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hi guys
today i'm doing something much different
than i've ever done before
i really want to review something very
basic and
compare it with all different brands
i've got
a whole bunch of white tees for you guys
today they are all crew necks
they are all 100 cotton they're all
different price ranges so
one of them is like 15 bucks the last
one is
almost 200 and i want to see if it's
actually worth
spending that kind of money on such a
basic white tee
for the record i don't plan on keeping
all of them some of them still have
their tags attached and that's just a
chance for me to be able to keep the
ones that are
the most distinct from the the pack and
anything else that i feel is a little
maybe subpar i will be returning
and none of this is sponsored or gifted
everything is something that i purchased
myself so i will leave
everything linked down in the
description below i will list
my sizes that i bought as well as my own
measurements of my body so you can kind
of compare and make a judgment
on which size that you would get the
first one is from madewell this one's
15 bucks on sale right now i have to say
it is very similar to a more expensive
one
that i have in a few minutes so keep
watching what i want to talk about with
this one
is that the fit is really beautiful i
like the fact that
the shoulder is a drop shoulder which
means that
the sleeve isn't very long but it looks
longer on me
that's a preference of mine i like for
my sleeves to be
a little bit longer i also think that
this shirt this fabric
is very much more on the see-through
side of things it's less opaque so
it looks more like you would see a white
bra
through it so i think that that's
another preference
if you like to have your shirts be
maybe more breathable and you don't mind
if your bra shows a little bit
then this would be a good option i like
all sorts of teas i like
really thick ones i like thin ones it
just depends on the outfit
of course with 15 you're not getting as
much as you could be
with things like their ethical standards
some other companies that i want to
feature today
are you know five stars on that realm
but this one is just made well
so they're making strides on fair trade
but really just in their denim
department so far
another factor to the fact that it's a
see-through shirt
it's a very thin material this shirt
wouldn't last for
you know several years like some of them
will that's also something to keep into
consideration
maybe you aren't looking to invest in a
white tee because
the t-shirt will become stained over
time especially if it's a thin material
this next one is from everlane it runs
18
right now it again is a very thin
material but it's not
as thin as the madewell one was the fit
of it
i think is a dream i like the fact that
it has like
more of a longer sleeve but it's not
incredibly long
i also like the fact that the sleeves
are a little bit tighter
and that's just again everything that i
mentioned here is preference
so judge for yourself on what you like
if you like things to have a tighter
sleeve or a sleeve that's up higher i
prefer
them to be longer no matter really how
wide they are but i like the look of
this one i think because the
sleeves are tighter compared to the body
that's a really flattering look
when i was comparing the feel of each
one of these shirts
this one was one of the highest ranked
ones on how comfy it is
it's very soft it's that pima cotton
that makes it so soft
there's nothing like that you know
compared to a regular
a regular cotton of any form this one is
so super soft
as far as durability like how long it
will last i don't think that it will
last like a month i think it'll last
much longer than that but
i don't think it'll last for a couple
years just because it's a thinner
material
and that already will make it more prone
to stains and rips and that type of
thing i've had plenty of everlane shirts
that are
made of this pima cotton material and i
find that like
my turtlenecks especially they will last
about a year
and when you think of a turtleneck
you're wearing it through several
seasons
and same with a t-shirt you're going to
wear that spring summer fall at least
so those are things to consider i would
say that this is a really fair price
considered
all that i've read about with the good
trade they've shown a lot about what
everlane's ethics are
and i can link that again down below
next is alternative apparel and this one
runs about 24
it's a much thinner material just like
the other ones were but
this one has a very loose fit so this
one is a small
on me and i would say that the sleeves
have the biggest difference they're a
shorter sleeve not my preference not my
thing
it's almost the way that a cap sleeve
looks you know when it's
just up and angled a little bit more so
this one is not really one that i prefer
the fit
of myself the really redeeming qualities
about it
is that i think that it's the most
comfortable thing
it's not the most comfortable out of
this pack but
this one is right up there with the best
of them
and i will say too that this one is much
more
on the you know ethical and sustainable
route
if you want to go that route then this
one would be an option for you to look
