Great Ideas in Horse Racing Attire
Fantastic, so what ideally should you wear? A proper suit is repeatedly the fashion almost all men go after on racing days. Find the right tie & shirt is a great starting point. One of the most popular styles is the shade-on-shade appearance, which means you will have a shirt and a tie in the same color with the neck tie usually a few shades darker than your chosen shirt color. This often works best with darker colour tie and shirt combos, such as a dark blue or a rich plum colour. Don’t forget matching fashionable cufflinks and your friendly smile.
Pinstripe suits are also very fashionable, but choose the correct tie and shirt to pair is decisive in pulling the look off. A solid coloured shirt in black or white with a wide striped tie is a sexy and sleek look. Be sure the stripes in the tie complement the suit colors and don’t distract from it. A dark blue pinstriped suit with a white collared shirt and a wide striped blue necktie is a wonderful look for race day. Top it off by sporting a hat with a pairing blue band, sunglasses and LOMA cufflinks and you are one sharp ticket!
Alternative Looks and Combinations
Another current race day look is based on a solid black collared shirt. The black collared shirt is a good starting point as many ties really pop against the dark background. Depending on what race you are attending, you can add the race’s flower to your lapel. The Melbourne Cup’s official bloom is a yellow rose. Imagine a black shirt, striking yellow silk tie and a yellow rose! Stakes Day is the red rose, so think a red necktie and cufflinks with a black collared shirt. Now you get the idea!
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Vintage, or retro fashion, from the 60s-80s is back. Almost everyone wants to have at least one t-shirt dawning their wardrobe. So why not learn how to sell vintage T-shirts and make a few extra bucks? Or you can sell your own hand made T-shirts as well…
Retro and vintage t-shirts and accessories have been deemed modern day art by popular demand. We don’t get to see these forms of art work today, unless it’s recreated for us, through magazines and mindbogglingly expensive fashion ware. While some can afford it, many of us cannot even wrap our heads around the exorbitant price range! This very ordeal can be turned into a business proposition, wherein vintage t-shirt collectors and prospective enthusiasts can collect t-shirts and sell these at affordable rates. You can decide upon the type of crowd that will most likely be buying these t-shirts and accordingly tag the price range. College students and youngsters will form the majority of your clientele, therefore requiring that you place your prices for the t-shirts according to their usual budget. At the same time, ex-comrades of the vintage era too would form a small part of the clientele, thereby increasing the prices accordingly. There are ways through which you can initiate your sales. Let us find out how to sell vintage t-shirts and how to make good easy bucks from this trade.
How to Get Hold of Authentic Vintage T-Shirts
#1 – Scavenge Vintage Sales
You will need to check every clothing store which sells used and old clothes. You can also shop for clothes on eBay as another affordable option. Vintage clothing stores are a great option as you can take ample amount of time searching through the layers and layers of clothing. Most shops will have a separate section for t-shirts, which will reduce your time and marginalize your efforts. Thrift shops too are an excellent option, as you’ll get these shirts on a very affordable bargain. Even if you come across torn and tattered t-shirts, which have the main design intact, I suggest you buy them too. The reason being that some like the ragged look, while some can be made into completely new t-shirts! The idea is to collect as many t-shirts as you can, so as to be able to sell them. Buy about 10 t-shirts, so that you can handle any loss, if it occurs.
#2 – New T-Shirts
Vintage t-shirts which were torn can be made into new t-shirts, simply by cutting out the vintage design and getting them stuck and embossed on fresh t-shirts! This isn’t a time consuming or expensive job, all it takes it a good fabric glue, a hand held sewing machine and come shiny threads, if you wish to add some shiny twist to the t-shirt.
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