| When you are looking to purchase a t-shirt on the | | | | brand, and consequently you will pay a few dollars |
| internet there are a lot of small decisions that you | | | | more to have a design printed on American Apparel |
| have to make before you can pull the trigger. You | | | | clothing (Typical cost is $18-$25). |
| have to find a site you trust, then find a design that | | | | Popular brands of more traditional style t-shirts include |
| interests you, then maybe pick a color, and sometimes | | | | Gildan, Hanes, and Jerzees. These three brands all |
| pick a shirt type. With nothing but a picture to go by, | | | | produce similar tees. These shirts will be made of a |
| picking a shirt type can be confusing. How are you | | | | heavier fabric (6.1oz or around that), they feel much |
| supposed to know the difference between Gildan, | | | | rougher and thicker than American Apparel, and they |
| Hanes, and American Apparel? Is it worth paying an | | | | are cut to fit much more loosely. Most of the top shirt |
| extra five dollars for combed cotton? Is a 6.1 oz | | | | retailers online have stopped printing designs on these |
| garment better than a 4.2 oz garment? | | | | brands. T-shirt snobs tend to dictate which brands are |
| The answer to these questions are not obvious, but it | | | | fashionable, and brands like Gildan and Hanes have |
| is important to know the answers to if you want to be | | | | been deemed "boxy" and uncool. If you can find these |
| happy when you make a purchase online. You | | | | brands, they will generally be a few dollars cheaper |
| certainly do not want to shell out $25 for a tee just to | | | | than American Apparel (typical cost is $12-$15). |
| wait a week to find out you don't like it. If you can learn | | | | Vintage or "junk food" style shirts are growing in |
| to understand the differences in the popular brands of | | | | popularity, but are not as ubiquitous as the other two |
| shirts available on the internet you can be confident | | | | types of shirts. Vintage shirts are constructed from the |
| that you will be satisfied with any purchase you make. | | | | extreme of light, thin, silky-to-the-touch fabrics. They |
| In recent years the trend has been to print designs on | | | | are intended to look and feel like they have been |
| American Apparel brand tees. These t-shirts are light in | | | | through twenty years of washing and wearing. They |
| weight (4.3oz fabric), they are very soft and thin in feel, | | | | can fit snug like American Apparel, or loose like Hanes, |
| and they are cut to fight tightly to the body. The | | | | but they will always be the most expensive type of |
| majority of t-shirt shops you will find on the internet | | | | t-shirt (Typical cost is $30+). |
| print their designs exclusively on American Apparel | | | | Now that you have the basic knowledge about |
| brand garments. If you do not like a snug fit tee, then | | | | different brands of tees you will find on the internet |
| you will often be advised to select one size larger than | | | | you can make your next cool t-shirt purchase with |
| you normally wear. American Apparel is a premium | | | | confidence. |