into
this one i'm quite shocked about so this
is j crew
it's about 30 bucks i would say that it
is so
incredibly similar to the madewell one
the first one but you know what's so
interesting is the fit
is a little bit different the sleeves
don't have that you know you don't have
that drop shoulder that's making the
sleeves look
more flattering i really don't care for
the fit of this one at all
and i was looking closely and it's
already starting to have a hole in it
and all i've done is put it on a hanger
and wear it around
just for this video and it still has the
tag on it like i haven't worn this out
at all
it's an extra extra small it's got that
same fabric from madewell so it's
thinner
but i have to say that i think it's just
the way that madewell
has created theirs i don't know exactly
what they've done
but this one is so much more fragile
than that one is
and the fit of it again not my favorite
this is
me not zach like i made zac feel both of
these shirts
he thinks they feel exactly the same but
to me this one just feels just
a little bit scratchier in this case i'm
just really
surprised because this one is
backordered i think through july or
anyways for months
not only that but it's a bestseller i'm
just kind of shocked at this one it's
much different than what i would assume
it's you know double the price of the
madewell one if you are torn between the
madewell and the j crew one
because they are so similar a hundred
percent i would say go with the
the cheaper the madewell one before
reviewing the tape on all of these i
thought this next one
was going to be my absolute favorite and
i haven't ruled that out yet
but i have to say the feel of this one
is just
like heaven it is so dreamy and
comfortable and soft
it's so much softer than any of the
other ones
and so this one is from quiana it runs
about 45 dollars
the sleeves on it are very interesting
because they're cuffed and they're sewn
to be
cuffed so you can't uncuff them unless
you take a little you know
stitch remover and get that off but i
love
the look of this it's beautiful you know
when you're thinking of the complete
opposite and you buy
a pack of t-shirts you know in a haynes
bag
you wouldn't get something like this
like this looks like something hanging
up in a really nice shop
so that's what i appreciate about this
it's very
extremely drapey and loose again i'm
such a fan of longer sleeves so that
one's hitting that box for me it's not
extremely long but it's somewhere in the
middle
it almost has a shine on me too when
when i was wearing it zach's like you
know that has like a sheen to it
i found that to be really interesting a
note about their ethics they're more of
a slow
fashion brand they're very fair trade
and i actually even though it's a
thinner shirt i don't think it's going
to fall apart very quickly
it's very tightly knit and i think that
that will
give it a little bit more life to it
but i do think that it could stain kind
of easily next is redone and this one
runs about 78 dollars
about a year ago redone gave me a shirt
and it was the exact same one it just i
wore it to death
and so i wanted to buy a new one myself
and put it in with this list
and just kind of compare it and hold it
up against the others
so one thing to note is that similarly
to the madewell and j crew ones
it's got this sort of pattern to it if
you look closely it's it's not an even
pattern it almost looks like it's this
heather
color you know the way that it's knit
together it's significantly
different than the madewell j crew
option it seems softer
and yet heavier it has detail and the
way that they knit this together in the
back or sewed it together
it looks like it's going to stand up the
test of time much
longer than some other options i just
love the look of how
vintage this looks it's just so inspired
by that
and i feel like i just have a different
look about me when i'm wearing this
shirt
i also think it's great that they're
using recycled or upcycled materials
which redone is just known for i do
think that
there is just a couple other shirts in
this pack that
i prefer more than this one i will say
that
this one is a dream it's durable it's
got upcycled products that is using
fabrics
but then also just the fit of it is
gorgeous i would say
that probably the way that how long it
lasted me the last time was about
a year but that was when it started to
fade and
i wanted something that was just bright
white that i could compare against
these and honestly i could still return
this one and still keep going with my
old one
just kind of judge that for yourself how
heavily you'd use this
but i am really incredibly happy with
this one
this last one is somewhere in between
really really expensive and affordable
and i know that that's different for
everybody
but what i mean is it's luxury
definitely
it's not chanel expensive but it's not
you know much more affordable like the
15 option
so this is jesse cam and it runs about
195
dollars there are some really redeeming
qualities about it where i
am very tempted to keep it so i'll just
review those with you
first of all it's more of an antique
white it's not
like a starch crisp clean white
and i think that that will make it last
a little bit longer
