The Fit Tee
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The fit was made, not bought.
It's a compliment about judgment, not about money.
You can have an expensive fit that isn't one. For ten years a shop on 125th Street ran on exactly that idea, open at hours the department stores weren't, making luxury clothing the luxury houses never made — for customers who could afford Fifth Avenue and still weren't wanted there. It was shut down in 1992. In 2017 the industry copied it.
Know the history, link to the free Vault article: Cut on 125th Street: Dapper Dan and Who Owns a Look
THE DETAILS
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THE FITcentre chest, broad handstyle, magenta, upper impression -
Fitbeneath, grotesque, charcoal, offset down and left, article dropped - Back yoke: BX Originals mark, charcoal
- Back imprint: Cut by hand / on 125th Street. in magenta, with 1982–1992 bold beneath
- QR on left sleeve with
THE VAULThandstyle above, light ink
COLORWAY
- Black body, magenta and charcoal print — single colorway.
MATERIALS & CONSTRUCTION
- 100% combed ring-spun cotton
- Fabric weight: 4.3 oz/yd² (145.8 g/m²)
- Set-in sleeves, side-seamed, ribbed collar with shoulder-to-shoulder taping, double-needle hems
- Regular fit
- Pre-shrunk
SIZE SPECIFICATIONS
| Size | Length | Width |
|---|---|---|
| XS | 27" | 17 ½" |
| S | 28" | 19" |
| M | 29" | 20 ½" |
| L | 30" | 22" |
| XL | 31" | 24" |
| 2XL | 32" | 26" |
| 3XL | 33" | 28" |
All measurements in inches. Width is measured flat across the chest.
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
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BX ORIGINALS — TRUE TO THE CULTURE
Hip-hop has four elements: DJing, MCing, Breaking, Graffiti. Each product in our collections carries one, set in that element's own lettering tradition. Not four versions of one graphic — four distinct hands held together by one system.
THE BX VAULT
Every BX Originals piece connects to the BX Vault — our library of long-form writing on hip-hop history and practice. Not marketing copy. Real research on the people, places, and decisions that built this culture. The culture on the product. The context behind it.
FROM THE BRONX
BX Originals documents hip-hop's four elements from where they started. We're not a fashion brand borrowing an aesthetic. We're building an archive that happens to make things you can wear.
BX Originals. True to the culture.