My T-Shirts

I love t-shirts. I wear them all the time. While a tailored suit or jacket is my standard uniform when I’m out and about representing myself or any endeavor with which I’m associated, my uniform at home is a t-shirt and jeans (which I’m wearing as I type this).

My standard t-shirt is a plain, slim-fitting tee with no words, logos or markings of any kind. My go-to colors are white, navy, or gray. I have a black one, but I don’t wear it as much. From college into my early 20s, I wore black all the time, and as I’ve gotten older, I’ve mellowed into navy and midnight blue. I keep my t-shirt game very plain and simple.

Many years ago, Banana Republic made my favorite slim-fit tees. They fit well, wore well, looked good, and were perfectly affordable. Then, one day, Banana disappeared that perfect and affordable tee. I tried American Apparel and Uniqlo, both of whom make perfectly good t-shirts, but they just didn’t fit me the way I liked.

These days, I solve my t-shirt problem with J.Crew’s slim broken-in tees. They also come in regular and tall fits. They’re well made, fairly priced, and seem to get better over time with more wear and washing. The tees that I currently have I’ve had for a while, and I love them more now than when I bought them. But they don’t last forever. With the amount of wash and wear I put into them, I probably re-load with new t-shirts every couple of years.

I love wearing them (despite what I look like in the photo below).