LLTG Classic Tee | Ltd. Red Patch

By EASYDAY LABS
$48

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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 R&D 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

The tees feature a blank front, an embroidered Easyday Endurance Labs wordmark on the lower right hem in gold thread, an embroidered 3-bolt logo on the outer left sleeve in red and white, a gold stamped “Long Live the Gritty” mark on the back neckline, and gold printed size labels on the inside 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

Our design M.O. for the LLTG Classic Tee was clean, simple, and understated — with a few high-quality flashes of character to signal it's still an Easyday Labs Production and subtly un-enlist its wearer from Lulu's Army & The Monochromatic Minions of Mass-Market Manufacturers (sounds like a struggling British boy band...keep that image in mind if you're currently a part of it).

The recently-released "Ltd. Red Patch" versions (quantities limited) feature a Sunset Red + Ivory schematic for the left sleeve logo (in place of our typical gold/black) that looks cleannnn against every base color. Having reluctantly traded fun for sophistication by avoiding any overt branding on the front of this shirt, we’ve balanced out the Feng Shui and made a conciliatory nod to our better selves with a small stamp on the back neckline that reads “Long Live the Gritty”.

The result is a shirt you can wear to the office, wear to the gym, wear to a bar, wear to a Bar Mitzvah, wear to a Barre class…you get it. Provided your S.O. doesn't steal it from you first. In which case he/she can do those things.

Lab Notes

Our R&D 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

The tees feature a blank front, an embroidered Easyday Endurance Labs wordmark on the lower right hem in gold thread, an embroidered 3-bolt logo on the outer left sleeve in red and white, a gold stamped “Long Live the Gritty” mark on the back neckline, and gold printed size labels on the inside 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

Our design M.O. for the LLTG Classic Tee was clean, simple, and understated — with a few high-quality flashes of character to signal it's still an Easyday Labs Production and subtly un-enlist its wearer from Lulu's Army & The Monochromatic Minions of Mass-Market Manufacturers (sounds like a struggling British boy band...keep that image in mind if you're currently a part of it).

The recently-released "Ltd. Red Patch" versions (quantities limited) feature a Sunset Red + Ivory schematic for the left sleeve logo (in place of our typical gold/black) that looks cleannnn against every base color. Having reluctantly traded fun for sophistication by avoiding any overt branding on the front of this shirt, we’ve balanced out the Feng Shui and made a conciliatory nod to our better selves with a small stamp on the back neckline that reads “Long Live the Gritty”.

The result is a shirt you can wear to the office, wear to the gym, wear to a bar, wear to a Bar Mitzvah, wear to a Barre class…you get it. Provided your S.O. doesn't steal it from you first. In which case he/she can do those things.