Even worse when the design is that plasticky kind of decal rather than the one that becomes more part of the fabric
Basically makes the shirt unusable in summer
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These are known as Direct to Film or DTF (lol). They are quite literally a printed plastic sheet that’s melted to the shirt. Easiest way to check for this is to crease the shirt on the design. Screenprinted will reveal the shirt color underneath where DTF will be a solid sheet.
I hate those
They also create weak points along their edge since it needs to bend more to make up for the stiffness of the plastic part. It'll start coming apart there before the neck frays.
Absolutely disagree. If I'm wearing a graphic t, I'd much rather the graphic be on the back. Graphic on the front feels trashy, ala 3 Wolf Moon.
I’d rather have it in the back because sometimes the print feels stiff and uncomfortable and sometimes boobies stretch out the image.
They’re always on and under my boobs too?? Like it would be one thing if it was on my chest but there’s a big open area of nothing with a design only on or under my boobs? I think they’re just not made with women in mind 90% of the time even when it’s sold in women’s sizes
100%. we live in a man’s world.
My issue with the back is I have long hair so my hair will cover the design! But the front my tits will make that image...real real stretchy.
Stupid human bodies!!
Makes me feel like a fucking billboard when on the front for some reason
I feel the opposite. I feel like a billboard when it’s on the back.
Counterpoint, wearing a graphic on the back feels shallow and self-aggrandizing. You're never going to get to see the graphic you like in a mirror; friends and acquaintances you interface with all day won't see it. It's only for the benefit of anonymous observers behind you that you'll never meet and won't think about you twice.
It also is more antisocial. It's natural to comment on a graphic when you're face to face (pointing to chest, "oh you also like [Band]?") and hard to broach a conversation from behind when they're probably engaged with something else ("[Band]? Oh right, the shirt, yeah...").
It's possible to pull it off, but in general I'd rather see someone confidently rocking a 3 wolf moon shirt than an incredible print drifting down the street on some anonymous back.
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Exactly, graphic on the back for the same reason you don't look at explosions.
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I think its really cool to have a big beautiful design on the back. I have a vety broad back tho so i might be biased but i think its clean to have the front be uncluttered.
I also hate when I check the sizing chart and the base shirt is a unisex cut Gildan.
Shit material that fits weirdly on any human body and when used as a silk screening blank, are overpriced as fuck for the quality they offer.
If the design is on the front, I can't tell if people are looking at the design or staring at my tits. And I kinda need to know who I should punch and who I shouldn't x)
I've always found this awkward because I stare at tits but they assume I'm reading their shirt
Fair enough
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If I had to guess, this avoids the classic case of staring at someone a little too long to read their shirt. The shirt design isn’t so much for the wearer, it’s a billboard to others. Also, printing on the front has much more noticeable texture than printing on the back which would make the surface a bit uncomfortable across the entire front as opposed to the back where you’ll hardly notice the feel.
Even the best screen printing techniques have at least a bit of feel to them.
I hate it when its the other way around. I feel like a fancy design on the back and minimalist one on the front has more flair. But this is clearly subjective
Mine are on the inside sometimes 😞
I hate when that happens. Gotta be a manufacturing error. It happens to me all the time with spoons as well, I'm eating with one normally, and then suddenly it turns inside out and can't grab any soup!
Enshittification has gone too far.
Nah it's cool
Omg same. And I often wear a button down over a t-shirt, which is mildly annoying with that configuration
Long sleeves, design on the front, design on the back, design on the sleeves.
Long sleeves on the front, short sleeves on the back
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I like to wear aloha shirts. For a while there was a strange fad to make them with the fabric inside out so the colors were muted. Designers, amirite?
UGH, I have some of those and almost everyone says, "Hey did you know your shirt is inside out?"
Oh really? How did I button it?!
Inside-out fabrics: the dadaism of fashion.
And here I am just wanting the small thing on the front and nothing on the back. So hard to find that aren’t athletic shirts.
Pro tip: you know companies get branded shirts right? There are other companies that print/embroider them. And those companies do samples of blank shirts. Look for your local custom print shop 😉
90% of my wardrobe consists of company swag shirts and shirts from charities I work with. I just want nicer shirts from good brands without huge logos and graphics. All of the shirts I have now are that shitty Gildan brand which is cheap and inconsistent.
Can I add that dumb new trend where the logo is on the back upper left, making it seem you wore your shirt backwards like a dumbass?
I hate those. They always put the tags on the front now, too.
Just yesterday someone I work with had a t-shirt with a small, centered inscription just below the neckline. I didn't catch myself in time and asked if the shirt was inside out, because it really looked like the logo/information you'd see inside under the neck on the back.
Don't bash yourself, it helped remind them of what impression they give, going around like that.
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