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does my perfect, petite white t-shirt exist?

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hopefullyunrecognisable · 27/03/2023 18:08

All I want is a white, cap sleeve, crew neck, petite, NON-SEE-THROUGH t-shirt.

I'd pay up to £20. Does this unicorn exist anymore?

Ten years ago, M&S were my go-to, but I looked at some in there today and they were so see-through that every bit of the hanger was visible. BHS did fantastic ones but they're long gone and Lands End's ones did the job for a while, but this year's batch are about a foot too long, even in petite, and appear to be cut for a brick body shape.

Dorothy Perkins, Gap, Boden, Next, Teespring, and Cotton On all also seem to specialise in hello-and-have-you-met-my-bra white tees, sigh.

(reposted because I originally put it in the wrong topic)

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hopefullyunrecognisable · 01/04/2023 16:21

Thanks for the recommendations. Update - FatFace non-petite were too long when they arrived, as were the New Look petite ones and I could see from photos that most of the others either had huge sleeves or wavey sleeves, neither of which work for me. The rest had reviews saying that they were too thin.

The search continues!

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minipie · 01/04/2023 20:03

sorry if already suggested but have you tried kids’ ranges?

hopefullyunrecognisable · 01/04/2023 20:17

minipie · 01/04/2023 20:03

sorry if already suggested but have you tried kids’ ranges?

I am quite well blessed in the boob department so I don't think that would work sadly

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minipie · 01/04/2023 20:23

Ah ok! Yes probably not then

hopefullyunrecognisable · 23/04/2023 18:20

Hi, OP here, popping back to report that every option was either see through, hopelessly long despite being petite or both. I've kept my local courier busy!

I ended up buying two of the fairly substantial 8 petite tees from Lands End, then taking them to my local alterations lady to get three inches taken off the hem and the sleeves shortened too. Thankfully the original tees were on sale, or the final cost including alterations would have been well over budget.

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