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This is why I’ve never really understood branded clothing. I won’t wear it, because it’s just an advertisement. Genuinely don’t understand how society fell so hard for that one. I get luxury brand show off for shallow reasons, but shit- and mid-tier brands?
I think most people are into it for the flex factor, i.e. as an indicator of conspicuous consumption and therefore status. A lot of people genuinely give a shit about that stuff. Some even organize their whole lives around it.
i think shit tier is cheap because it also poses as advertisement?
The base clothes before branding is added are much cheaper.
So what do you wear? I want to reduce the amount of ads I wear, but plain tshirts don't look so good with my extra belly weight. I need something on the shirt. But what? And I commonly just wear shorts, so it can't look remotely formal.
I saw a man in a shirt that read, "Its not a gut, it's a fuel tank for my sex machine" that I thought was rather fetching.
I have one that says "world's best sixpack abs" and then there's a picture of a sixpack of beer cans.
It's size 5XL and I once wore it to a doctor's appointment 😁
There are a lot of options on tee public these days.
I just advertise for local metal bands, personally
Layers, patterns, gradients, and screen printed art, mostly.
Lots of screen printed art. I’m a big fan of mashup designs where two or more IPs are mixed, like star wars and star trek mixed and represented as chibbi cartoons, basically just someone’s fan art on a t-shirt or sweatshirt, such that you aren’t really advertising any of them as its not immediately clear what’s even on it. Also just art I like. Tons of places to get stuff like that. I also have a lot of shirts with jokes and phrases and the like.
Layers are good if you live somewhere that isnt too ridiculously hot, plain or gradient base t (or one of the more basic screen printed shirts) under a contrasting over-shirt is good. Really opens up the options because basically anything button or zip works, patterns or solid colors, and the extra fabric layer hides a lot of imperfections.
I do a lot of thrifting, especially when I travel, because the variety tends to span different styles and eras and people buy stuff online that ends up there, but it takes a while to really build up the wardrobe that way.
Layers are out because I spend half my day wishing I wasn't wearing a shirt at all. Constantly warm. I call in manopause, lol. Screen printed art sounds good, but where can you get it on quality shirts. It always seems to be on low quality materials when I see it.