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Best everyday crew neck: J.Crew Broken-In Short-Sleeve White T-shirt
Our pick
How it feels: Soft and especially light—well suited to warmer climes and summer months.
Why it's great: The J.Crew Broken-In Short-Sleeve White T-shirt hit all the right notes: It fit most of our testers nicely, was well constructed, and felt comfortable and light. Our panelists all loved the J.Crew shirt—and finding a crowd-pleaser was no easy feat, considering the varied preferences of the six people who wore it. Aside from the Lady White Co. shirt (which is more than 1½ times the price and comes in fewer sizes and styles), the J.Crew T-shirt was the most universally praised shirt we tested.
For the price, the quality of the J.Crew shirt is exceptional. Even though this T-shirt is lightweight, the cotton has a tight weave and looks especially white and opaque (in testing, however, some shirts were transparent enough to show nipples, which is simply not the vibe). Sure, if you're looking for it, the bottom hem is a little twisted, and the fabric isn't as thick as that of some other white T-shirts we tried. But the stitching was even and straight, and we didn't spot any loose threads or pilling, unlike on other shirts we tried, including the Bonobos T-shirt, which pilled a little.
Across all testers of different sizes, the J.Crew T-shirt's seams hit the right spot on their shoulders, and its sleeves didn't ride up. The collar was just right, neither too narrow nor too wide. Wirecutter's deputy editor Jason Chen described it as "how a T-shirt should fit." Chen, who wears a size M, also noted that the length of the shirt was perfect for tucking in, but it wasn't so long that the shirt looked sloppy if he wore it untucked. After this T-shirt was washed and dried, it shrank by 2 inches total—less shrinkage than with many other shirts we tested in this price range. The J.Crew shirt comes in sizes XS through XXL, which is a decent range, though we'd love to see that expand further. We tested the shirt in its standard cut, but it also comes in Slim and Tall, the latter of which adds 2 inches to both the body and sleeve length. Alan Henry, Wired's service editor, who wears between an XXL and a 3XL, said the fit on the classic J.Crew in XXL was a little tight, but that the length on his 5-foot 7-inch frame was great.
"The J.Crew was definitely built for comfort," said Henry. It's thinner and feels lighter than many of the other T-shirts we tested—panelists commented on its airiness and its soft feel, too. Some of our testers who wore size XL and up complained it was a little too thin, but most found the weight to be perfect, especially for layering under heavier clothes.
Flaws but not dealbreakers: The J.Crew tee is made from thinner fabric than other T-shirts we tested, which is why our testers found it so delightfully lightweight. Some found it to be papery-thin, though. One XXL tester said the J.Crew would be a decent undershirt—a shady comment for something that's sold as a T-shirt. Another said he'd be hesitant to wear it without something over it.
More versatile, more sizes, and a boxier fit: Bonobos Soft Everyday Tee
Our pick
How it feels: Extremely soft, with some stretch and a boxier cut.
Why it's great: It's not just a soft, well-constructed T-shirt—the Bonobos Soft Everyday Tee offers the widest array of styles beyond a standard plain crew neck, and it comes in extended sizes, too. It has a boxier cut, which some of our testers preferred.
Though some of the other shirts we like, including the J.Crew, come in a smattering of cuts, lengths, and styles, the Bonobos shirt lets you mix and match more than any other shirt we found. For sizes smaller than XXL, you can pick a combination of crew neck or V-neck, pocket or no pocket, Slim or Standard, and regular or short, which is more options than for any other brand we recommend.
Our plus-size testers called the Bonobos their favorite T-shirt for quality, fit, and comfort. And all testers agreed that the Bonobos was more sturdily constructed and stretchier (and more comfortable) than some tees we tried that were twice the price. One tester told us the shirt felt soft and looked luxurious, and that it was nice enough that he'd feel comfortable throwing the Bonobos on with a pair of slacks and walking into a good restaurant.
Our testers who described themselves as "bigger" dudes especially recommended the Bonobos—and though the shirt doesn't come in the absolute largest sizes of any of our picks (that honor goes to the Bella+Canvas, which comes in size 5XL), it offers an excellent combination of quality and comfort with sizing up to XXL.
