Heavyweight Short Sleeve Tee with Pocket

A short sleeve tee in a heavyweight body, with a pocket on the chest and enough substance to wear as a shirt in its own right.

The weight is the point. A thin tee under a work jacket lasts a season; a heavy one lasts years, holds its shape at the neck, and does not go transparent at the shoulders after a summer. The chest pocket takes a phone, a pen or a folded note, which is why work tees have had them forever. Black is the colour and unlined is the whole construction, because there is nothing else a tee needs to be.

Wear it alone in summer and as a base layer for the rest of the year. Buy several. A tee like this becomes the default shirt in a wardrobe, and having only one of the default shirt is a mistake most people make once.