New Shirts

Eddie Bauer has a new top-level category in their website; "shirts by fit". In my case, the "slim fit" Oxford in large-tall is a *perfect* fit, and comes outta the dryer without any wrinkles. They even sell a medium tall, which is a rarity in my book. $50ish.

Their clearance was also worth following a few weeks back; $5 T's in large-tall as well.

Gloomy day for my wardrobe

Eddie Bauer Outlet has t-shirts on sale for $10, which was awesome... until I got home and realized they took 1.5" or so off the shirt lengths for tall sizes. That was discouraging, and I'm afraid that might be their entire line. Ow.

Meanwhile, Amazon.com sent me a link for a sale on Levi's 550s, which come in extended lengths. Unfortunately from the reviews, it looks like at least one of their suppliers dumped blemished/second quality goods, so I'm avoiding that as well.

Might be time to see if JCPenney's in-store selection is still good. I've been surprised in the past, as they tend to sell things in sizes no one else does. That said, I've also seem frankenstein-cut shirts, that were a pleasant +4-5" long, but had the shirt pocket 4-5" lower down, which put the pocket between my belly button and nipples.

Oops?

Russel Dri-Fit Athletic Shirts

So, I ordered from Amazon:

Russell Athletic Men's Big & Tall Dri-Power Peformance Crewneck T-Shirt

The comments didn't lie. I ordered this at Large-Tall, and a conservative estimate puts it at XXLT, probably more like XXXLT. Omar the Tent Maker had extra fabric, and he decided to add it here. On the plus side, I wouldn't call it tall, but Extra Tall, so call this (LT) a XXXLXT.

Going to have it taken in, so I have one shirt that actually pulls below my beltline while I'm on a bicycle. Still, the hunt for extra-long athletic shirts goes on.

Tall athletic shirts?

I love the polyesterish fabric athletic t-shirts, that kinda wick the sweat away from ya. But I can't find them in tall sizes. The best I had was an REI shirt from five years ago, but the cut (as of four years ago) is about three inches shorter at the waist. (Ahck!)

Eddie Bauer makes a shirt that's a compromise, but it's also pretty notably logo-ed, which I'm not a fan of. Speedo made a shirt I liked, but I can't find duplicates of it.

Any ideas, oh reader?