DIFFERENT SHADES OF PINK / DIFFERENT SHAPES OF A TEE

I got challenged by Vasiliisa to go all pink today, as today is the Wear Pink Day and October is the breast cancer awareness month. The Wear Pink Day is a gesture to spread breast cancer awareness. I won't pass the challenge on to anyone specific but to everyone who feels up for it! If you don't want to go pink all the way, you can always do it with noticeable details, or wear the ribbon.

Since I have and will be spending most of the day at a place where I am required to wear certain clothing I'm not sure if I'll be able to make the whole pink thing properly, but I will go for some different shades of pink in my mini-tutorial on How to Alter a Basic Boat/U-neck Tee!

I think a round neck lining is nice, its very late 50's early 60's classic and goes well with skirts, capris, shorts and whatever. I jave lot's of basic H&M ones (in cheap material) but sometimes that kind of a tee can feel a bit too plain paired with certain garments. That model can also make someone who boxes (read: have big shoulders ands arms), especially someone whos has been boxing and do not box that regularly anymore, look kind of heavy (xenia warrior style you know). Changing the lining draws the attention away from the shoulders and gives the tee a whole new look, and it's really easy to do so!

One way is to grab some fabric (about 5 cm) in the middle of the lining and sew it togheter tigh twith a few stiches (ummm, but opposite of my drawing, you might want to sew it toghether on the inside for the right result :). I've done this to a dress and it changed it from plain to fancy, giving it a more feminine look. Why not add a brooche or bow in the middle too?


Another way to change the shape is to fasten the neck lining togheter with the sleeve opening (it requires the sleeves to be rather short though!). The reslut will be a bit reminding the lining of a galaxy dress. I've tied the sleeves and the lining toghether with a thin black ribbon on the black tee I have in the post below. That way you can alter the tee for just the time that you wear it, but I'd still recommend some stiches or a safetypin on the inside since the bows might not stay in place. For a more clean graphical finish, just sew it togheter tight, skip the bows!


If the shirt is not too skin tight you can also combine these two and the reslut will be really pretty! Try adding a big bow or a flower just to one side if you want some extra flair, even though I think this lining works best as it is.

STRANGE...

T-shirt of the f***ing year
Quality or not, designer or brand, I don't think it's very smart or necessary to buy a t-shirt (even if it may be nicely cut and have puffed sleeves) for over 50€.

Having this said, I still bought a very cute black short Diesel t-shirt with puffed sleeves a couple of months ago for 50 euros (or actually I paid "only" 30 € for it since I bought it from the shop where I occasionaly do a shift or two and thus still have my personnel discount). Quite costy, but it was perfect for most of my high-waist skirts or over some sleevess dresess.

But it dissapeared in Amsterdam. Almost right in front of my eyes. When I was there over the new year's we were 11 people staying in the same flat so it was a bit messy. I had my shirt and a dress hanging over a chair and one moment they were both there and the next only the dress. I thought it had fallen on the floor and got mixed up with someone else's stuff but everyone checked their bags there and at home again but the shirt had just vanished. And it hasn't been found in the flat by this day. I'm afraid it somehow just, eh, got thrown away in the trash when we cleaned after the NYE party.

It's sad beacuse I really liked the shirt. I'm almost considering to buy a new one, if there are eny left, they only had a few. But that's really stupid, right? To put that much money on a t-shirt. It was more of a blouse actually, so is it ok then?

T-SHIRT OF THE WEEK no2

Now this t-shirt I actually have. The print is originally form davidandgoliathtees.com, but I've printed the picture on textile paper and ironed it to my tee (those papers are pretty good, the result is very nice but it takes some time to learn to use it).
Ship ohoy!

T-SHIRT OF THE WEEK, no1

Ok, I wouldn't really want a t-shirt like this, but I definietly should have one, and wear it atleast once a week and look myself in the mirror all the time to remind myself that one really needs to back up all files frequently. There should regularly be a day at every office when all employees would have to wear this shirt to remind each other. (No, my system didn't crash and even if it would, I have a backup on everything. I'm just not that good at doing it often enough. But one of the companies I freelance for is a one-man-company and this guy's computer crashed and he lost everything so now I'm digging through all my old files to find what we need. Phew!)