You're making a statement any time you wear a printed T-shirt. It's like wearing a bumper sticker on your chest. You're saying, "This is me, this is what I'm all about." So what exactly are you saying if you wear a T-shirt with the word "BLOW" printed in big capital letters and images of cherries on the shoulders? I'm thinking you're saying something along the lines of, "Hello, world, I would like to make the sex with you now. Yes?" Except this is 2014, and the clothing I'm describing is actually from Beyonce's emoji T-shirt collection, so ...
Well, why don't we let you have a look at it and you can decide if this T-shirt is still too crazy to wear in public.
Right, okay. So here are the thoughts I'm having about this T-shirt.
1. It's not pretty. The cut is so basic -- and it's a crew neck. Why not a shaped v-neck? I mean, if you're going to write a sexy message, make the T-shirt itself sexy, too.
2. Cherries on my shoulder? I guess it's better than a chip on my shoulder, but they look kind of huge and weird.
3. So clearly this is a reference to Beyonce's song "Blow," which I love. Will other people who see it know that? Or are you going to have a bunch of awkward exchanges where you tell the guy waiting behind you at the movies, "No, I don't want to blow you. It's a Beyonce song."
4. And to make it even more insidery, it's also a reference to the emoji video a fan made to "Drunk in Love." Which was delightful. But as a T-shirt not so much.
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5. Beyonce's album was all about hot married lovin' and I'm all for that. Wearing this around the house could be a coded way to say, "Tonight, after the kids go to bed, I want you to turn that cherry out. Also, could you please take out the garbage now? Thanks babe." But only if your kids are under the age of 6.
6. Then one day you wear it to a soccer game, and your husband is all, "Are you insane?!?" Because now all the dads are staring at you. But it was your only clean T-shirt. You know what, though? It's not the worst thing in the world if the dads stare at you. Let them wonder.
7. If you get the cherry/blow T-shirt, is your husband going to want the other Beyonce emoji T-shirt, with the surfer? #Dealbreaker.
What do you think of the emoji T-shirts? Would you wear either of them?
Images via Beyonce/Instagram &Beyonce Official