Most men own too many bad plain t-shirts and not enough good ones. It’s a purchase that looks simple and gets underestimated every time. The wrong one goes thin after six washes, pulls across the shoulders, and has a neckline that loses its shape before summer is out. The right one does something much more interesting. It makes jeans look considered. It works under a blazer without looking like an afterthought. It holds its color, its weight, and its structure wash after wash. We’ve been looking specifically at fabric weight, crew neck construction, and how each one actually fits through the chest and sleeve without either clinging or hanging. There is a version of this garment that costs a little more than you’d expect and earns every cent of it. The ones in here are exactly that. A plain t-shirt that looks cheap does real damage to an outfit. These don’t.