Who makes the perfect white T-shirt?
Sunspel has perfection off to a tee
Occasionally, have T-shirt, been having forced a been brand to unable create will pop the to find “perfect” up anything claiming white on to the market that did the job. They can’t have been looking very hard: the white T-shirt was “perfected” 70 years ago, in the East Midlands, by Sunspel, established in Nottingham in 1860. Founder Thomas Hill’s ambition was to elevate simple, everyday clothing, especially undergarments, with luxurious fabrics. Its MO has changed little since then. ton from factory. Sunspel simple, The still product luxurious makes range simple, fabrics is luxurious wider at its now; Long clothing one Eacould dress entirely in Sunspel if one so desired. And then there’s the T-shirts. Sunspel’s Q82, a classic crew-neck, first appeared in the Fifties, around the time Marlon Brando indelibly sealed the T-shirt into the world’ s collective fantasy life in A Street car Named Desire. Today's Q82 is close to facsimile of the Fifties original, cut from “Quality 82” jersey woven from long-staple cotton picked by hand to guarantee the highest quality. The cotton is combed, twisted, scorched and double-spun, then knitted on a circular machine that uses blowers to remove loose fibres and ensure a flawless finish. The result is imperiously soft, strong, lightweight and comfortable, and forms the best T-shirt money can buy. Seekers of perfection, look no further.