Blank tee size comparison
Blank t-shirts are the one corner of apparel where every maker publishes real garment specs — chest and length, size by size. That makes them the rare place a size comparison can be built from numbers instead of guesses. Here are eight styles, side by side.
Last verified: 26 August 2026
If you print shirts, resell them, or just want a tee whose dimensions you can look up before buying, the blank-apparel world is unusually honest: Gildan, Bella+Canvas, Next Level, Hanes, Champion and Comfort Colors all publish per-size garment specifications. The pages below hold those specs for eight specific styles — the ones in ShirtMath's catalog with full published size runs — plus the comparison that answers the question everyone actually has: at the same letter size, which one is bigger, and by how much. (Short version: the unisex cuts agree more than you'd think, and the real gap is between cuts — a ladies' Medium runs three inches narrower than a unisex Medium. The details are on the comparison page.)
The eight styles, and the comparison
Every number on these pages is a published brand specification, shown with its provenance — none of it is a tape measurement, and each page says so precisely. To take your own numbers off a shirt you already like, use the measuring guide; to see why the letter sizes disagree in the first place, read vanity sizing; the grids for retail (non-blank) shirts live in the size charts.
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