Men's t-shirts

Post Reply New Topic

Does wearing men's t-shirts with girly women's accessories look okay? I think it depends on the color of the shirt and the design or logo.

I'm considering changing my style to something a bit more low maintenance, but I still want to look nice.

I think so, though I don't know much about fashion and certainly not jewellery (I don't wear it).

I bought some men's t-shirts recently for exercising in because they are longer and baggier. One of them has become a regular t-shirt that I wear with jeans because I like it so much.

But anyway, yeah, I see female celebs sporting their "boyfriend" t-shirts with bling as well, so it must be a thing.

I can't deal with men's t-shirts because of that crew neck that makes me feel like I am choking! lol I have always liked a combination of things, old and new, modern and rustic, feminine and masculine, so to me it would be fine.

PS I now normally buy J.Jill t-shirts, as I love that they are LONG, SUPER SOFT, not tight, the neck does NOT bother me or make me feel like I am choking and they are mostly solid colors...and yes, they last forever and ever and ever and get softer and softer and softer and no tags

I regularly wear metal/rock band shirts, and I hate the girly fit ones cause they're tight and constrictive so I just get small regular fit ones which would be like mens t-shirts. But yeah I wear those with jeans of the skinnier type and I think it looks alright...and its comfortable so yeah. I don't wear all that girly of accessories maybe a necklace and some leather wrist bands but I see no reason jewelry cannot be worn with t-shirts.

One of my shirts was bothering me because of the neck, so I just cut it so now its more of a V, since there was no way i was getting rid of that shirt.

As a small sized man, I can tell you that the most important thing to consider for men's shirts is that it must FITS proportionally well, regardless of the gender wearing them, there are many good sources for that on the net: http://www.primermagazine.com/2012/spen ... les-of-fit, I tailor most of my shirts to be perfectly fitting.

So if you wanna men's shirt, you should consider if it's fitting, otherwise it will look wrong no you especially if you have a small stature.

And no, baggy has not been fashionable for so long for men especially T-shirts, a typical shirt for men nowadays is bit tight on the chest and it should show the chest's shape and "motion" (t-shirts are often tighter), if you get what I mean - so if you are going for men's shirt because you think they're baggier and can hide your breasts' shape/size better (assumption), then no, the men's shirt wouldn't be a good choice for you, you would be better off with baggy dresses.

^Wow I didn't know people put so much time and energy into how they wear their shirt. I guess I could see if you were really trying to dress up nice but just for everyday wear people are that technical? According to that many of my favorite t-shirts are too long but I can't really be bothered to care that much.

To be fair though I guess the fold technique that article mentioned was useful to me because now I know how I can tuck my shirt in without it looking stupid and feeling like I have to re-adjust it every 3 minutes...for when I want to wear a vest or jacket or something without my shirt sticking out on the bottom due to being longer.

Last edited by Sweetleaf on 19 Oct 2015, 3:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I like men's t-shirts because of their neckline being on, you know, the neck? Very rare to find girl shirts which understand the concept. I really don't like my tits exposed like I'm some sort of sex worker or something. Maybe it's just because I'm short.

I don't know anything about fashion, but I don't see why not if you can put it into an outfit or something.

I think you should wear whatever fits best.

What do you think of guys wearing women's fitted T shirts?
I find a women's small fits me to a T, as I think I have a thin
waist--just 26 inches, and broad shoulders.
Men's T shirts are too big for me.
Kid's sizes are often awkward in terms of fashion.

I can give you an example of an outfit I wear sometimes -- though I don't wear jewelry, you could and it would coordinate well.


vest (with my own fabiric paint designs on the pockets and back -- worn unzipped)




t-shirt untucked under the vest




Skirt




belt worn over shirt, under the vest, around the waist

When I was a teen, I was very nonchalant of the way I wear, I used to wear what comforts me (baggy, long stuff, squares) but when you look typically geeky or hipster or wtv there's a social price for that - I remember I frequently got comments from guys that I should improve my fashion sense, it gets annoying and disheartening after while, and I got similar advice from girls at school when it comes to attracting girls. I was the so oddball already by neurologicality (autism, loner) and height (shortest boy in class) , the last thing I needed was to add more oddity by being the oddball in fashion too; at least this is something I can change.

Hence why I ended up developing this extra care for details to what I wear - short men should also take special considerations, kids wear look too silly on adults, and most wears in the market don't fit properly. You think this is complicated? Check how suits should fit then lol.

I got made fun of back in school for how I dressed, but then it was t-shirts with baggy 'boys' pants or cut offs, now a lot of time I wear said t-shirts with straight legged tightish fitting jeans. But yeah I even heard from relatives and such you should dress like this or that...never really listened. I basically just didn't get why people cared so much

But yeah I've never really had a particular fashion sense or cared to....and anymore people usually tell me I look good in t-shirts, even when they are a bit long them being too long seems to bother me more than anyone else. Trouble is shirts designed specifically for females are too tight and constrictive, too low cut or flowy and more or less see-through...and being as short as I am the small regular t-shirts are still rather big on me. I tried a kids fit t-shirt once and yes it was very awkward fitting.

Well, I don't know if men's clothing goes well with jewelry. I mean, if you want to look girly, then why wear a man's t-shirt ? Why not accessorize your jewelry with a fashionable blouse ? Just curious.

I've found you can find just about any style in Women's small, especially if you hunt on Ebay. Sometimes the only noticeable difference between a Men's shirt and a Women's shirt is that the buttons are on the other side of the shirt. As for Princess seams, you can buy Chinese made clothing via Amazon for guys with Princess seams. Though you have to be careful about the sizing--what you get may be two sizes too small! As I'm cross dominant it doesn't really matter to me what side the buttons are--I can button my shirt quite easily with my left hand.

^^^ Women's shirts have a dart sewn at the bustline for most button downs. Men's shirt sleeves are longer by almost six inches sometimes.

http://sartoriallyinclined.blogspot.com ... darts.html
AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 10:41 PM
I always have my bespoke shirts darted. I do not see anything feminine about it, and it gives the shirt shape... perfect for someone who works out. As for the comment that reads "But you'll never see back darts on a men's bespoke shirt simply because it's inelegant, feminine, and the same shaping can be achieved by adjusting the side seams," well, I could not disagree more. Pick up a good Italian made men's shirt and you may find front darts AS WELL as back darts- and no, the same effect cannot be achieved by simply taking in the side seams.

I looked through my collection and I have at least two women's shirts without darts--one by Calvin Klein and another by J Crew. (women's shirt--as defined by what side the buttons are sewed) I remember trying to buy Men's XS J Crew shirts at the malls within driving distance--they were the ugliest shirts I've ever seen! It was like someone was trying to prove that nobody would buy XS shirts, so they picked the worst colors/designs they could think of. The worst fitting shirt I actually own is a Brooks Brothers shirt for boys. And, as MrMajorMajor pointed out, the sleeves on men's dress shirts are too long.