Fit.

It's my largest garment bugbear. Not only do I have to find the shirt with the right color, style, and texture, I have make sure it will fit. I don't have the strangest body. Why is it so hard to find a good shirt? Well, one constant I have discovered: fit correlates directly with quality. Sure, every so often we run into a great shirt that's cheap and looks great on us. In general, however, manufacturers of higher quality shirts spend that extra little bit of time on fit.
Unfortunately, many t-shirt designers spends enormous amounts of time and talent on t-shirt art and end up putting it on poor quality shirts. I have my favorites: American Apparel and Alternative Apparel. I have my least favorites: Hanes, FOTL, etc. I do not want to denigrate the names of the aforementioned companies. I have many of their shirts and they serve a purpose. I am only rendering an opinion on what works for me and what I think will work for others. With that said, I plead with designers: focus on art and canvas.

www.americanapparel.net

www.alternativeapparel.com