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Our Garments
BONYTA.GIFT · OUR GARMENTS
Our Garments
The design is half of what you are buying. This is the other half.
01 · The choice
We chose one shirt and stayed with it
There are cheaper shirts. We have held them, washed them and put them down again. What we print on instead is the Comfort Colors® 1717, a heavyweight garment-dyed cotton tee, because it behaves the same way in your hands and in your wardrobe from the first day to the hundredth wash. When it is a gift, you know exactly what the person opening the box will hold.
02 · Garment-dyed
Dyed after it is sewn, which changes everything
Most clothes are made from cloth that was dyed on the roll and then cut up. Ours are sewn first, as plain undyed garments, and dyed afterwards, whole, in the dye bath, seams and all. The color settles into the cotton rather than sitting on top of it, the shirt comes out already relaxed, and because every piece takes the dye slightly differently, no two are exactly alike.
The color lives in the cotton, not on top of it.
Our Garments
Sewn first. Dyed second. Softer for it.
Garment-dyed, every piece
03 · The tee
Comfort Colors 1717, the shirt we print on
The 1717 is 6.1 oz, 207 g/m², of 100% ring-spun cotton: a substantial, dense cloth rather than the thin jersey that has become normal. The collar is ribbed and topstitched so it does not go slack. Twill tape runs shoulder to shoulder, the small piece of construction that keeps a shirt square after fifty washes. The cut is relaxed: it hangs rather than clings, and it is meant to.
The Tee
- Style
- Comfort Colors 1717
- Weight
- 6.1 oz · 207 g/m²
- Cloth
- 100% ring-spun cotton, 20 singles
- Dye
- Garment-dyed
- Details
- Ribbed topstitched collar, shoulder-to-shoulder twill tape
- Fit
- Relaxed
- Sizes
- S–4XL
04 · Color
Colors with names, because they were mixed and not picked
Our colors are dye-bath colors with names, and we use the names: Ivory, Butter, Chambray, Lagoon Blue, Chalky Mint, Blossom, Orchid, Island Reef, Crunchberry, Violet, Berry, Crimson, Pepper, Navy and more. Most are pigment-dyed, which gives them their depth and their faintly uneven, sun-washed surface. Each design is made in the colors that suit it, drawn once in deep navy for light colors and once in warm cream for deeper ones.
IvoryButterChambrayLagoon BlueChalky MintBlossomOrchidIsland ReefCrunchberryVioletBerryCrimsonPepperNavy
05 · Fit and sizing
Cut to hang, not to cling
The 1717 is cut relaxed and runs generously through the body. For a closer fit, take one size down; for the roomy look it was designed for, take your usual size. Because it is garment-dyed, it has already done most of its shrinking before it reaches you.
The measurements below are the garment laid flat: body length from the highest point of the shoulder straight down, and chest width one inch below the armhole; double it for the full circumference. Allow ±1.25″ on length and ±1″ on chest. Buying for someone else? Their favorite tee, laid flat and measured the same way, is the surest guide.
| Size | Body length | Chest width (flat) |
|---|---|---|
| S | 26.6″ | 18.25″ |
| M | 28″ | 20.25″ |
| L | 29.4″ | 22″ |
| XL | 30.75″ | 24″ |
| 2XL | 31.6″ | 26″ |
| 3XL | 32.5″ | 27.75″ |
| 4XL | 33.5″ | 29.75″ |
06 · How it wears in
It will change. That is what you are paying for
A pigment-dyed garment is not finished when it reaches you. Over the first few washes it will lighten a little and then settle, slightly differently from every other one of the same color. Wash it cold and inside out, with like colors, tumble dry low, skip the bleach, and skip the fabric softener in particular: softener coats the cotton and works against the hand you paid for.
It fades the way a good summer fades. Slowly, and into something you like more.
Our Garments
Better in the third year than in the first
Soft from day one
07 · Printed for you
Nothing is made until you order it
Every piece is printed after you order it, in the color and size you chose, by our print partner in the United States, and it leaves within two to five business days. Nothing is overproduced and destroyed at the end of a season. Shipping is free, worldwide, with no minimum. If what arrives is damaged or misprinted, tell us within thirty days of delivery and we reprint it free or refund you in full.
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