Regular, Relaxed, or Oversized: How to Actually Choose Your Fit

Two people can buy the same t-shirt in the same size and end up with two completely different garments. The difference isn't the size — it's the fit. Regular, relaxed, oversized: the words show up on every product page, but they rarely get explained.

Regular fit

A regular fit follows your body's actual shape without being tight. There's room to move — reach, sit, carry a bag over one shoulder — but the shirt doesn't billow out past your frame. It's the fit that works under a jacket, tucked into trousers, or worn on its own without looking sloppy. Our short sleeve tee sits in this category: made to be worn often, not styled around.

Relaxed fit

Relaxed fit adds width through the body and often the sleeves, so the shirt sits away from your skin rather than following it. It's the difference between a shirt that fits you and one that fits the day — good for warm afternoons, for layering over something, for the kind of comfort you don't have to think about. Our women's relaxed v-neck tee is built this way on purpose.

Oversized and cropped

Oversized pieces go further still — wider shoulders, more length or, in the case of a cropped style, less length paired with more room everywhere else. These are statement fits: they change your silhouette rather than following it. Worth choosing deliberately, not by accident. Our crop hoodie is designed to be worn oversized on top, not sized down from a bigger version.

How to actually decide

Skip the size chart for a second and ask two questions: what will this shirt do for you, and what will you wear it with? A shirt you'll tuck in and wear under a blazer wants a regular fit. A shirt for a Sunday at home wants relaxed. A shirt that's doing the visual work of an outfit — worn alone, cropped, oversized — earns the attention a bigger fit brings.

None of these fits are better than the others. They're built for different moments, which is really the only question worth asking before you buy.