Chubstr founding editor Bruce Sturgell said the Bonobos Soft Everyday Tee in size XXL fit him "without being too long or billowy," and the arms hit at a good length on him. We tested this shirt in its standard width and found it to be proportionally a bit wider than the J.Crew in the classic cut, making the Bonobos a good choice for someone with wider shoulders, for someone with a rectangular- or inverted-triangle-shaped torso, or for someone who simply prefers a less-svelte cut. However, both shirts come in slim options that may sit differently on the body (we didn't test them).
The Bonobos tee felt of a higher quality than many T-shirts we tested, and on a par with the J.Crew, which costs about $10 more. The Bonobos has a close-knit cotton weave that is opaque and feels smooth against your skin, with solid stitching. After washing and drying it, the size M Bonobos shirt shrank 1½ inches total, the least of any white T-shirt we tested.
Flaws but not dealbreakers: Not everyone loved the Bonobos shirt's boxy fit, especially testers who wore sizes below XXL (one mentioned it was big and sloppy). A couple of testers also noted its wide neck, which one complained looked loose after they wore it.
We also found that the Bonobos pilled a little after we washed it—tiny little balls of fabric popped up over the T-shirt, which isn't uncommon but is annoying.
Sizes: XS (35-inch chest) to 2XL (47-inch chest)
Cuts: Standard, Slim
Other variants: V-neck, pocket
Lengths: regular
An affordable slim-fit T-shirt: Uniqlo Supima Cotton Crew Neck Short-Sleeve T-Shirt
Our pick
How it feels: Crisp, like it's recently been ironed, but it softens and gets more comfortable with wear. It has a slimmer cut than most other shirts and a thin fabric that's slightly transparent if you look very closely.
Why it's great: "The Uniqlo isn't fancy, but it gets the basics right," Jesse Thorn of Put This On told us. For the price, the Uniqlo is super-comfortable, and it costs half what most of the T-shirts we recommend do. More suited to smaller and thinner people, it goes down to an XXS and is cut slimmer than other shirts.
The Uniqlo is soft and comfortable, but it still has some structure and heft. One tester described the shirt as "crispy" at first—but we found that after we washed it a few times, the crispness settled into a comfortable worn-in feel. Still, it wasn't quite as high-quality as the J.Crew or the Lady White Co. T-shirts we recommend. The fabric is a little more transparent than we prefer—you can see a shadow of a nipple, if you try (but you really have to try). We didn't find any loose threads on the shirt during testing, and the hems and sleeves were nice and even.
If you're slender, the Uniqlo may be the best white T-shirt we found for your body. It has the smallest chest measurements of the shirts we tested, and after a wash it shrank around 3½ inches. After shrinkage, it measures just 18½ inches pit to pit in size M, compared with the more generously cut shirt we recommend, the Bonobos, which measures 20 inches in the same size. You may want to consider sizing up. "Even the medium-sized shirt I tested—and I sometimes wear a small—felt tight against my shoulders," Wirecutter deputy editor Jason Chen noted. Not only does the Uniqlo run small, it's also the only T-shirt we recommend that goes all the way down to XXS (it runs up to 3XL).
Flaws but not dealbreakers: The Uniqlo runs a little tight, so it felt narrow to most—especially those testers who wore sizes XXL and 3XL. If you're more comfortable in something bigger, consider sizing up, if you can.
Sizes: XXS (31- to 33-inch chest) to 3XL (50- to 53-inch chest)
Cuts: one width
Other variants: V-neck
Lengths: one
A high-style, high-quality white T-shirt: Lady White Co. T-Shirt 2-Pack
Our pick
How it feels: The Lady White Co. T-Shirt is slim but not tight. It is made with a dense, smooth fabric that borders on being heavyweight, and it has a lovely cut, thanks to the seamless tubular construction.
