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Yes! Keep and wear them when appropriate (casual stuff). Express yourself.
I hate this idea that people are supposed to give up their personalities and sense of fun style when they hit a certain age and resign themselves to khakis, polos, and button downs until they die.
Only if it's reasonably cool and age and context appropriate. Something someone middle aged could get away with: concert T's, skateboard logo T's, etc....IF they like music and IF they can/could skateboard.
And NOTHING with cussing or drugs or booze. Then you look like the middle-aged person trying to be in middle SCHOOL.
Saw the Grateful Dead's "Fare Thee Well" show in California 3 years ago but never bought a shirt. Went on their website today and bought one. That's a good example.
Any retro T looks great on a teen, and even better on a middle aged person, because they actually lived it.
Middle aged high school teacher here. See it all day long. Hendrix, Vans, Che, Doors, Marley, Zep, you name it. I love seeing it on the kids. That sometimes woulda got me thrown out of high school in my day. And the kids love it when I get the reference and tell them when I actually saw Van Halen, etc....
Kids are dorky today, sure, but in some ways they are soooooooo much cooler than we ever were.
One today had a shirt that said "Sarcasm: Just One Of The Sevices I Offer."
Awesome.
I don't think the graphics are what cancels out the shirt. I think it's the fit. If you're in shape and don't have a belly, you won't look like a manchild simply by wearing a graphic T-shirt.
As usual, it's HOW you wear it that matters. If the design is something that is meaningful to you, even better.
Writers for Business Insider and Nordic Business Insider are fashion experts?
I don't think anyone is saying to only wear graphic T-shirts. I think people are saying that in the right causal context they are fine as part of an "older" man's clothing selections. Of course men should have other more dressy and/or sedate clothes in their wardrobe. And no one should wear only one type of shirt or outfit all the time.
What I really want to know is, how does one become a "fashion expert?" What are the criteria- do you have to be a clothing designer? The owner of a large textile business? An iconic model who has been in the industry for years? Or can any random opinionated person on the internet claim to be part of that nebulous group, and then make sweeping recommendations for an entire demographic based on their (real or imagined) "expertise?"
Only if it's reasonably cool and age appropriate. Something someone middle aged could get away with: concert T's, skateboard logo T's, etc....IF they like music and IF they can/could skateboard.
And NOTHING with cussing or drugs or booze. Then you look like the middle-aged person trying to be in middle SCHOOL.
What about the ones I own? Like, with illustrations and/or oddball designs, that carry a subtle message. Which category would they fit into?
I don't own anything with profanities or drugs. I do own a beer-related T-shirt, but I only wore it to a pub crawl and on summer holidays.
Last edited by MillennialUrbanist; 05-16-2018 at 02:32 PM..
As long as there is no profanity or suggestiveness, and it's not a freebie from a beer case, graphic t-shirts can be just fine and dandy. But that goes for any age. And, like any clothing, it needs to be appropriate to the occasion. Casual, every day wear? Sure.
My husband has a t-shirt that says "Real heavy metal" and has a historical representation of Thor's hammer. He's of Scandinavian heritage and plays guitar in a band. It's perfect for him.
I think it's silly to base what one wears on what "fashion sites" say should or shouldn't be worn by certain people. The shirts you described sound fine to me, but if you feel weird wearing them now at your age, then don't wear them. Personally, I wear what I think looks good, and what I like, without regard to what random strangers' opinions are. *shrugs*
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