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 vintage shirts and how to wear them with style, keep reading.
Step One: Find The Perfect Shirt
You won't be able to wear vintage tee shirts with style if you can't find a stylish vintage tee. The first rule in hunting for a vintage shirt is to never buy one of those fake and pre-fabricated vintage tees that they sell at Old Navy or Forever 21. It screams contrived. Instead, check out a vintage store.
A good vintage store has already done most of the work for you - they've sifted through the racks at charity shops, dug through bags of clothes and come up with the cream of the crop. Think of a good vintage store as a fashion filter.
Of course, buying a vintage tee from a vintage shop comes at a premium, meaning you're paying extra for that service. If you want to save some dough or simply want the experience of digging for gold, then get yourself to the nearest charity or secondhand store.
Accessorize
While a simple T-shirt can be great for the weekends, you can take a vintage T-shirt from comfy to attractive just by adding a few accessories. A basic tee paired with a cute necklace and a daring belt not only steps it up a notch, but adds to your overall look. Another cute accessories trend you can try is pairing your vintage tees with vintage brooches.
Pair With the Perfect Pair
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."
Stay Away From Funny 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.
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