because i don't have to try to maintain
that brightness
if you look closely the stitching on it
is a very starch
clean bright white which i think is a
really unique detail to it then they put
extra detail around here where it's like
double
stitched and the material is extremely
thick it is so incredibly thick that
i would say that you could definitely
wear it in like spring and fall
or you know if you're indoors but if
you're going to wear this
outside in 90 100 degrees you'd get
pretty warm
which might make you sweat and maybe
stain the shirt
so just kind of think about that but
reviewing the tape
i would say that this i was just blown
away
at how different this shirt was cut to
make it look on me
versus the other shirts the other shirts
look more standard you know and that's
what you get for
for what you pay when you wear something
like this i was really
surprised to see how much different i
felt like it looked on me
because i wasn't expecting that much of
a difference
for a basic white tee which is why i
wanted i was like curious and wanting to
try this
example and i do love how long the
sleeves are
that's like automatically i'm gonna fall
in love with anything that has that it's
got a really wide cuff
on the sleeves and i feel like that's
another win like it looks really
flattering there
and then i because it's such a thick
shirt and
it's just made with such detail and
quality and
extra stitching everywhere this shirt is
not going to
disappear in a few months like some of
the more
like see-through or cheaper options are
going to only last
maybe you know a season whereas this
one's going to last
i could see if you took care of it maybe
scotch guarded it first
it would last me you know a couple years
at least maybe three years
so you are paying for that and if you're
more
trying to buy less and just like consume
less
then something like this would be a good
option because you're gonna
have it forever you know as far as white
teas are concerned
and there's such a staple that i could
see that that would be a really great
benefit
so jessie kim is more small business i
think she has like
three employees it's made locally in l.a
and those are reasons where it goes more
into the cost
of what you're paying for so look into
all of that judge for yourself
and just see where each one of these
companies aligns with
where your values are in those realms
but this shirt
overall it's five stars on how long it
will last the fit of it i
am absolutely in love with very tempted
to keep it
the feel of it i would say is the only
thing holding me back from
giving it like five stars because it
isn't
super soft but i love the feeling of
having
a thick shirt sometimes you know so
going into the ones that i'll be like
keeping and returning
i love love the kuiana one that one is
my favorite i think that it's just such
a
great price range and i also think that
the fit and the feel
were absolutely amazing so i definitely
want to keep
that one i'm also very tempted with the
jesse cam one even though
it's much higher a price i could see in
the footage the difference
of how it's cut compared to any of the
others where i feel like
okay it's a designer shirt like this one
has reason for the price because it's
just such a beautifully designed shirt
and then the quality of it is right up
there so no disappointments there i just
you know maybe with time it will get
even a little bit softer
i wish that it was just a little bit
softer if it was it would have been my
favorite
out of the affordable options definitely
the everlane one was my favorite
18 and you get an incredible shirt and
it's just
beautifully cut the the design of it was
flattering it's very lightweight
and it's something that i could wear
every single day as for the ones i'll
definitely be returning
the alternative apparel one just really
didn't
amaze me enough to keep it just the way
that it fit
really was a little bit awkward to me
and so it's just really not my
preference i do think that their ethics
are just amazing what it stands for so
those are qualities that you might want
to invest in
and make up your own mind on that my
least favorite and the one i'll
definitely be returning was the j
crew option i just don't think that it
was a good fit
i feel like it was poorly put together
it was double the price
of the madewell option and it's you know
same company everything so
i would rather just go with a madewell
one if i was choosing between them
i think that the madewell one had a much
better
sleeve length as far as having that drop
shoulder
and this one just doesn't have that so
definitely not a fan of this one
and that's it hopefully you found a
shirt that meets exactly what you love
maybe there's a certain fit you love or
a brand or
you know that it's standards behind it
or maybe it's just a price point thing
for you and all of those things are
something to judge for yourself but
i definitely have my winners and losers
in this pack for
my own personal taste and hopefully it
just gives you guys insight
if you like this sort of video then let
me know because i could definitely do
this
more frequently with different types
like maybe jeans or
shoes or there's just so many options so
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