Star Bar Design Bling Tees: Crystal Graphic Tees at Accents

A graphic tee where the design is picked out in crystals rather than printed. On a Star Bar Design tee the crystals are the artwork, which is what gives it the shine that a printed graphic cannot.

The brand's own line is that "All tees have hand placed, high quality, hot fix crystals." Each crystal is positioned by hand and heat set onto the fabric.

Crystals with a heat activated adhesive on the back, set onto fabric with heat and pressure rather than glued cold or sewn. It is the standard way a crystal graphic is applied to a tee.

The brand's own word is crystals, specifically "high quality hot fix crystals." Rhinestone and crystal get used interchangeably in the trade, and the brand does not use the word rhinestone itself.

The brand does not name a crystal supplier or a grade, so we will not name one for it. "High quality hot fix crystals" is as far as the brand goes, and we would rather quote that than guess.

The brand publishes no durability claim and no care guidance, so we are not going to promise you one way or the other. Treating a crystal tee gently in the wash is sensible with any heat set design, and that is our own advice rather than the brand's.

Casual to start with, and it dresses up easily. A crystal tee with jeans and boots is the everyday version; the same tee under a blazer with good jewelry reads much dressier.

The range moves, but the styles that come through regularly include the Turquoise Longhorn, the Turquoise Chair Donkey, the Checkered Spade, the Glasses Bunny, the Llama, the Land of the Yee, and the Black Cat and Leopard Witches Hat designs. Call (830) 693-7573 and we will tell you what is on the rack.

The Turquoise Longhorn Bling Tee is a Star Bar Design style we carry, with a crystal longhorn on a turquoise tee. Call (830) 693-7573 to check sizes.

A crystal tee with a donkey in pearls posed on a turquoise vintage chair. It is one of a whole family of donkey designs the brand draws, and it is the one our customers ask for most by description rather than by name.

Quite a few. The brand draws donkeys on chairs, on benches, on couches and in cowboy hats, usually wearing pearls. If you have seen one you liked, describe it to us at (830) 693-7573 and we can usually work out which it is.

A patriotic crystal tee with a cowboy on horseback and an American flag, reading "Land of the Yee, Home of the Haw." It is a play on the national anthem line and it reads as a rodeo and Fourth of July piece.

A crystal tee pairing a checkerboard pattern with a spade motif. It is one of the less western designs in the range and it suits someone who wants the sparkle without the cowboy.

A crystal tee with a bunny in glasses. It is a whimsical one rather than a western one, and it reads well at Easter without being only an Easter piece.

A crystal tee with a llama in pearls lounging on a tufted vintage settee with gold drapes behind it. Same visual joke as the donkey chair designs, with a llama.

The Leopard Witches Hat Bling Tee is the leopard one in this brand, with a leopard in a starry witch hat and pearls on a striped armchair. We carry leopard from other brands too, so call (830) 693-7573 and tell us what you are after.

Star Bar Design does a good Halloween run, and the Black Cat Witches Hat and Leopard Witches Hat designs are the ones we see most. Seasonal designs come and go quickly, so it is worth calling (830) 693-7573 early in the season.

A crystal tee with a black cat in a witch hat and pearls, sitting on an orange chair with cobwebs and pumpkins. It is a Halloween piece that is not so costume-like you can only wear it in October.

Western and Texas motifs are a big part of what they draw, longhorns most obviously. The brand describes its own designs as "current western and trending."

The brand publishes no fiber content, no fabric weight and no blank supplier. The sewn-in label on the tee is the reliable answer, and we are glad to read one to you over the phone at (830) 693-7573.

We cannot tell you that as a brand fact, because the brand does not publish fiber content for its tees. Call (830) 693-7573 and we will go and look at the label on the one you are interested in.

The brand publishes no fit guidance and no size chart, so nothing we say here can be a rule. We can measure a tee flat for you and give you the real numbers; call (830) 693-7573.

The brand does not specify. We buy them as women's clothing, and the sizing runs on letter sizes rather than men's numbering.