A striped Tshirt seems to be the wardrobe staple of a certain kind of girl, a very stylish and chic kind of girl, that I think is not very like me. I mean, I like to think of myself as a non-conformist, but sometimes you find yourself latching on to a current trend almost without noticing! The striped Tshirt is being touted as a "classic", but I reckon it is a more accurately described as an ultra-fashionable item, that ipso facto will probably go out of fashion in a few years, like everything else. Whichevs, for the moment it is IN. And I found myself making one. And wore it and wore it!
I looked back through my old photos to find these pictures of different outfits incorporating my navy and white striped Tshirt. It has appeared in a supporting role in plenty of other outfits too, but these ones are all "new" to a 6 different ways post. Five of these outfits are from previous me-made or self-stitched months; the first photo is a portion of one I used as my profile pic for a year!
Below: at left; the plain practical lines of the Tshirt play off well against the overblown silhouette of a pouffy white skirt, and at right; this is probably the "trendiest" out of all the outfits here.... worn with a beige trench coat, a long skinny knitted black scarf, and with khaki skinny jeans tucked into bikie boots.
Below at left; the Tshirt's first appearance here on my blog, worn with greige corduroy jeans, a jersey scarf and hand-knitted socks, and at right; worn pinafore-style underneath my favourite charcoal grey pattern magic dress, with matching navy blue tights.
Below left; grunged down for a day of sweaty cross-country hiking with charcoal grey shorts and hand-knitted socks, at right, for a rainy winter's day, the stripes stand out against the pale colours of a light grey longline skirt and a boxy little ivory jacket
It's funny really that this Tshirt turned into such a favourite, since it was initially just an afterthought, thrown together using the leftovers of some rather low quality fabric. My newer striped Tshirt is made with much nicer and meatier fabric, so I am hoping it lasts even longer, at least until the trend fades away! :)