Cheap clothes are cheap for a reason. This is one of the ways large retailers keep prices artificially low. Most often, this is achieved with cheap materials, cheap labor and the omission of steps from the process. Sometimes some brands use one or more of these strategies to get customers to buy more, but what happens is that after one wash, the product no longer looks like what we bought it for.

Therefore, if you want quality, you have to pay for it, precisely because the production of a quality product requires more expensive resources and materials. Naturally, if the product is expensive, it does not always mean that it is of high quality. The most expensive materials, as we all know, are those with the "brand" known to all of us.

Here it is important to note that a large part of consumers buy products because of the brand, not so much because of the way it looks, but precisely because of the brand.

We decided to give you some tips that everyone can use to make sure that the next T-shirt they buy is of good quality.

It all boils down to matter, or more precisely its density.

One of the most important things is actually the elasticity of the material, not so much the weight or thickness. On any shirt you can see X g/m2, this is responsible for the density.

When it comes to printing, then the more % cotton, the better. Most often we recommend 100% cotton, simply because the print looks better. We should clarify that artificial substances are not necessarily a bad thing, in most cases they look, and to the touch they are almost like natural substances.

Remember that if a t-shirt says 100% cotton, it does not necessarily mean that it is of good quality. Most manufacturers use natural materials, but with low fiber quality, which again makes them unstable.

The problem with mixing materials is that each material has a different "age", which leads to one thing - at some point the t-shirt starts to look strange and torn, not because of anything else, but because the "life" of the given material has ended.

Therefore, if you want to find out if you are buying a quality t-shirt, then take the following test:

Tap

The easiest way is to touch it cleanly and simply to feel the material - the high-quality t-shirt is not like nylon. If the material is soft, but hard at the same time, then this is a good quality T-shirt.

Check the label on the T-shirt

On it you can see what material it is made of and whether it is a mix of several materials.

Make the dough for dipping

Crumple the t-shirt in your hand and then let it go. If it soaks quickly and retains most of the soaked folds, it is most likely of poor quality, but if only a small part is soaked – the quality is good.

Check the transparency - is it transparent

Aim the T-shirt at the light source and see if it is transparent. The more transparent it is, the more the density is smaller

Sew

The bosses are "musculites" on the clothes. They are the reason why a t-shirt is not just a piece of fabric. Since the manufacturers pay the most attention to the appearance of the T-shirt, you can easily see the seam by turning it inside out to check if it is well sewn. If there are loose ends, then in most cases this means that the t-shirt is of low quality.

What else can you check?

It is also important how many sticks there are. How much more, so much better. This means that more time is spent on the shirt itself. If you've never paid attention to these things, now might be the time to start. Compare the different clothes.

Another important point when it comes to a tee shirt is the jacket, sleeves and bottom lining.

We hope this guide was useful to you and gave you some ideas for buying your next t-shirt.

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