Printed tops and t-shirts

I don't own any printed tees. Ok, that's not exactly true; I have several nice printed tees but I use them exclusively as undershirts or lounging in the house. I need a collar, whether a polo or Oxford shirt when I go out in public.

I would just tell you to start out with simple colored tees to get you used to having color in your wardrobe and then expand and add print shirts with kooky designs you like.

Personally, I don't get why people wear many printed tees. Then again, I own khaki pants with whales and American flags embroidered into them; pot, meet kettle.

 

I think you are taking this waaay too seriously. It's just clothes, not a tattoo lol. You can just get one colorful/bright tee or shirt, wear it once, if you don't like it throw it away and that's that. I don't see why this has to be as life-or-death as you seem to thinks it is. I guarantee you most people won't even notice, and if they do, not many will remark on it. Point in case, the vast majority of my wardrobe is composed of vibrant tees with colorful designs and I don't notice much of a difference in the way people treat me from when, say, I wear plain black or white tees/shirts.

 

I have/had the same problem. I guess the only printed clothing article I own that isn't from my childhood, is my graduation hoodie. But it's not that bad to only wear "boring" things, as you call them. I personally start to stop caring about what people think and I still try to update my warderobe to be completely black. Just because black is amazing.
But if you want to wear different clothes, look for different shapes first, maybe colors that aren't extremely vibrant and slowly work your way to colorful, printed clothes. You don't have to change your style from one day to the other.
Besides, most people won't care or will compliment you, when you wear something different. Maybe try wearing colorful stuff at home, so that you feel comfortable in them before you go out with them.

 

I guess I'm included in this club too

The majority of my clothes are blue, then I have a bunch of black, grey stuff. I only have 1 neon shirt and a few red sweaters that I hardly ever wear. If people don't like what I wear they don't have to look at me

 

Do you really want to experiment with color...or do you just think you should want to? I'm not exactly a fashion plate, and I don't wear printed tees because most of them seem silly. When I wanted to "diversify" my wardrobe, I started out with a drab army green lol. Then I got daring, and bought a shirt that was a couple shades lighter than navy. Small steps lol. I think you'd be really uncomfortable just all of a sudden going out in some bright printed shirt...if you really want this, try what AlamoCity said...one or two (conservatively) colored shirts.

 

If you want to feel exciting without standing out, my tip would be to wear pretty, fun underwear, which sounds weird, but it does feel good. As in, you feel more attractive and confindent without having to look like a flower display.

Alternatively, pretty and/or bright accessories rather than clothes might work!

 

I wore nothing but printed T-shirts when I was a teenager, but I've come to find giant logos a bit tacky now (especially since I'm almost 25, I'm starting to feel too old for such shirts).

But just because you don't want to wear shirts with big logos doesn't mean you can't wear anything colorful.

For example, most of what I wear is colorful, but they aren't printed tees. I wear a lot of striped shirts, and those can be V-necks or Henleys...I also own a lot of colorful polos and work shirts. I love wearing bright colors and always have.

 

I feel that way, too. I'm no great fan of printed t-shirts, either. I've got a few exceptions (my team jerseys and one t-shirt), but most of my shirts are just black or grey. Others might find it boring, but I like the way I look in said t-shirts, and that's all that matters.