwork has often been paired with Frankenstein in book design, underscoring the novel’s central themes of creation and decay. In horror culture, the vanitas genre paved the way for gothic horror clothing and retro monster aesthetics, its symbols still haunting modern fashion and film.

The Vanitas Frankenstein design captures this lineage. More than just Frankenstein merch, it is a wearable meditation on time, ambition, and mortality, equally suited for lovers of classic horror and gothic apparel.