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I've realised that most of my t-shirts are older than my 16 year old son, and I'm looking for advice on what new ones to buy. I'm 6'2", 15.5" collar, thin and wirey with a 32 inch waist. I like buying quality clothes but that doesn't necessarily mean will know brands. In terms of T-shirts I like plain polos with discreet logos. Thank you in advance for you recommendations!
FWIW my choice are plain colour Armour Lux, Uniqlo heavy weight pretty good too, tried the Rapanui ones but thin and lightweight!Quote:
Originally Posted by jwillans
Long thread here, https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?519452
I bought some Dunhill t-shirts in their sale and they are nice.
I like orlebar brown and sunspel polos.
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I've tried Charles Tyrwhitt which I'm happy with.
https://www.charlestyrwhitt.com/uk/m...irts/t-shirts/
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Sunspel T’s and Polo’s and superb quality and can be picked in the sales, so not crazy priced.
Pitch
Crew clothing are my favourite
I'm a Uniqlo fan, have many of their tees, also picked up a few Carhartt WIP recently and the quality is really good
I can really recommend SuperNatural merino wool mix t shirts.
Various weights available depending on how warm or not you want but they fit superbly, retain their shape and maintain a freshness like no cotton t shirt I’ve ever worn.
Not cheap at around £35-£40 but try and buy from the likes of SportPursuit.com and they last years.
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Many thanks for all the recommendations, I'm looking at all of them. I'd be interested to comments from those with an equally thin / tall build.
Could you give a rough idea of sizing buddy, pit to pit.Quote:
Originally Posted by smokey99
Cheers
Pitch
best value for money tees ive found are the multipack charles wilson ones on amazon ( tried uniqlo + gildan was not impressed)
Do you think you are over thinking it a bit OP? It's just a T shirt at the end of the day. Go round a few shops, try a few on and buy what you like best. That's what I do anyway.
Do people really try T shirts on in store?Quote:
Originally Posted by estoban7
I over think everything! I hate shopping and I have bought great t-shirts before that have washed poorly. I'm just trying to gather initial intel to bootstrap the process!Quote:
Originally Posted by estoban7
Sure will message you via a PMQuote:
Originally Posted by Pitch3110
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On the high street, the M&S Autograph collection is hard to beat. I've got a number of their supima cotton t-shirts and quality is fantastic.
I really like Musto basic T's and polos, medium to heavy weight. Fit me well and top quality. For light weight, Lacoste polos are pretty good.
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Having 'done the rounds', I've ended up buying them from Next in recent years. Terrific range of colours and fits for their standard t. I think they were 3 for £16 last time.
Sunspel are ace, also have a look at M&S supima cotton
I am similarly tall and slim.
I have a few Sunspel (all bought in sales) and in my opinion the t shirts are in no way worth the money - fit is too baggy for my build and the neck/collar is just not right. Conversely the polos are excellent.
M&S slim fit are good value for money, fit very well, are comfortable and just hard to beat all round.
I do also have a really nice t shirt made from I think bamboo that is fantastically soft amd comfortable but sadly they only do plain in one colour (grey) - all the others have a design of some sort which I don't want. Will have to check the make later. Edited to add, the brand is SueMe.
I’m also not that impressed with Sunspel.Quote:
Originally Posted by tertius
Look good when new but after a few (careful) washes soon deteriorate - collar in particular having no structure.
Sizing is also odd - have both S and M and very little between them (I’m usually an M or even L in other brands).
Yup me too, generally I buy most of my clothing from Next. Good fit, good quality, pricing is decent and fairly stylish with discreet branding.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cornholio
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I used to wear gap fitted ones over the last 20yrs, some are still going from the original years, you can certainly see the lower quality fabrics used in cost cutting over the years.
No longer made, so need to start doing some research and trying things on. Standard fit tend to have too wide a cut for my preference.
Will have a look at the ones mentioned here & the other thread. Did try some cheapies from Jack & Jones but they did the body length shrinking in the tumble dryer trick and went to charity after a single wear and wash.
All mine come from bambooclothing.co.uk. beautifully soft and fit well (Until about six months ago I was a 32" waist but am a good 4" shorter than you).
They have two ranges Origin Air and Origin Luxe. I found the Air a bit thin and not so long lived but the Luxe are much nicer and last for a few years. They tend not to have branding on and have a good range of colours.
M&S have some good quality stuff for blokes over 50 but really like Sainsburys Martin Kemp Union works range, cracking material for under £20. Also a fan of Under Armour.
I´m confused...I thought Polo´s come with a collar, usually a wee logo of something on the tit and T´s are well just T´s, so is the OP after Polo´s, T´s or both?
bamaboo clothing, 46 euro quid a T shirt, splutter!
tongue in cheek-leftfield suggestion,
https://fivedollarteeshirts.com/
https://rapanuiclothing.com/product/...-shirt-5-pack/
I have some, they are comfortable, well made and lasting well.
Best tees I’ve ever owned for shape have been Beams Plus and Nanamica.
No surprise both Japanese.
I also swore by the Gap fitted range. I have 3-4 shirts that are 10+ years old and still hanging in there. I’ve a couple still in wrappers that I’m keeping for posterity!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mj2k
I’ve a couple of Son shirts which are a step or two up in price (but not stupid like some mentioned in this thread). They’re custom fitted via their website https://www.sonofatailor.com/products/t-shirts and are worth the money imho
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Same experience here. Won’t ever buy Sunspel again, sale or notQuote:
Originally Posted by Kingstepper
Glad I posted what I used to wear then, as you’re likely going to be hitting the sweet-spot of what I’m wanting, thank you!Quote:
Originally Posted by lughugger
Certainly prefer the Gap pricing though lol. Very envious of you having some new & unworn ones. If I could have predicted their demise, I’d have ordered so many more
The Gap still exist in the UK, but only online, they have a tie up with Next for delivery and pickup etc., but they are still proper Gap products.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mj2k
https://www.gap.co.uk/shop/gender-me...ry-tshirts?p=1
Yes, thank you. However they have discontinued the fitted range unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by cbh
It’s not a muscle shirt with the name fitted, just tapers in at the waist which makes it hang a little nicer. Perhaps they do something similar but with being online only it becomes a bit of an effort.
I use The Hemp Trading Company https://thtc.co.uk