indie tees

My graphic t-shirt criteria:

• v-neck or deep scoop neck – hard to find with a graphic tee (If it’s something that I simply must have, the neck can always be cut out. I like to trim the arm holes and bottom hem below the stitching as well, to keep the frayed-edge look more cohesive.)
• fitted for a woman, longer
• arty and clever, not cheesy licensed motifs or slogans
• will this look good under a blazer with some skinnies and heels?

Threadless is a good source for tees w/ indie designs but it’s usually hit or miss.

^ My bf’s most fave tee in the whole world ^

Rumplo has tees by artists from all over the world. They curate from all sorts of great tee sites (even etsy), separating the gems from (a lot of) the junk and simply redirect you to purchase from the original site.

I just discovered Little Paper Planes. They have great art prints and tees!

There’s also DesignByHumans. Most of their designs are huge and have back detail as well.

The antlers go down the back.

The back of the tee is full of wires.

My favorite tee of all time came from my mom. She wore the hell out of it in the 70s and I sent it to its grave in the 90s. It was covered with a fine detailed jungle motif and jungle animals. It was fabulous. I usually have one favorite graphic tee at a time that I wear to death. The last one was a white v-neck from Urban Outfitters that had a thin black scribble all along the neckline. It’s on its last leg. The bf just bought me the keyboard cat tee I’ve been dying over for almost a year but it is soooo ridiculous that I can only see myself wearing it casually.

What’s your favorite graphic tee?

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