High quality T-shirts - where did you go?

[Roland]

I like Velvet Men and Splendid. You can pick them up pretty cheap twice a year on the scoop website.

[Sook A Look]

Personally I love Uniqlo plain tees. The fit is comfortable but not baggy and they're cut just long enough...for me anyway. For 4.50 each and 3 for 12 the quality is pretty nice. Come to think of it I think I wore one everday this week.

[sell veg]

Personally I love Uniqlo plain tees. The fit is comfortable but not baggy and they're cut just long enough...for me anyway. For 4.50 each and 3 for 12 the quality is pretty nice. Come to think of it I think I wore one everday this week.

tally up one more vote for uniqlo. they are a great fitting, moderate quality, basics that are cheap as hell.

[eastcoastrider27]

Does anyone know if Uniqlo will have those drifit tees they had last summer?

I wish I picked up more of those.

[mono14]

Why doesn't Uniqlo have an online store or one in California? AHH.

[XzifT]

Amplified got some goooood ones, really nice slim fit, and you don't walk around unnoticed in one of these diamante versions.. although they are quite expensive and can't be washed in hot enough water in my opinion because of the glued stuff...

anyway:

http://www.amplifiedclothing.com/

[toufu]

honestly, AAA's tees are very very good. almost indestructible. However the fit isnt for everyone....

fits horrible brand new

after a couple hard washes it shrinks down and fits pretty damn good...

i wouldnt say they're "very very good" or "almost indestructible" though...they develop holes in areas that get no wear o_O (in the middle of the back, on the torso area)

[eldave04]

honestly, AAA's tees are very very good. almost indestructible. However the fit isnt for everyone....

QFT - and at 5 for $10, you can buy ~30-50 for the price of one premium tee.

[drofhiphopology]

i have some XRAY shirts from the PI that feel nice, last long and fit me perfectly

[partytaco]

the regular jersey cotton t-shirts (not the supergauze) shirts from 45rpm are some of the best quality t-shirts i've ever seen. expensive (over $100 and close to $150 for indigo) but they have a great vintage texture to them.

[ayn]

^ yeah, totally forgot about 45rpm shirts... I need an indigo-dyed 45rpm shirt...

[keagan]

im not sure about the best, but I know hysteric glamour is the worst. I have 3 tees from them and at ~150 a pop they are the worst fitting, graphic fading, cheap cotton using, asian killing tee shirts i've put on my body (for that kind of money). But the graphics are just so beautiful and totally unique that the price worth it in my opinon. ALTHOUGH, I could just copy their prints and get them screen printed onto an American Apparel tee or something and save 125 dollars.

hmmmmmm

[rocker4life]

i have a couple of tees from raf simons that i bought some 5 years or so that i still use...they are very high in quality and the fit stays the same, too bad the brand got sold. raf simons, acne and apc makes some very sturday tees. they feel very good and they LAST

[Sook A Look]

Does anyone know if Uniqlo will have those drifit tees they had last summer?

I wish I picked up more of those.

I didnt know what you were talking about at first but yeah I think they will. I think those are a regular item like the the plain tees, they just keep coming out with different colors.

[qwertyuiop5]

could anyone provide some suggestions for shorter-ish length tshirts for shorter smaller guys, both premium and standard tees?

thanks

[nettiemoore]

^ yeah, totally forgot about 45rpm shirts... I need an indigo-dyed 45rpm shirt...

those sound good. where can i find a pic of them?

[nettiemoore]

Uniqlo are alright, they even do a premium quality cotton tee and in Japan it was 1000 yen. The normal cotton ones were 500 yen. Shape is good and fit is good (not too short).

I am after some pocket tees..... haven't seen these for a while. Any recommendations for those?

loopwheeler got the swiss cotton pocket tees.

[super]

My absolute favorite t-shirt by far is my taps raglan pocket tee

It's been with me though a ton of washes and wears with no loss in shape and fits awesome like the day I tried it on almost 2 years ago.

LW tees are also very nice but may be a bit much for near $100 after proxy-service and you also can't try them on. I was a little bit disappointed with The Flathead t-shirts when I saw them at SE the other day...those FH L/S shirts are definitely very very nice though.

[jiomitori]

Bumping this up for more suggestions. I like heavy t-shirts so I just ordered some AAA, Hanes Beefy, and Gildan short-sleeves. I will be running comparison tests on all of them.

[VDSUPREME]

any good suggestion for pima/egyptian-cotton tees? (No Visvim)

[Crillz]

APC always has some variety of Peru Pima tee shirt every season. Last season was stripey ones that I own one of (I do hate pima cotton though, it's all static-y and too soft for my taste), and this season is a plain one with some sort of odd hemming at the sleeves.

[Serge d Nimes]

I love t-shirts. I have ones by loopwheeler, LVC, and lots of real vintage ones. Perhaps my favorite shirts are back, white, and some grey ones (one color) I got at jcrew in a 3 pack like 6 years ago. Some of the grey and white ones have stained since, so I gave then a wonderful new life by overdying them.

[tweeds]

Bumping this up for more suggestions. I like heavy t-shirts so I just ordered some AAA, Hanes Beefy, and Gildan short-sleeves. I will be running comparison tests on all of them.

jiomitori--keen to hear from you about these comparisons.

serge, do you find that paying the premium for loopwheeler tees is worth it?

[mono14]

Bumping this up for more suggestions. I like heavy t-shirts so I just ordered some AAA, Hanes Beefy, and Gildan short-sleeves. I will be running comparison tests on all of them.

any updates?

[Servo2000]

APC always has some variety of Peru Pima tee shirt every season. Last season was stripey ones that I own one of (I do hate pima cotton though, it's all static-y and too soft for my taste), and this season is a plain one with some sort of odd hemming at the sleeves.

Yeah, APC shirts are great except the sleeves were basically in my armpits on the gradient shirt.

[Serge d Nimes]

serge, do you find that paying the premium for loopwheeler tees is worth it?

I don't know. I really don't like loopwheeler as much as a lot of other shirts. Plus, I don't like the logos. LVC shirts are great, also euro military shirts. I absolutely love loopwheeled American ringer shirts from the 80's though; especially 50%, 50%. They have such a cool texture and such great color you see these days. Many have cool simple graphics. I shit my pants whenever I find a nice one.

[tweeds]

loopwheels existed as recently as the 80s?

and what is the composition of the "50%, 50%" tees? sorry i'm not familiar with the term...

i just went through the loopwheeler site's Origin page, very interesting reading.

[synthi]

I believe it's 50% cotton, 50% polyester. The thinking is you get the best of both worlds, the breathability and softness of cotton plus the shape retention and durability of the synthetic polyester. Hope this helps TIP and sorry for jumping in Serge.

[zephyr11]

^^^^^^^

if i'm not wrong, it's usually 50% cotton + 50% polyester...

it fits n feels slightly diff...

on this t shirt note, anyone tried boege?

want to know how it is after constant wash n wear...

http://www.boegepolos.com/

they do plain ts but with slightly longer sleeves...

construction is pretty good, on the shoulder its a lil stiffer then most who uses only double layers of the same fabric, he uses something that heavier so the shape is a lil more structured...

quality is comparable to prada n all those brand imo...

prices are bout $100usd if i rem correctly...

[arthur]

any good suggestion for pima/egyptian-cotton tees? (No Visvim)

helmut lang for egyptian cotton (if you can still find some, somewhere, i think coldrice had a medium up for sale)

as for pima cotton, lad musician usually has a whole section for them up on the site. i think most of them are graphic tee's, though.