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Retro stripe tee/top for teenage DD

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TheGirlOnTheLanding · 24/11/2018 10:31

DD has requested a specific style of top for Christmas but not where to find it. I know the sort of look she's after and have seen them around on people but now I'm actually looking to buy, of course I can't find one in the actual shops. She wants a t shirt or cotton top that has a retro stripe across the front (the kind with a couple of narrower stripes either side), ideally straight but a chevron ok, and in a perfect world with contrast binding on neck and sleeves. Sort of 70s kids TV presenter I think. She's not specified colour but yellow, white, navy, black all would be her usual choices. She's a slim size 8 so it probably needs to be a women's t shirt (men's would drown her). I've looked in Gap, New Look, Urban outfitters, etc but I'm stuck. Has anyone spotted such a thing? Or can suggest likely websites to try?

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PippilottaLongstocking · 24/11/2018 10:37

Not sure where to get one exactly like that but if it helps I think the kind of t shirt with contrasting binding on the neck and sleeves is called a ‘ringer tee’. Might narrow down your search a bit!

Cherries101 · 24/11/2018 11:38

Adidas have a few

TheGirlOnTheLanding · 24/11/2018 11:46

Thanks @PippilottaLongstocking - I didn't know there was a proper name for them.

Thanks @lostfrequencies - that one would definitely been a contender but it's out of stock.

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TheGirlOnTheLanding · 24/11/2018 11:47

Thanks @Cherries101 - I can't see any? All the stripes seem to be on the sleeves instead of the front?

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Tinty · 24/11/2018 11:48

I think H&M had some tops like that a couple of weeks ago.

Cherries101 · 24/11/2018 12:29

Adidas tops like this are available at sports direct. Sleeves and long sleeved too.

www.adidas.com.sg/polo-tank-top/CW1512.html

PippilottaLongstocking · 24/11/2018 18:13

m2.hm.com/m/en_gb/productpage.0598806001.html
Not quite what you’re looking for but close!

Ypsilanti · 24/11/2018 20:40

I know exactly what you mean, as I used to live in them as a teenager in the mid-90s (depressing being old enough to have worn clothes now considered retro!). They were hugely popular - I used to buy mine in Topshop and Miss Selfridge.

I can’t find a photo of the exact thing, but you can see Louise Wener wearing something similar-ish here: goo.gl/images/3PUfgw

Not that this is much help to you, op, sorry! But so much other 90s fashion is coming back in now (god knows why, it was terrible) that hopefully Topshop etc will be stocking them again soon!

Ypsilanti · 24/11/2018 20:52

Just had a thought - it’s worth looking on Etsy (both vintage and new). Hope you find something that meets expectations!

TintinandSnowy · 24/11/2018 23:22

I like this one (oh to be a teenager again!). www.forever21.com/uk/shop/Catalog/Product/f21/top_blouses/2000280518

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