Why it's great: The Lady White Co. T-shirt was a clear standout for its construction and premium materials. It's made of a midweight jersey that feels crisp and cool, and it is more flattering on the body than anything else we wore. I want to be buried in a bundle of them.
This is an extremely high-quality tee, replete with little details that show how much went into making it feel just right. We especially loved the dense cotton, thicker collar, and solid stitching. I thought the Lady White Co. felt fantastic when I wore it for a couple of weeks of prolonged testing—its fabric felt textured, and its dense cotton felt thicker and plusher than other white T-shirts I wore. It's made using tubular construction—which means it doesn't have any side seams—so it hangs beautifully on the body. Put This On's Jesse Thorn noted that the shirt's tubular construction was a "big bonus" in terms of comfort, wrapping around the body easily and smartly.
The shoulders on the Lady White Co. shirt were a little wide, at 17 inches across in a size M, compared with the 16-inch shoulders on most other high-end brands we tried. I personally have broader shoulders, so it fit well. Our testers appreciated the longer sleeves—which hit farther down the arm than those on many other T-shirts we tested, below the bicep and above the elbow. "I like that the sleeves of the Lady White T-shirt cover up my Shaggy–from–Scooby-Doo biceps," Thorn cracked. The New York Times's Choire Sicha described the T-shirt as being tight in the chest, but not grippy in the stomach: "You look more like an alley cat than a chunky unit," he quipped (which we'll note is a good thing).
When washed and dried, the Lady White Co. shirt shrank by 1¾ inches total—a little bit all around—so buy your true size. That said, the Lady White Co. shirt comes in the smallest range of sizes of any T-shirt we recommend, from S to XL.
The Lady White Co. shirt isn't quite a true, bright white like the other T-shirts we looked at. You won't notice this on its own, but when it's compared with a stack of other options, the Lady White Co. shirt stands out for being slightly toward the "canvas" side of the color spectrum. It has a slightly off-the-beaten-path, vintage jersey look to it that we ended up loving. These shirts are also more expensive than any other we recommend: Each Lady White Co. shirt costs about $15 more than the J.Crew shirt we recommend, and you're on the hook to buy two at once. If you don't want two white shirts, Lady White Co. also sells this shirt in other neutral-color two-packs.
Flaws but not dealbreakers: The Lady White Co. T-Shirt suffers for two reasons: It comes in only four sizes, and it's not really a "white" T-shirt.
Because this T-shirt is available only from S to XL, we were able to test it with just three members of our five-person panel. Although those who did test the T-shirt loved it, the size range is a limitation (and unfortunately one we found among many high-end shirts). It's also more off-white than other white T-shirts, which might turn away some people who want a shirt that's as white as you can find.
Sizes: S (36-inch chest) to XXL (44-inch chest)
Cuts: one width
Other variants: none
Lengths: one
A cheap white T-shirt in the most sizes: Bella+Canvas Unisex Jersey Tee
Our pick
How it feels: Medium-weight cotton with a bit of stretch (but with a bad habit of deforming if you stretch it too far); it is not as soft on the skin as our other picks, and it shrank significantly during testing.
Why it's great: The stretchy Bella+Canvas Unisex Jersey Tee is a decent-quality shirt for its low price (it's the absolute cheapest option we recommend). It's comfy enough and comes in the widest variety of sizes of any T-shirt we tested, from XS to 5XL.
In addition to its supremely affordable price, the Bella+Canvas Unisex Jersey Tee proved to be of decent quality during testing, with solid construction and nice stitching. The material is stretchy and had a comfortable weight to it, something that played well with our larger-bodied testers. All the testers thought the Bella+Canvas was pretty comfortable to wear. It was soft—though not the softest we tested. Wired's Alan Henry noticed its double-seamed hems, a sturdy feature that made him feel like he could wear the Bella+Canvas untucked without worrying about showing his stomach to the world.
"Maybe it's because I'm a big guy," Henry noted, "but I loved this fit. It was well-sized and hung long enough down my body that I could wear the T-shirt outside my pants or tucked in." However, its length was too much for some of our testers—after shrinkage, it was still 27 inches long in size M, compared with the 25-inch length of some others we wore. If you have a long torso or a large stomach, that might be something you want, but otherwise it may be too long to wear untucked. The Bella+Canvas also shrank a lot when we washed and dried it, so make sure you size up at least one size or hang it to dry.
