Jcrew New Arrivals (Part 2): New Tees

If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know that I love a nice tee. First I have to say that I was disappointed with this rollout in terms of tees because I had high expectations (this time last year they came up with some great tees, like the "C'est la Vie" and "Buon Viaggio") and I thought that they would have some retail-only tees that I would fall in love with. Maybe they hadn't received everything yet, maybe the great tees are yet to come in the next rollouts, or maybe we are left with ebay, we will see.
I apologize but I feel lazy and I'm not going to add the links to the website pages, but if you're confused or unsure of which tee I'm talking about I'll be happy to answer in the comments.

They didn't have my favorite from the catalog, the Tissue beaded crest tee (major disappointment), so let's start with the slub-cotton Imperial tee (item 18095).
The graphism is really great, but as it's a summer-thin, sheer, white tee. Not sure why they decided to offer it in the first "Fall" roll-out (maybe the production of this was delayed?) I know it's not even August yet, but Jcrew must know that as soon as we start to see purple everywhere instead of summer shades, we don't want to buy turquoise any longer. Or see-through white. Honestly if wasn't headed to the beach in one week I wouldn't have bought it (and actually I'm still undecided about it).
Anyway, here it is, decide by yourself if you want to invest $32.50 in a tee that you are probably going to wear for one or two months maximum:





Don't get me wrong, it's very cute and well made, in the tradition of their great graphic tees, but it's a bummer that it came out so late in the (summer) season. Anyway, I tried an XS and as you can see it fits perfectly (it fits like the graphic tissue tees, not like the BF tee).

They had another "graphic" tee (retail-only I think) that I initially liked until I started to see a series or "creature" heads in the print:



Do you see them or it's just me? I think this one was $29.50.

It was the first time that I got to see the "Tissue Sparkling rose tee" in real life and I tried the light pewter (I can't remember if I tried a S or XS, but I think it'a S):




If the Imperial tee came out too late, this came out too early (it has been on the website for a while and many of you have already seen it in the blogosphere): the colors are very in line with their fall palette and it would look great with the cords in weathered wisteria that I'm wearing in the second pic with the Imperial tee. I think that this might be a good transitional tee for fall, so I'm going to check it out again when it goes on sale.

From the textured tees, I tried the Textured jersey boatneck painter tee. It looked like a nice idea but there was something really wrong with the fit (here is in the plum color):



They also had the Slub cotton swirling flowers tee but I'm so tired of swirling things in pastels that I didn't even bother to try it on. Sorry! They also had the Slub cotton stamped paisley tee in a new color (dark green on green), but again I was uninspired.

Bud don't worry, I left the best for the end. I did see a tee that I really liked, although it wasn't what I was looking for.
It's very similar to the Long-sleeve stripe captain tee (item 17262) but I'm not positive that it's the same one as the stripes appear to be bigger on the tee that I have tried and I'm pretty sure that it was priced at $34 and not 32.50. On the other side it has the same "epaulets on the shoulder with gold button detail". This might be the first mystery of the season...
Anyway, it came in three colors: navy, gray and a apricot-beige. This is the navy:



And this is the beige (I'm posting it only to show you the epaulete detail and because I blocked the anons'comments I'm sure that I won't get any comment on my nipples):


I think that the fabric is the same as the perfect-fit tees, so the ideal weight for the first days of fall when the weather freshens up. I didn't buy it for the time being because I have a similar one but I'm considering it.

This is pretty much it. What do you think? What's your favorite one? Did you see any other new tee? I would love to hear from you!