Panthera Arcana | Arcane Wing & Scale | Women's UPF50+ Sleeveless Quarter-Zip Top

Panthera Arcana

Women's UPF50+ Sleeveless Quarter-Zip Top | Nadine & Ripley

Panthera Arcana brings Nadine & Ripley artwork to a sleeveless quarter-zip top for warm-weather days, travel and time outdoors.

Garment Details

• Sleeveless design with a stand collar and short front zipper.
• Cool-feel polyester fabric, 180 GSM.
• UPF 50+ fabric rating. Sun coverage applies only to skin covered by the garment.
• All-over printed artwork; decorative effects are printed, not metallic or embroidered.
• Available sizes: S–6XL. Choose your size using this product’s measurements below.

Care

Hand or machine wash. Do not bleach.

Print Notes

Product images show the design and garment style. Colors and artwork placement may vary slightly with screen settings, lighting and production. Please refer to the product images and size guide when making your selection.

Size Guide (cm)

Supplier-provided garment measurements in centimetres. Please allow a measurement variation of 2–3 cm. Refer to this garment’s size-chart image and measurement instructions; sizing differs between styles. If you are unsure how a measurement is defined, please contact us before ordering.

The Story Behind the Art

“Where the wild wears its own kind of magic.”

Some patterns are meant to blend in.

This one was never going to.

Panthera Arcana™ began with the colors of an impossible leopard—warm golden markings transformed by flashes of turquoise, cobalt, violet, magenta, and jewel-toned iridescence.

But rather than placing a literal animal across the garment, the leopard became something more subtle.

A texture.

A language.

A glimpse of something wild woven directly into the design.

Against a soft ivory and warm sand foundation, the iridescent rosettes move across the artwork like reflected light on oil, feathers, gemstones, or the shifting colors of an animal that exists somewhere between the natural world and mythology.

Over that wild pattern sits structure.

Dark ornamental lines shape the body like the framework of ceremonial armor, drawing the eye through celestial geometry, compass forms, crescent moons, filigree, and arcane symbols.

At the chest sits a heraldic guardian crest—mysterious, elegant, and deliberately stylized rather than literal.

Part feline.

Part myth.

Part creature that perhaps never needed a name at all.

Turn the shirt around...

...and the design opens its wings.

Across the upper back stretches a dramatic feathered yoke, built into the shoulders like an ornamental mantle.

The feathers sweep outward across the shoulder blades in soft ivory, champagne, muted metallic tones, and touches of the same iridescent color carried through the leopard pattern.

At the center lies an arcane celestial emblem combining three ancient visual languages:

A compass.

A portal.

A moon-and-star crest.

Concentric celestial rings surround an elongated gateway while crescents, stars, filigree, and fine geometric markings create the suggestion of some strange astronomical instrument—or perhaps a doorway whose destination has been deliberately forgotten.

The wings do not belong to a literal animal.

They belong to the design itself.

A feathered yoke.

A mantle.

Around it, the leopard rosettes continue across the shoulders and body, appearing and disappearing beneath ornamental lines as though the wild pattern exists underneath the more disciplined celestial structure.

Look again and the details begin to reveal themselves.

Feathers.

Leopard rosettes.

Celestial instruments.

Arcane gateways.

Crescent moons.

Stars.

Heraldic ornament.

A little wildness hiding beneath all that beautiful order.

This is not simply an animal-print shirt.

It is wildness given structure.

Designed exclusively by Nadine & Ripley, Panthera Arcana™ brings together the beauty of the natural world, the mystery of ancient celestial symbolism, and the unapologetic imagination of fantasy artwork in a wearable design.

Leopards have appeared throughout human art, mythology, heraldry, and symbolism for thousands of years.

They are creatures of contradiction—beautiful and dangerous, elusive and powerful, capable of disappearing almost completely into their surroundings before revealing themselves in an instant.

That duality became the foundation of Panthera Arcana™.

Rather than illustrating a leopard directly, its most recognizable feature—the rosette—was reimagined through an unnatural spectrum of jewel-like color.

Turquoise.

Cobalt.

Violet.

Magenta.

Emerald.

Gold.

The colors create the illusion of iridescence, as though the markings change depending upon the light.

Against them, celestial geometry introduces order.

Compasses represent direction.

Moons mark cycles and change.

Stars have guided travelers for centuries.

The portal represents the unknown—the boundary between the familiar world and whatever might exist beyond it.

And across the shoulders, the feathered yoke becomes something between wings, ceremonial dress, and armor.

Together, the elements create a creature without ever needing to draw one.

The wearer becomes the final part of the design.

The name Panthera Arcana loosely evokes the idea of an “Arcane Panther”—a mysterious wild guardian shaped as much by myth and symbolism as by the natural world.

It is a design for riders, travelers, artists, adventurers, and anyone who has ever preferred a little mystery over explaining everything.

FIELD GUIDE

Figure: Panthera Arcana

Common Name: The Arcane Panther

Classification: Mythical Guardian

Habitat: Sunlit forests • Ancient ruins • Hidden celestial gateways

Realm: Between the Wild and the Arcane

Symbols: Panther • Gryphon • Feathered Wings • Crescent Moon • Celestial Compass • Portal • Stars

Colors: Pearl Ivory • Warm Sand • Iridescent Teal • Cobalt • Violet • Magenta • Antique Gold • Charcoal

Disposition: Elusive • Watchful • Elegant • Fierce • Untamed

Known For: Appearing where wild places and forgotten pathways meet beneath the stars

Traveler’s Advice: Do not mistake beauty for harmlessness. Some guardians reveal the path. Others decide whether you are allowed to follow it.