• ,- FRESHMAN LAUREN FRANZ sifts through clothirt<j at the Goodwill sto~ on Race 5t""'t Nov. 12. "Yoo can c~ate )\lur own unique style by mixing vintage and new clothing," Franz said. -A. INGRAM or In a most Students discover the art of finding that 'oneof-a-kind' T-shirt Acording to fashion designer Tom Ford, lheaveragedothing consumer in 2004 was only interested in wearing jeans and a T-shirt as his or he.r veryday attire. Many believed Ford's evaluation proved correct on Harding's campus this year, as thousands of students donned the cotton tee for comfort as well as fashion. But fashion-conscious students didn't wear just any T-shirts. Junior Brad Thornton said vintage tees appeared on the backs of hundreds of Harding students this year. "The 70s style in general is back." he said. " And vintage shirts are included." The phrase "vintage T-shirt," according to Thornton, encompasses anythin9 from band shirts, such as Guns N Roses or Motley Crlie, to goofy phrases such as "Lo Fat Pudding for Cultural Change," to 80s going to American Eagle and seeing cartoon characters. tons of factory-produced 'vintage' THowever, a vintage T-shirt wasn't shirts," Allen said. "But we have a relike a vintage car, which had to be 25 ally good thrift store back home that 1 years old to be authentic, ac- like to look through." cording to senior Cou~tni II . Junior Jaro? S~okes said true Lambardo. Many clothIng . vmtage tees hid In the racks at companies like Abercrom-. P;~. ,.,- ~ thrift stores, and seekers needed bie & Fitch and American ,., to be willing to spend time to find Eagle offered vintage-look- them. He said part of the fun of a1ikes. vintage tees was the hunt for those lambardo said while she thought one-of-a-kind shirts. original vintage shirts were cool, she "You can spend a lot of time scanhappily bought remakes if she liked ning the racks for that perfectly cool them. shirt that everyone else overlooked," "I think overaU, lhey'reaU cute Stokes said. "One of the things that and trendy," she said. "I think it's makes finding a good vintage tee so coolthattherearecuteshirtswith great is that you hope it is an origifun sayings on them instead of nal - something that nobody else just regular baggy T-shirts." will have." Some students, however, Some vintage tee owners said they thought the remakes, though had one special shirt that stood out stylish, were not up to par with the from the rest. originals. Freshman Kelly Allen said "I have this really old softball jershe was not a fan of the "new" vin- sey that I found at a thrift store back tage shirts. home," Allen said. "It's green, and has "I don't buy the vintage tees from the name of my dad's company on it, any of the stores, and 1 don't reaUy like which makes it special." -ERIN (OOK 113 -FRESHMEN
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