Kevin J.
Yelp
Overpriced crowd sourced fashion roulette! Preface:I have three short sleeve shirts and five long sleeve shirts from this company and wear most of them still. This means i probably have dropped almost a grand on this company, but i have stopped doing so since the price has gone up and the quality has remained the same, good but inconsistent. I do love the fact that they are an American company and even make a lot of the shirts in the us (although the ones made in Portugal are my favorite). Some shirts are 5 stars (but should be for the price) some aren't worth the price but are good shirts(3-4 star), and some shirts are huge disappointments (1-2 star). So what i mean by overpriced crowd sourced fashion roulette is that you will pay tons of money for a shirt that even in the crowd funding stage is pricey, only to receive shirts of varying quality. I will admit that i love a few of their shirts and wear them at the beginning of every work week. The short sleeve shirts are also a bit tight on the armhole so you may want to size up on those if you don't have malnourished vegan arms. Some of the shirts (even short sleeve) are not breathable and i can't imagine people in California wearing them in any season except winter.
But why two stars Kevin? Why, you big fat jerk? The first reason is because they don't deserve the current rating ( I would give 3 but i think they need to be knocked down a bit further and come to Jesus) The main reason, however is that I don't think they deliver consistent quality control or quality assurance. I have had to sew a button back onto 2 of the shirts, one shirt arrived with a loose stitch, one shirts lower sleeve/cuff splits open/exposes my forearm and looks like a vagina.
Here are my shirts listed in star order
(5)-THE CALIFORNIA In Indigo Pyramid (favorite shirt. fits great, sturdy but breathable)
(4) - THE SHORT SLEEVE JACK (own 2 colors) (great fabric and pattern, breathable but tight armholes in comparison to the long sleeve shirts.
(3)THE UTILITY SHIRT in Natural Cross Jacquard (would give a 5 but minus a star for the vagina sleeve openings and minus a star for it being very hot and arriving with a loop of fabric that would start to unravel the blue design if i pulled it.
(3)-THE MECHANIC ( own 2 colors) (great fit, but I cant imagine any mechanic wanting to work in this shirt. tight knit fabric, doesn't breath well, fall/winter shirt, button popped off/stitching unraveled)
(2)-THE JACK In Indigo Stripe Selvage (thin and breathable but doesn't hold up for too long and the sleeves wrinkle so bad that they look like scrunchies
In conclusion, If money isn't an object, buy these shirts and you will enjoy most of them, but be wary since they don't mind charging over a hundred for a shirt that may be a new fabric, design, or have some defects you wouldn't expect given the price.