The Bella+Canvas is cheap, but there's a catch. Since it's primarily sold as a blank for companies to print their logos on (you may already own one from a fun run or a company retreat), you can usually buy the shirt from blank clothing sellers like Clothing Shop or Shirt Space for less than $4 in some sizes, though you may need to search around to find your size. Michael's stocks the shirt for $10 reliably, but only up to 3XL, while it goes up to 5XL from other sellers. It's sometimes available on Amazon, too, but its sizes and colors are intermittent.
Flaws but not dealbreakers: Although our testers who wore larger sizes liked the Bella+Canvas, those who wore size M to XL didn't love it so much. Those testers had a host of complaints: Its tag was irritating to the skin, and it was simply too boxy for their bodies. Shipping also may cost more than the T-shirt, depending on where you buy.
Sizes: XS (31- to 34-inch chest) to 4XL (58- to 61-inch chest), 5XL (dimensions not listed)
Cuts: one width
Other variants: none
Lengths: one
Why you should trust us
I'm the style staff writer at Wirecutter, so I compare, test, and write about everything you can carry or wear on your person, from tote bags to sunglasses to T-shirts. For this guide, I read T-shirt reviews from a host of trusted sources to gain a better understanding of what makes a great T-shirt—but I also relied on my own aesthetic judgment. Then I met with Wirecutter staff writer Jackie Reeve (who wrote guides to the best robes and pajamas for women and men) to establish the best way to test the fabric for quality and shrinkage.
How we picked and tested
We started this guide with a list of 128 T-shirts, gathered from popular retailers, other reviews, and roundups. For this piece, we focused on shirts marketed as "for men", though they can be worn by people of any gender. These shirts are cut differently from ones that are "for women" in that they have straight seams, and are either the same size from chest to waist or with a very slight taper.
We then eliminated T-shirts that came with pockets or garish logos because we wanted to feature shirts that have a plain aesthetic. Many of the shirts we tested are available in a myriad of colors, but that didn't influence our decision because we were focusing purely on the white tees. We also visited a handful of retail stores in the New York City area (pre-pandemic) to test shirts for feel and fit. We avoided T-shirts that had too-short sleeves or a scratchy texture. We used the following criteria to narrow down our list even further:
Construction: We were looking for high-quality, well-constructed T-shirts that we thought would last a long time. We did a lot of poking, prodding, and pulling, and we carefully looked for shirts with even stitching at the seams, no loose threads, and well-built collars that wouldn't stretch out when you pulled them over your head.
Fabric: We aimed for "medium weight" shirts when possible, but we didn't consider this a hard limit. More important was a shirt's opacity—or the ability to properly hide our nipples, which I personally consider to be a very important quality. We also appreciated shirts that had a little stretch (while still being 100% cotton) so we could throw them on regardless of whether we planned on having a big breakfast.
Shrinkage: We measured the dimensions of each white T-shirt, and we washed and dried them twice, noting any shrinkage or stretching. Some size change is normal, so as long as a shirt still fit comfortably before and after being washed, we didn't consider that to be a dealbreaker. But we took into consideration the degree to which the size changed.
Comfort: The feel of the fabric on our skin was understandably important. We considered how the fabric felt—whether it was soft and easy to wear or rigid and heavy.
Look: Sure, a person's preferred aesthetic is an entirely subjective thing. But we still found it important to ask, "Does this thing look good on me? Would I pay money to wear it?" We considered shirts with a variety of cuts—those with differing necklines, hems, and overall lengths—and we think our picks all offer different, equally satisfying looks.
Price: We considered a range of white T-shirts, priced between $6 and $295. (We didn't expect to recommend a $300 shirt, but we wanted to offer an expensive example as a point of comparison.) We found there was a significant difference in quality between T-shirts that cost $5 and those that cost $15. There was another jump between T-shirts that cost $25 and $50. But anything that was more than $50 wasn't ultimately interesting enough to be worth the cost.
