Ultrafine Merino Cut One T-Shirt
A near perfect t-shirt made with a Mackenzie 17.5 micron Merino Jersey, nature's finest performance fabric. Beautifully soft and remarkably dry to the touch, merino's hygroscopic properties help cool you in the heat and insulate you in the cool. Pick up three for $295.
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We made this t-shirt because we love merino and wanted to represent it properly. We use 17.5 micron fibers, rather than the 18.9 most brands do, because the finer fibers are softer and just plain beautiful to touch. We use 195gsm fabric rather than the 150-160gsm most companies do because it drapes far better, has a wonderful hand feel and is a bit more durable.
We believe that the best way to represent a fabric is as simply as possible and a t-shirt is pretty close to as simple a garment as it gets. We don't get tricky with it, just a moderately lean cut, that's long enough to keep you covered in action. We have it sewn up out in the SF Bay area at a factory with serious merino expertise and it's a wrap.
FABRIC
MACKENZIE 17.5 MERINO JERSEY
100% 17.5 Micron, Top Capped Merino
195gsm
Knit in Thailand
Top Capped & Tight Spectrum
Merino is measured in microns, the smaller the number the finer the fiber and the softer the hand feel (and the higher the price). But until now this number was actually an average, a mixture of different micron fibers that averaged out to the reported value, meaning half the fibers actually are thicker than the rating. Global Merino's Mackenzie Blend is top capped, so the number indicates not the average but the absolute maximum thickness that can be included in the blend.
It is also a tight spectrum blend, meaning that there is a very low variance of fiber thickness allowed in the mix. This creates a more stable and predictable fabric with an exceptional hand feel.
AsureQuality Traceable
All the merino used in these t-shirts is fully audited and certified by AsureQuality to ensure a pristine supply chain. The fibers can be traced back to the farm (the majority of which are currently in the Mackenzie Basin of New Zealand, hence the fabric name). Global Merino is in direct contact with the growers and only non-mulesed fleece wool is used to create a yarn that's better for everyone from sheep to farmer, from spinner to knitter and from us to you.
Nature's Finest Performance Fabric
We've been calling merino "nature's finest performance fabric" for so long other brands have started copying us verbatim. It's all good though, because it's not a tag line it is a statement of fact, especially when talking about the superfine and superwashed type of merino we like to use. Merino has an incredible dry hand feel because it's surface repels water while it simultaneously pull moisture into it's core, creating a dry body climate. This cools you in the heat and insulates you in the cool, allowing you to wear it further and farther in comfort.
In addition it is naturally bacteriostatic creating a cleaner fabric that resists odor, allowing for longer use times. We could go on too, it's UV resistant, naturally springy, and phase changes at just above body temperature for extra cooling effects. But ultimately the real way to know the beauty of fine merino is to wear it.
195 gsm 100% Pure Merino
This is the raw, uncut good shit, precisely calibrated to make the best possible t-shirt. The 2-ply, 17.5 micron merino yarns are incredibly soft but at 195 grams per square meter the fabric is durable enough to wear every day. The fabric is a substantive mid weight for a t-shirt, wearable in the widest range of common temperatures. But it's also the lightest weight we are willing to use for a 100% pure merino knit, as it needs the weight and structure to drape properly. All this nets out to a near perfect t-shirt fabric that many of us wear almost every day of our lives.
FIT
True to size.
Expect about half a size shrinkage when machine washed and dried.
Garment measurements in inches, measured flat
| Size | XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest measured flat edge to edge | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Shoulder measured flat edge to edge | 16 | 16.5 | 17 | 17.5 | 18 | 18.5 |
| Length high shoulder to bottom | 27 | 27.5 | 28 | 28.5 | 29 | 29.5 |
| Sleeve length center back to cuff | 16 | 16.5 | 17 | 17.5 | 18 | 18.5 |
Zaquan weighs 160 lbs is 6' tall and wears size M in Plumsmoke.
DETAILS
Made with 17.5 micron top capped Mackenzie Blend merino
195gsm single jersey
Made in California with Thai fabric
- For best results hand wash cold, lay flat to dry.
- Can be machine washed and dried but expect about half a size shrinkage in length. (Personally we're split in the office, but most of us machine wash ours)
- Made in the USA with Thai fabric
Photos by Emiliano Granado and Jessup Deane
