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Graphic Tees vs Plain Tees: When the Print Earns Its Place
Style The drawer audit Plain by default Printed by exception, when the print is yours. Keep the two or three graphic tees you would buy again today and make everything...
Buck Mason Curved Hem Tee vs the PILLAR Nick Tee
Men's Essentials Two curved hem crewnecks at nearly the same price, so the choice is one variable: all cotton, or cotton with recovery in it. The Buck Mason Pima Curved...
True Classic Tee Alternatives: What to Buy Instead
Men's Essentials Thirteen dollars a shirt is a real number Nothing beats a ten pack on price per shirt, so if you are shopping True Classic alternatives on cost alone,...
Curved Hem T-Shirts for Men: Who Should Buy One, and Who Should Not
Cut THE HEM THAT STAYS OUT Lower at the front and back, higher at the sides. Who it helps, and what to check. Nick Tee, Black, $45 Select size S...
Long Sleeve or Short Sleeve T-Shirt: Which One to Buy
Wardrobe Short sleeve is the tee you own in quantity and long sleeve is the one you own in ones, because a long sleeve tee spends most of its life...
Why Do T-Shirts Twist After Washing, and Can You Fix It?
Construction After enough hot cycles, the side seam on a T-shirt stops running down your ribs and starts drifting toward the front. The name for it is twisting, and it...
Why Does My T-Shirt Ride Up? Find the Grip Point
Fit Most men answer this by buying a longer shirt and are still pulling at the hem a week later. A T-shirt rides up because it grips your body somewhere...
Oversized vs Fitted T-Shirts for Men
Trend If you want one T-shirt that works with most of what you own, buy the fitted one. Oversized still looks current, but it is a silhouette rather than a...
What T-Shirt to Wear Under a Blazer
Style Under a blazer, a T-shirt has to be plain, opaque and trim through the shoulder. The jacket hides the sides and leaves the collar, the chest and the hem...
T-Shirt Colors for Your Skin Tone: Contrast Beats Undertone
Color The short answer is that warm skin takes beige, brown, maroon and olive, and cool skin takes white, charcoal grey and a mid blue. The longer answer, and the...
Why Do T-Shirts Get Holes at the Bottom?
Care Moths are not doing this. The small holes low on the front of a T-shirt are abrasion, worn through where the hem grinds against something hard at your waistline:...
How Often Should You Wash a T-Shirt?
Care Washing a T-shirt after every wear is the right call, and it is not what shortens its life. Heat does that, and so does owning so few tees that...
