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Posted by Dain, Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:30 AM (Eastern)
As with Pants & Skirts, this is a fairly basic category, though I do feel somewhat freer about exploring colors and prints. As this is a dress-down category, I would never spend more than $20 for a tee, and find the profusion of $100 tees downright appalling. While I can understand the expensive shoe or bra, which requires structural know-how (because both provide support) and costly materials like crocodile skin or lace, or even spending a little more on a pair of pants, because well-tailored and durable trousers, even in a completely neutral color, will subtly ramp up the overall chic of an outfit, a cotton tee should NEVER cost $210. Designers natter about "superior fit and craftsmanship"—it's a fucking t-shirt, for goodness sake. It's what you wear when you don't want to bother about your clothes, and frankly, even $55 for C&C says that you care.
Not that I'm much of an advocate for lazy fashion anyway; it is equally comfortable to wear a loose-fit buttondown or a lightweight knit (which is just like a t-shirt but rather more polished, wouldn't you agree?), and if I'm dressing down, I never get past chemise and bathrobe. I save them for travel (the one with the psychedelic heart-print almost always goes with me on the airplane), a situation I know will accrue dirt and sweat, and if I had children, they'd rightfully take up a greater share of closet space. Otherwise, I employ tees for counterbalance, under a sharply cut blazer or tailored menswear trousers, because I find it's equally silly to be overdressed as underdressed.
Consequently, mine are rather carefully chosen: some cheap seafoam tank top from Urban Outfitters, American Apparel Deep V-Neck in Forest ($18) (these are highly recommended), heart henley from Urban Outfitters. I may throw in another tank, probably in pink, because you don't want to fuss on the hottest summer days, and an alternative would be worthwhile.
Labels: american apparel, banana republic, closet confidential, j crew, urban outfitters
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