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LouieTee Off - how do I grab a great printed tee??
July 18th 2007 12:51
Drew Barrymore showing the printed tee - image from getlippy.com
OK we could all make the easy choice; buy ourselves a second-hand "Iron Maiden" tee in order to bandwagon along with the latest celebrity fad. We could raid our boyfriends or husbands wardrobes and dig out those t-shirts they spare for painting the house, the ones that are stringy, falling apart, but read "For Those About To Rock...We Salute You" which make it a true accadacca gem.
Then again.....we could do the smart thing, the classy thing, indeed, the cool thing, and find a little tee niche that works for us. "How CC, how?" I hear you ask....well....here's how.
Firstly you work out what t-shirt fit is right for you. If you're fairly flat in the chest, you can get away with any fit or colour. For those with larger bosoms, we need to make sure we get a larger size, preferably with longer sleeves, but not big and man-shaped, still with a little curve. But please don't buy them if they turn your boobs into a barrel, and by god make sure if it's an original vintage with an old school transfer, don't stretch it beyond recognition.
You can choose the easy path. Rather than shopping vintage, go vintage copies. Heaps of sites around the globe are now reproducing classic styles for men and women. Some are charging high prices due to aforementioned current celebrity following, while others are more reasonable.
AC/DC women's t-shirt - image from mrvintage.com
You may want to give the US based t-shirt.com a try for example, which ship internationally and have a massive range. There is some cool old ad t-shirts in wicked retro colours. For the Gen X-er's, there's Atari, Pac Man, A-Team and Karate Kid T's that will open a chat at your next party. There's even a "Save Ferris". Take you back? T-shirt.com also has a fantastic "Create your own" feature. This will allow you to invent your own one-of-a-kind printed tee. That's better than the celebrities, surely!?
Another awesome site is the more local online store located in Auckland, mrvintage.com. Again a substantial homage to this 80's trend relived, but also some kitsch and punk. Lots of these types of sites also cater to the kidult, with Sesame Street, Mr. Men, Care Bears and Jem prints (truly outrageous).
Glamour Girl Barbie t-shirt - image from mrvintage.com
The other option is to choose one of the many new catchy designs from local up and comers. Alba Fan Club, the affordable Jeans West only range from the Ksubi dudes, have some cute and cheeky prints, as do Funkulo, Shona Joy and of course, Sass & Bide.
The easier way to ensure you're always right.....? A t-shirt for every day of the week. At mondaytofriday.com.au you can grab yourself a men's or women's T for each day of the week, in a different colour, stating the obvious, the day. Just don't get the mixed up or you could look like a dufus. Or perhaps that will be the new cool?
Easy to choose! Monday to Friday t's - image of home page from mondaytofriday.com.au
Ultimately you want to have something that you're not going to see everywhere, right? In that case, try 2x4tshirts.com which features limited edition t-shirts by current artists and designers. Decreases your chances of having that fashion scare of seeing someone in your clothes.
Limited Edition - 2x4 t-shirts - image from home page 2x4tshirts.com
When spring comes along, this chilly weather blows north again, and you find yourself allowing your pale winter skin to be exposed, make sure you're funking it up in a sweet printed tee, jeans, some boots, and "oh this? I didn't even brush it!" hair.
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Comment by DuskDevi
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That just natural it-takes-2-hours-to-do look!
Very cool post...I'm a sucker for tees....and being the Rugby girlie-girl I am...I LOVE the Glamour Girl tee!!!
..and Jem??? Oh my God...
My favourite tees are my Wallabies, Wonder Woman and She-ra ones. Yeah I'm such a tragic...
Nice one Chic...loving it!
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Comment by JohnDoe
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Im a tee shirt fan too, I found a great site that prints up your own designs and you also choose from a selection of predone prints.
Heres a link to the T-Shirt post i did a little while back.
Comment by Chic Critique
Thanks for the post JD - will definitely check out that site too and thanks for letting my readers know about it (that's if I've got any!!!!).
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Comment by J. Vaux
Whether they're "haut couture" or market stalls or the many fine designers who have work up on RED Bubble!
Yes I have work up on Red Bubble and Cafepress.com but there are a lot of aussies created designs on tshirts at
www.redbubble.com.au
to find mine add /people/scholara to the url above !!!
Please Support LOCAL Aussie Designs
whoever it comes from!!!
Comment by Julie Vaux
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Arms as thin as Drew Barrymore's are SOO NOT a healthy look!
someone feed that woman CHOCOLATE NOW!
Comment by Chic Critique
There were some aussie designs mentioned in the blog too - I hope you don't think I was being biased! The Mon-Fri, 2x4, Alba Fan Club - they're all aussies!
Will check out your designs at Red Bubble - thanks for the link!
Comment by Chic Critique
I thought she was one of the healthy ones! Otherwise I wouldn't have used that piccy! I'm in total agreeance - healthy weight only!
BTW - I just want to thank you ALL for making this post my VERY FIRST ORBLE TOP 20!!!
I'm very excited and I'd like to thank....never mind.
Cheers!
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By the way Brenton - yours are so BOOK!
Comment by Sisi
P.S. My favourite printed tees are the House of Holland fashion groupie ones