Product Reviews

As advertised, the RibbedTee functions as it’s supposed to—it’s a great undershirt to accessorize with button-ups and the like, and the fit is tight enough for you not to look like a ’90s teen-sitcom star, but comfortable enough to sleep in. Most notably, I wore my black V-neck underneath my mega-fresh wolf-print hoodie, and it complemented my ensemble steezily. I wore the (pictured) white crew neck with a blue button-up, and it worked out OK. There is something about these shirts, though, that threw me off: the way in which vertical texture of the fabric works against the contour of my torso. Now, I am not fat by any means—my metabolism will earn the envy of my peers well into my 40s. I do, however, have a paunch. It’s one thing to rock a typical beater with a beer belly—it’s a part of the American Dream—as those genetically dispositioned to have man tits have evolved, in the cultural eye, to carry a sort of grit when they wear that tight, white tank. With the T-shirt crew neck design, though, you pretty much have to look like the models that RibbedTee uses to market this product, which, from those pictures, becomes a mere accoutrement to washboard abs and bulging pecs. When I wear it alone, I look like I drive a PT Cruiser and am divorced, i.e. saggy. The shirt is well-made in the USA, but I’d sooner go with American Apparel for a few more dollars. –Alexander Ortega