We all need clothing that includes socks, pants, undergarments, and plenty more. Casual clothing is certainly comfortable and popular.
Vintage tee shirts are a great statement piece - they’re cute, fun and show that you spent the time sifting through the racks at your local charity shop to find the perfect, well-worn T-shirt. For tips and tricks on where to find the best shirts and how to wear them with style, keep reading.
Step One: Find The Perfect Shirt
The first key to wearing vintage tee shirts with style is finding the perfect tee. You’re not going to find it amidst the racks of fake-vintage shirts sold at the Gap or American Eagle - that’s too easy and far too contrived. Your best bet is with a vintage retailer.
Most vintage stores either sift through shipments of used clothing or the racks of charity and other second-hand shops to find the best and brightest selections. It’s like a shopping filter that weeds out the bad stuff for you.
If you can’t afford to spend $15 on a vintage tee at a vintage clothing store, you’ll have to search for yourself. Hit the charity and secondhand shops and get ready to hunt for that perfectly soft and totally comfortable $2 T-shirt. Just remember to wash it before you put it on.
Accessorize
A plain vintage tee is fine for a Saturday afternoon lounging around the house, but you can take it so much further with just a little accessorizing. Try pairing your favorite vintage tee with a chunky necklace, a bold vintage brooch or a big bracelet. It will add punch to your outfit and dress it up a little.
Great Jeans
Your jeans are going to either make or break your beloved vintage tee-shirt. Avoid the temptation to pair a vintage tee with a pair of old, broken-in jeans. The look will scream sloppy and ragged, not cool. Instead, grab your hottest pair of clean and crisp jeans and revel in the contrast of “old meets new.”
Avoid Ironic Sayings
A humorous saying on a T-shirt might be funny for five seconds, but like an old Ashton Kutscher joke, it gets old pretty fast. So, stay away from shirts that are overly ironic, cutesy or rife with funny sayings. Remember, you want a shirt that says “vintage bohemian cool” not “class clown.”
Vintage tee shirts are one of those wardrobe items that can either be so wrong or so right. Stay on the right side of things by avoiding funny sayings, wearing great jeans, remembering to accessorize and always shopping in the right places.
