Inversion Tee | Faded Black

By EASYDAY LABS
$45
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A vintage-inspired workhorse.

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Let’s get this out of the way: cotton tees are underrated for working out (and just about everything else).
One, they’re comfy AF ☕️
Roll outta bed, throw one on, rip a coffee, start rocking. The added weight is a bonus on slow-start runs and cool mornings. By the time you're sweating into it, you either 1) are cranking so don’t care, 2) take the psychological win for what it is because sweat is visible proof of mediocrity leaving the body, or 3) peel it off. Easyday.
Two, they’re classic. And American 🇺🇸
Sooner or later someone should do something about city-slicker running clubs devolving into Pantheons of Basicness buzzing with brand-focused Millennials flaunting freshly-unboxed athleisure apparel like it’s Gucci. Could be you. Pull up on one of those Groupies Anonymous meetings in an old school cotton tee that’s been through a thousand wears and remind ‘em they still live in the nation that invented Carhartt jackets, John Deere tractors, the 1967 Shelby Mustang, high school football and Top Gun.
Third, they’re gritty and baller ⚡️
Which is a legitimate performance feature if you think about it. Because grit is a competitive variable. Conditioning (life) is about your ability to take hits, not just hit splits, and mindset dictates outcomes. So yeah, fine, performance fabrics have their place on race day…but let's just say if Rocky had needed a $120 singlet and compression gear to go run the Philly MOA stairs in training I somehow doubt he would have made it 10 rounds.

Lab Notes

Our design priorities for these tees were comfort (softness), style (cut), breathability, durability and swagger.

The body fabric is a midweight, 60% combed ring-spun cotton / 40% polyester blend, which is an OG power duo that delivers the durability and better-with-age character of cotton with some “pre-broken in” softness and moisture-dispensing properties from the poly. (Our biggest knock on 100% cotton tees is they often get gross deodorant-stained pits if you sweat in them regularly…these are designed to avoid that).

The cut is fitted through the shoulders (reinforced by 3/8” shoulder-to-shoulder binding), moderately fitted through the chest, looser through the torso. It’s a “performance fit” that allows airflow without being baggy and looks good on everyone. The rib-knit, set-in collar lays directly at your neckline. 

Sizing is unisex. I’m a true men’s medium and wear a medium in these, which wears fairly fitted. We advise ordering a size up for men’s if you’re between sizes or want more room, and a size down for women unless you want it baggy (…which we’ve styled a bunch and think looks good).

Substance & Swagger

These Easyday Inversion Tees feature two embroidery points (our 3-bolt logo in gold and black on the left sleeve, and the Easyday Endurance Labs wordmark in gold on the bottom right hem), an Inverted Easyday graphic across the front, and gold printed neck labels inside the collar.

The embroidery is genuine, through-panel stitching, which from a durability standpoint means the fabric of the shirt itself will literally dissolve before the logos ever fall off (most brands today use iron-on emblems that eventually detach). 

FWIW, this also means there’s a layer of backing fabric on the inside of the shirt where the two embroidery points are located (outer left arm, bottom right hem) that you can typically tell is there if you focus on it. In our minds this is a feature because of the quality advantage, but some people are more OCD than others so just a heads up it’s there. A fun fact is that we spend about 25 hours per production run hand-trimming these backings in Salt Lake City to retain the embroidery integrity but make them as low-profile as possible.

About the Design

“Inversion” is four-letter word in Salt Lake City (it’s a weather phenomenon…look it up): these upside-down-and-backwards Easyday tees are a wry nod to our City for locals in-the-know, and for everyone else they’re just dope.

The arched inverted collegiate wordmark across the chest is somewhere between iconic/classic and iconoclastic. The traditional screen printing (Off-White or Faded Black) wears clean out of the the blocks and will fade into a more weathered vintage look after several washes.

Just don't say we didn't tell you: it's become legit a phenomenon with these tees for random people to stop us in random places – farmers market... gas station... yelling out their car window at us mid-run (yes it's happened) – to inquire “what the heck is EASYDAY and where do I get one of those shirts???” Just tell them not to worry about it and keep moving. 

Lab Notes

Our design priorities for these tees were comfort (softness), style (cut), breathability, durability and swagger.

The body fabric is a midweight, 60% combed ring-spun cotton / 40% polyester blend, which is an OG power duo that delivers the durability and better-with-age character of cotton with some “pre-broken in” softness and moisture-dispensing properties from the poly. (Our biggest knock on 100% cotton tees is they often get gross deodorant-stained pits if you sweat in them regularly…these are designed to avoid that).

The cut is fitted through the shoulders (reinforced by 3/8” shoulder-to-shoulder binding), moderately fitted through the chest, looser through the torso. It’s a “performance fit” that allows airflow without being baggy and looks good on everyone. The rib-knit, set-in collar lays directly at your neckline. 

Sizing is unisex. I’m a true men’s medium and wear a medium in these, which wears fairly fitted. We advise ordering a size up for men’s if you’re between sizes or want more room, and a size down for women unless you want it baggy (…which we’ve styled a bunch and think looks good).

Substance & Swagger

These Easyday Inversion Tees feature two embroidery points (our 3-bolt logo in gold and black on the left sleeve, and the Easyday Endurance Labs wordmark in gold on the bottom right hem), an Inverted Easyday graphic across the front, and gold printed neck labels inside the collar.

The embroidery is genuine, through-panel stitching, which from a durability standpoint means the fabric of the shirt itself will literally dissolve before the logos ever fall off (most brands today use iron-on emblems that eventually detach). 

FWIW, this also means there’s a layer of backing fabric on the inside of the shirt where the two embroidery points are located (outer left arm, bottom right hem) that you can typically tell is there if you focus on it. In our minds this is a feature because of the quality advantage, but some people are more OCD than others so just a heads up it’s there. A fun fact is that we spend about 25 hours per production run hand-trimming these backings in Salt Lake City to retain the embroidery integrity but make them as low-profile as possible.

About the Design

“Inversion” is four-letter word in Salt Lake City (it’s a weather phenomenon…look it up): these upside-down-and-backwards Easyday tees are a wry nod to our City for locals in-the-know, and for everyone else they’re just dope.

The arched inverted collegiate wordmark across the chest is somewhere between iconic/classic and iconoclastic. The traditional screen printing (Off-White or Faded Black) wears clean out of the the blocks and will fade into a more weathered vintage look after several washes.

Just don't say we didn't tell you: it's become legit a phenomenon with these tees for random people to stop us in random places – farmers market... gas station... yelling out their car window at us mid-run (yes it's happened) – to inquire “what the heck is EASYDAY and where do I get one of those shirts???” Just tell them not to worry about it and keep moving.