A GThing Science Project

This is part three in my ongoing quest to find shirts that fit my freakishly tall frame and humorously elongated torso. Through some website or another I came to learn of Thin Lojic, a new company that focuses on making fashionable (and eco-friendly) clothing for tall dudes like myself.

Alex Kingi, the proprietor of Thin Lojic was kind enough to provide me with a long sleeved shirt for review. I received the shirt about three months ago and have been putting it through the paces - wearing it, washing it, wearing it some more, washing it some more, drying it, sleeping in it, and on and on - you get the idea. The thing is - I don't just want a shirt that fits, I want a shirt that fits and lasts for some period of time after the first wash.

Although I was intrigued by Thin Lojic's style and the fact that they made tall clothes - I was a bit put back by the "eco-friendly" thing. I'm no hippy and my perception of "eco-friendly" clothing is that I'm sacrificing some amount of comfort or style just to save some dye from being dumped intro natural waterways killing millions of fish and furry creatures and messing up local ecosystems. My comfort is more important than all the natural waterways and wildlife in the world!

(Don't send me hate mail, I was only kidding.)

The closest thing I could compare to the Thin Lojic shirt is a Medium Tall shirt I ordered from J. Crew. The J. Crew shirt fits very well and is one of the more comfortable shirts I've owned - the fabric is great and I can really feel the woodland creature body count every time I put it on. I was surprised when I got the Thin Lojic shirt to find that the fabric is MUCH nicer - it makes the J. Crew shirt feel like an over-washed thick cotton shirt from the thrift store. It instantly put my eco-friendly fears to rest.

Not only is the fabric light and comfortable, but the shirt is very form fitting and warm too. Warmer than the average shirt I would say. In fact, I depended on it to help defend me from the extremely cold temperatures I endured standing outside for hours upon hours at the Obama inauguration. The fact that I'm still alive and not a Sam popsicle is testament to Thin Lojic's thermal abilities.

All of this combined makes it a perfect sleep shirt. It's form fitting enough that it doesn't ride up at all, it's comfortable enough that you can barley feel it, and it's warm enough to keep you nice and toasty all night. I think I've slept in mine more than I've worn it during the day (although it's great for that too).

The body length is optimal. The best shirt I have found so far in this category. That also makes it great for layering if you're into that sort of thing. Even though they're men's shirts I think girls would really like them too for this fact.

The only shortcoming (pun intended!) I would say is in the sleeve length. Although they're longer than your average long sleeved shirt, they come up a bit short (zing!) when compared to the J. Crew shirt. They're acceptable, just not optimal. The fabric of the shirt is also pretty stretchy compared to straight cotton (this is 37% cotton + 58% soy + 5% spandex) and I tried to stretch the arms out every time I wore the shirt but the fabric doesn't seem to have much of a memory and goes back to its original form pretty consistently. This is actually a really good thing - it means the shirt should last for a long time.

I washed the shirt on cold, warm, and hot and tried hang drying as well as machine drying (which I never do to any of my shirts because they shrink so bad). I am happy to report that the fabric held up to all of these tests and is as wearable as the day I got it.

Overall, this is one of my favorite shirts. For anyone looking for a tall shirt that doesn't make you look like a freak it's perfect.