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Raglan shoulder seam
Sleeve above the bicep
Taper below the chest
Four-way stretch
Moisture-wicking
180 GSM midweight
Fit profile · athletic (chest & arms) · released (waist)
SlimAthleticRegularRelaxed
Product details
Fit
Athletic chest & arms · released waist
Seams
Raglan shoulder · sleeve above the bicep · tapered side
The difference is about an inch of seam placement in three spots.
You didn't get smaller. Your shirt is hiding you.
You've put in the work and the mirror shows it. Then you put a t-shirt on and half of it disappears.
So you size down. Now it's tight across your stomach, and the shoulder still droops.
The size was never the problem. Look at any tee you own and you'll find three seams working against you: one that cuts across the top of your shoulder, one that ends below the widest part of your arm, and a side seam that runs dead straight from your chest to your hip.
Three seams. All in the wrong place. So we moved all three.
The Three-Seam Cut
Three seam positions changed. Nothing added, nothing compressed.
01 · Shoulder seam runs to the collar
No line cutting across the top of your shoulder.
02 · Sleeve ends above the widest part of the arm
The sleeve ends on muscle instead of on air.
03 · Side seam narrows, then releases
A V instead of a box. Never clings to your midsection.
01 · Shoulder
The seam runs to your collar, not across your shoulder.
Most tees put a seam an inch inside the widest point of your deltoid. Your eye reads that line as where your shoulder ends. Ours is a raglan, running from the underarm up to the collar. Nothing shortens it.
02 · Sleeve
The sleeve ends above the widest part of your arm.
Most sleeves stop past the fullest point of the bicep, so the fabric flares out and fills the gap with air. Ours is set higher, where the arm is still tapering. The arm frames itself.
03 · Side seam
The side seam narrows below your chest, then stops.
Most tees are cut as a straight tube, the same width at chest and hip, so they hang off your chest and box out at your waist. Ours narrows below the chest, then releases. A V instead of a box.
01 · Shoulder seam
The seam runs to your collar, not across your shoulder.
Most tees put a seam an inch inside the widest point of your deltoid. Your eye reads that line as where your shoulder ends. Ours is a raglan, running from the underarm up to the collar. Nothing shortens it.
02 · Sleeve opening
The sleeve ends above the widest part of your arm.
Most sleeves stop past the fullest point of the bicep, so the fabric flares out and fills the gap with air. Ours is set higher, where the arm is still tapering. The arm frames itself.
03 · Side seam
The side seam narrows below your chest, then stops.
Most tees are cut as a straight tube, the same width at chest and hip, so they hang off your chest and box out at your waist. Ours narrows below the chest, then releases. A V instead of a box.
That's the whole thing. No padding, no compression, no panels. About an inch of seam placement in three spots.
What you get
01
Your shoulders read wider without sizing up.
The raglan removes the horizontal line that visually cuts your shoulder short. Nothing is added; a line is taken away.
02
Your arms look fuller in a normal sleeve.
The hem sits above the widest point of the bicep, so the sleeve ends on your arm instead of hanging past it. No compression required.
03
Fitted where you want it. Loose where you don't.
Athletic through the chest and arms, relaxed through the midsection. Four-way stretch, so nothing pulls when you reach overhead.
04
It still looks like this after the wash.
88% polyester / 12% spandex holds its shape: no shrink, no twist, no collar roll.
05
Nobody can tell it's doing anything.
No logo. No compression. No mesh panels. It reads as a plain tee that happens to fit you correctly, which is the entire point.
Us vs. them
Apex
Standard fit
Slim fit
Gym tee
Shoulder
Raglan, no seam across it
Seam cuts inside the deltoid
Same seam, less fabric
Same seam
Sleeve
Ends above the bicep
Ends below the bicep, flares
Tight on the arm
Tight on the arm
Torso
Tapers, then releases
Straight tube, boxes out
Clings to the stomach
Clings to the stomach
Tight?
No
No
Yes
Yes
Wear it out?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Not really
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Height
5'8"
Weight
150 lb
M
Height
5'10"
Weight
168 lb
L
Height
6'0"
Weight
180 lb
XL
Height
6'3"
Weight
203 lb
XXL
Height
6'4"
Weight
223 lb
30days to decide
The First Time Fit Guarantee
Put it on in front of a mirror, next to the tee you'd have worn instead. Look at three things: where the shoulder line ends, where the sleeve ends, and whether the shirt boxes out at your waist.
If the Apex doesn't win on all three, email us and we'll exchange it for another size or refund you in full. Wear it. Wash it. We don't need it back in the bag it came in.
Your questions, answered
"Isn't this just a slim-fit tee with better marketing?"
No. And the difference is the part most guys get wrong. Slim fit shrinks the entire shirt, stomach included. The Apex changes three seam positions and deliberately leaves your midsection alone. If you've bought slim-fit tees and hated how they felt across the gut, that's exactly the gap this was cut for.
"I'm not that big. Will it just hang on me?"
The cut works off proportion, not size. At every size it runs wider at the shoulder and narrower below the chest than a straight-cut tee, so it reads on a lean frame too. If you're lean and between sizes, take the smaller one.
"What if I carry weight around the middle?"
This is the case it's actually best at. Most athletic tees fail here because they taper all the way to the hem. This one tapers below the chest and then releases, so it skims instead of clinging.
"88% polyester. Will it feel cheap or hold smell?"
Fair question. Cheap polyester is thin and slick. This is a 180 GSM stretch knit, which is midweight, and it's soft to the touch.
The polyester is there for a reason. It gives the shirt structure, and structure is what holds the shape the seams create. Cotton does the opposite. It relaxes as you wear it and shrinks in the wash, and both of those pull the seams out of position. The 12% spandex then adds real stretch on top, so the shirt follows your frame instead of hanging off it. Structure plus stretch is what gives you the athletic line.
On smell: damp fabric is what holds odor. This knit wicks and dries fast, so it isn't sitting wet on you. Wash it cold, hang it dry, and skip the fabric softener, which coats the fibers and stops them wicking.
"What if the fit isn’t right?"
Fair question. It's the shirt you'll reach for four or five days a week, which puts it at roughly a dollar a wear inside the first couple of months. And the reason it costs what it does isn't the fabric, a raglan with a repositioned sleeve and a shaped side seam takes more panels and more cutting than a straight-tube tee. You're paying for the pattern, not the logo.
Stop buying shirts that hide you
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