Whitesville by Sugar Cane White Crew Neck t Shirt WV73544 CANE2827

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The sleeves were still long, but the buttons were gone (single men are still notoriously poor when it comes to resewing buttons).

selvedge jeans, Levi’s short-lived collection, don’t have rivets because copper was limited during WWII when they were produced.Vicious Googling of boutiques on the lower east side of Manhattan, trying to find a T-shirt Spiridakis had purchased for a prior project, yielded what’s known as the “Marlon Brando T-Shirt. For the true indigo head, this shirt from one of Japan’s most forward-thinking brands will rocket to the top of the rotation. To do this requires special looms that are only used by specialist manufacturers these days; subsequently, the looms are hard to source and expensive to produce garments on because you need one loom for each size you want made - but it's the proper way to make a vintage-style tee shirt, and it's the only way they were made in the 1950's - ‘70's.

Whether intentional or arbitrary, these questions and hundreds more had to be answered for all of the shirts I tested. Tyler, the Creator wore a Uniqlo U tee, so Tyler, the GQ Editor (yours truly) also wore a Uniqlo U tee. The Wakayama factory, which produces knitwear for nearly every major Japanese denim brand you can think of, has two series of loopwheel machines. It’s advertised as “Heavyweight” but its fabric density is just off the mark by the standards of our test.There’s this one scene in First Man where Ryan Gosling is playing with his kids and he has on this Charlie-Brown-looking crewneck polo shirt, which I feel shares a kinship with this tee.

You’ll be able to replicate some of the more classic looks without sacrificing anything in terms of quality. So now that you know our winners and losers, we’re going to break down each tee individually with its own pros and cons and who might enjoy what it has to offer. It used to feature hearty fabric and durable construction, but the staple garment became ubiquitous and watered-down as brands opted for cheap labor and materials from overseas manufacturers. To make sure that you choose the right size, we recommend that you take a tape measure to size a favourite garment from your wardrobe and compare its measurements to the sizing chart of the garment you are about to acquire (How we measure our clothes) .

We did this to not only incept our logo into your brain but give you an example of just how much is visible through each tee’s fabric. This shirt is so steeped in undershirt designs from the ‘40s and ‘50s that they named it the Stanley (after Stanley Kowalski, the character Brando played in A Streetcar Named Desire).

The expertise for making such a garment is largely only found in one place in the world these days - Japan.Organic cotton fibres tend to be significantly longer and tougher, translating to a more supple and longer-lasting material. The Jungmaven had the most unusual proportions of any tee I tried, and while I admire experimentation, this one didn’t really pan out. This is probably the most subjective criteria of all, because everyone’s body is shaped differently and everyone is looking for a slightly different fit. The tees I liked the most were the ones that had a clear vision and executed it well, even if I didn’t much care for what that vision was.