Mine are on the inside sometimes 😞
Long sleeves, design on the front, design on the back, design on the sleeves.
Absolutely disagree. If I’m wearing a graphic t, I’d much rather the graphic be on the back. Graphic on the front feels trashy, ala 3 Wolf Moon.
I’d rather have it in the back because sometimes the print feels stiff and uncomfortable and sometimes boobies stretch out the image.
They’re always on and under my boobs too?? Like it would be one thing if it was on my chest but there’s a big open area of nothing with a design only on or under my boobs? I think they’re just not made with women in mind 90% of the time even when it’s sold in women’s sizes
Im almost always wearing some sort of a sweater/jacket/cardigan etc
Yep, I’m right there with you on this one
Yeah if you’ve got shirt with a wolf but no dragon on it that is a weak design, everyone knows this.
Exactly, graphic on the back for the same reason you don’t look at explosions.
Makes me feel like a fucking billboard when on the front for some reason
I feel the opposite. I feel like a billboard when it’s on the back.
Counterpoint, wearing a graphic on the back feels shallow and self-aggrandizing. You’re never going to get to see the graphic you like in a mirror; friends and acquaintances you interface with all day won’t see it. It’s only for the benefit of anonymous observers behind you that you’ll never meet and won’t think about you twice.
It also is more antisocial. It’s natural to comment on a graphic when you’re face to face (pointing to chest, “oh you also like [Band]?”) and hard to broach a conversation from behind when they’re probably engaged with something else ("[Band]? Oh right, the shirt, yeah…").
It’s possible to pull it off, but in general I’d rather see someone confidently rocking a 3 wolf moon shirt than an incredible print drifting down the street on some anonymous back.
It’s natural to comment on a graphic when you’re face to face
This might be why I feel like front graphics are more trashy. You are picking a thing and putting it in peoples faces, and it feels like a stand in for actually saying something and expressing ones self. Versus on the back, it functions more as an out of the way vibe that supports the way you want others to see you, but still allows you the lions share of expression
Guess I don’t see it like that. To me both are serving the same function of fashion, but on the back is cheekily pretending it’s not and is therefore more disingenuous.
I also have a strong bias toward aesthetic over statement. There’s no reason my T needs to “say” anything any more than a striped or patterned shirt needs to “say” anything. I can just like how it looks or compliments my outfit.
I’m never going to wear some generic Coca-Cola or beer brand or “I speak sarcasm” shirt. If it’s an obvious legible statement (like a local band or charity) then that means it’s really important to me and I don’t mind looking like a trashy geek.
Even worse when the design is that plasticky kind of decal rather than the one that becomes more part of the fabric
Basically makes the shirt unusable in summer
These are known as Direct to Film or DTF (lol). They are quite literally a printed plastic sheet that’s melted to the shirt. Easiest way to check for this is to crease the shirt on the design. Screenprinted will reveal the shirt color underneath where DTF will be a solid sheet.
I hate those
If I had to guess, this avoids the classic case of staring at someone a little too long to read their shirt. The shirt design isn’t so much for the wearer, it’s a billboard to others. Also, printing on the front has much more noticeable texture than printing on the back which would make the surface a bit uncomfortable across the entire front as opposed to the back where you’ll hardly notice the feel.
Even the best screen printing techniques have at least a bit of feel to them.
I like to wear aloha shirts. For a while there was a strange fad to make them with the fabric inside out so the colors were muted. Designers, amirite?
UGH, I have some of those and almost everyone says, “Hey did you know your shirt is inside out?”
Oh really? How did I button it?!
Inside-out fabrics: the dadaism of fashion.
I hate it when its the other way around. I feel like a fancy design on the back and minimalist one on the front has more flair. But this is clearly subjective
I also hate when I check the sizing chart and the base shirt is a unisex cut Gildan.
Shit material that fits weirdly on any human body and when used as a silk screening blank, are overpriced as fuck for the quality they offer.
Omg same. And I often wear a button down over a t-shirt, which is mildly annoying with that configuration
Can I add that dumb new trend where the logo is on the back upper left, making it seem you wore your shirt backwards like a dumbass?
Just yesterday someone I work with had a t-shirt with a small, centered inscription just below the neckline. I didn’t catch myself in time and asked if the shirt was inside out, because it really looked like the logo/information you’d see inside under the neck on the back.
I hate those. They always put the tags on the front now, too.
And here I am just wanting the small thing on the front and nothing on the back. So hard to find that aren’t athletic shirts.
Pro tip: you know companies get branded shirts right? There are other companies that print/embroider them. And those companies do samples of blank shirts. Look for your local custom print shop 😉
graphic t-shirts are clotheslop
Like all other clothing, they have their place.
But I too agree that graphic tees shouldn’t be someone’s main clothing the way that too often it is.
Local band shirts are the only clothing I want to spend my money on. Nothing beats repping for homies you share stages with. Everything else is purely weather-necessary, usually thrifted or made myself.
For the past 4 months I’ve been exclusively wearing cat shirts.
Any other things I’m doing that harm absolutely no one that I shouldn’t be doing?
Probably.
I like a good band tshirt or local art graphic tshirt under a nice flannel short aleeve.
||that might be my whole wardrobe||
I like a good band tshirt or local art graphic tshirt under a nice flannel short aleeve.
Me too!
that might be my whole wardrobe
We’ll disagree here
I might be exaggerating a bit but I do hate how limited men’s fashion is, especially when you exclude second layers. You can’t wear a nice cardigan when it’s 30+ degrees out so you’re stuck with just a basic t-shirt or collared shirt!
Be the change you want to see
Half of my daily wardrobe is band merch and conference swag. The former I don’t mind showing off because I like those bands, and the latter I don’t mind being a free billboard for because only people in my career field would recognize them anyway. I also only pick the vendor shirts that actually have good/quirky designs and not just their name and logo.
i primarily use them for a hair wrap
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