I grouped the remaining shirts into price brackets so I wasn't directly comparing a $60 shirt to a $6 one, and I then used the above criteria to weed that list down to 36 shirts to test in person. I wore each shirt in size M to check for comfort and fit, and I carefully inspected the fabric, seams, and details. Then I washed and dried each shirt twice to see how they fared in the wash. Before and after these washes, I measured the shoulder width, chest, and sleeve length, and from the collar to the hem to calculate total shrinkage.
| T-shirt | Total shrinkage in linear inches (size M) |
| J.Crew | 2 |
| Bonobos | 1½ |
| Uniqlo | 3½ |
| Lady White Co. | 1¾ |
| Bella+Canvas | 6½ |
I found seven T-shirts that were worthy of further testing. To get a range of opinions, I sent them to a panel of experts to perform a blind test (tape over the labels ruled out any potential brand bias). I wasn't part of the panel since I'd done the initial testing and research, but during my earlier tests, I wore each shirt in a size M. The testers included: Wirecutter's deputy editor Jason Chen (size M); Choire Sicha, former editor of The New York Times's Style section (size L); Put This On founder Jesse Thorn (size XL); Chubstr founding editor Bruce Sturgell (size XXL); and Wired's service editor Alan Henry (size 3XL).
Notable competitors
We liked the Kotn Essential Crew for its slim fit and extra-soft feel. But we found it shrank during testing by around 7 inches, more than other shirts at a similar price. And there were online reports of the same issue, so this shirt didn't progress to our final round of testing. If you machine-wash the Kotn T-shirt in cold water and hang it to dry, you should be able to avoid any shrinkage. Or you could size way up. If you're willing to do either of those things, we think the Kotn is a good-looking T-shirt that's comfy to wear.
The Knickerbocker The T-Shirt offered a different look than any of the other white T-shirts we tested. It is not truly white (it's advertised as being "milk"-colored). Its collar is more pronounced and bulkier than the flat collars on other T-shirts we tested. And it's at least an inch shorter than the others. The cropped aesthetic here is on trend, and if that appeals to you, this is an attractive and comfortable shirt.
Although the Save Khaki United Supima Crew Tee was too tight to be a pick, it's a good white T-shirt for anyone who's particularly slim or who wants to try sizing up, but we thought a $50 shirt should offer a better fit. The New York Times's Choire Sicha noted that the tightness of this tee around his arms made his biceps look "hot," which, to be honest, is a priority for me as well. If you don't mind a taut white T-shirt that leaves nothing to the imagination, this is one to consider.
For the price, the Reigning Champ Pima Jersey T-Shirt (no longer available) was comfortable to wear, but it suffered from a couple of unique stylistic choices that we didn't love, including a tag on the outside of the T-shirt and thick black stitching. These things aren't necessarily unattractive; they're just different. The T-shirt was comfortable to wear otherwise, so if it matches your aesthetic preferences, it's a good choice.
The competition
In addition to these white T-shirts, which we tested and dismissed, we dismissed more than 90 other T-shirt contenders without testing them for a variety of reasons, from their having an abundance of negative customer reviews to ugly logos to reports of severe shrinkage.
Under $50
We tested the Gap Classic White T-Shirt with our panel, but most testers thought it was too much like an undershirt and had oddly shaped sleeves. The New York Times's Sicha said it had a "sleeping-bag aesthetic."
Old Navy Moisture-Wicking Crew-Neck T-Shirt ran too long, about 2 inches longer than any of the white T-shirts we recommend here. Although you could easily tuck it in, we prefer recommending something you can also wear untucked.
$50 and up
We tested the Brunello Cucinelli Cotton Jersey T-Shirt for fun, but it didn't turn us into believers. It is a totally good-looking, slim white T-shirt that requires hand-washing and ironing in order to maintain its appearance. But since it's priced above $300, I'd prefer that the shirt cleaned itself.
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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-white-t-shirts-for-men/
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