This Spring Go for the Casual Tee

  Spring is just around the corner and no matter where you are in the country, it is showing. Since it’s getting sunny, your closet needs to light up to pull in all the girls. The key item in your wardrobe this spring should be printed tees. Replace that old Hanes tee, you know, that one that is two sizes too big with a print of your home town NFL team. Bring a new style vintage tee into your life. You can save those old tees in the back of your closet, but put a vintage style tee shirt, that is snug, out for your everyday wardrobe. A tee goes with everything, whether you put on jeans, casual dress pants, cargo pants, or shorts. It’s the all around basic item for your spring style. You want a shirt that screams, “Look at me!”

  The first thing in finding the perfect tee is the fit. The bottom hem of tee shirt should hit just above the top bottom of your pant and the sleeve should fit snug around your biceps. If you don’t have biceps yet, you may choose to stop reading this and hit the gym first. On the other hand, if you are a skinny guy going for “that look”, the tees work too. Just go a size smaller. After all, girls don’t like guys in baggy shirts half way down to their knees.

  There are two different styles of tees that you can go with: The crew neck and the V-neck. The last thing you want is to feel uncomfortable. The tee shirt should not be so big that you swim in it, but it also shouldn’t be so small that you think it will rip your skin off when you undress. It should feel just right.

  After you figure out the right size and fit, you can move on to the graphic. There numerous styles of graphics to choose from. Here are just a couple of graphics that scream “I’m the man!” To start off simple, we will first go to beer, music, and sports. After that, we will talk about the artistic angles.

  Let’s begin with beer. We don’t just do any beer tee. This does not mean go out to the local bar and buy any tee that they are selling. The first type of beer tee is an actual beer label re-invented into a vintage style. You should look at the tee shirt and think that it has been washed about 100 times over, but that it looks old in a good way. This is the all around cool looking beer tee. The second type of beer tee that you can go with is the funny beer tee that announces “I am always up for a good time!” An example would be a tee shirt that has a bottle of beer on it and says “breakfast of champions!”

  The next style of tees involves the music world. Stores in the past few months have been filled with tees from the rock movement. They look exactly like the vintage concert tees. Some good examples of these tees are The Ramones, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and ACDC. These great looking tops go with anything. You can also get more eccentric tees that explore bands such as The Police or Iggy Pop. The more unique the graphic is, the better the tee shirt. You can even go with a graphic on the back of the tee to mix things up a bit.

  Sports tee shirts are the next essential category. Every man loves sports, but those tee shirts that you buy at the stadiums and arenas just don’t fit like they should. Retrosport and Majestic Select are great brands to go with for a vintage style sports tee. The fit is correct and the graphics are just right. This way you can wear your hometown sports team tee shirt in style. You can be fashionable at the game or just look good while watching a Sunday afternoon football game.

  Now that we have touched the essentials (beer, music, and sports) we can explore the artistic angle. If you are an artistic guy and you want an artistic tee to match your personality, then that can work too. At first there was a huge movement of skulls and skull art in the fashion world. This skull movement is now over. Now there are artistic abstract tee shirts in stores and better than ever. A line by the name Affliction that is carried on www.afflictionclothing.com is a perfect example of this. The artistic and tattoo like tee shirts are becoming very popular. These are usually done with simplistic colors which make them very wearable for everyday life.

  Vintage style tee shirts are the new spring item that everyman should have. You can wear the beer, music, sports and artistic tees casually or out to a club at night, and still feel comfortable and stylish. Get the right style clothing, to fit your personality! You can simply look great by putting your favorite rock band, your favorite beer, your favorite sports team or your favorite artistic tee on your back. Most of all, you are feeling great and wearing something you like.



About the author:

  Rochel Friedlander has spent her last five years working in men’s fashion in New York City. Now living in Los Angeles, she continues to move forward in the fashion industry. During her sales experience, she has guided such retailers as Macys, Urban Outfitters, Atrium, E street denim, and National Jean Company to hit the right trends in the marketplace. Her knowledge of men’s fashion comes from her experience and extensive travel of the world. She has spent years living in London, England and toured through France, Australia, Greece, Italy, and many more countries. This has helped her understanding of European trends and how they are transposed into the North American market.