The Light T-Shirt
Military Green
44 €
In stock
- A light, airy linen-cotton blend
- Hardwearing jersey knit
- A straight cut, expertly finished
Military Green
These are the letdowns you'd faced with your light tees in the past:
1
They were too transparent
2
They lost their shape
3
The collar stretched and lost its shape
4
The colours faded
GET ENLIGHTENED
Tee’d up for summer
Some people make the mistake of thinking all tees are made for warm weather. We don’t. When it comes to high-summer heat, you’ll be wanting a seriously breezy tee, not just any old short-sleeved-something. After the usual trial and error in the Asphalte lab, we cracked the formula for the perfect Light Tee fabric: an organic 70/30 cotton-linen blend. This ratio assures optimal comfort and lightness, combined with linen’s famed absorbency. We had the weaving wizards at Anbievolution, Portugal, produce it for us.
Light weight, not a lightweight
We wanted a light tee that would do the job for you this summer, and the next. And the next. Too many summer-ready tees are flimsy - we’ve all seen them, gaping, off-centre necks and wrung-out hems. The Light T-Shirt’s a heavyweight when it comes to durability, weighing in at 160g/m2. When you understand how fabric works, light weight doesn’t have to mean throwaway.
No sheer on show
David Bowie could pull off a sheer short sleeve, but he was something of a rarity. Most people would rather their summer tee left something to the imagination. That’s why we opted for a tight jersey knit. Nothing transparent about this top, except for its traceability - which you can read all about below.
If it ain’t broke…
We spent years and years getting the cut of our celebrated Ultimate T-Shirt just right, and as you know by now, we aren’t into needless waste. So, we kept that painstakingly perfected, classic shape for the Light T-Shirt. It’s a slightly tailored, straight cut with sleeves that end mid-bicep. Far from clingy, it’s no slouch either.
Don’t put your neck out
We reckon if you wanted one of those weird, wobbly, scoop-necked tees, you’d buy one. So we designed the Light Tee’s neckline to stay just the way it is. We sandwiched the collar in between two layers of 1x1 ribbing, resulting in a three-layered, ultra-tough collar that’s locked in place with double topstitching. It’s a crew neck now, and it’ll still be a crew neck in a few summers’ time.
Summer colour that’ll last
Fade-outs work great in film, less well with clothes. We went to the trouble of selecting some classic but punchy summer colours for the Light T-Shirt, and we weren’t going to let them simply fade away. We had the cotton-linen blend roll dyed, which makes for award-winning colour fastness. No need to lurk in the shadows in this tee, it’s ready for the sun.
Ship-shape and anywhere fashion
Thanks to the solid collar and dense knit that’s key to any jersey material, this summer tee won’t be doing a runner on you. It won’t be melting away either. Or coming apart at the seams. Unlike most of the airy t-shirts out there, this one combines lightness with serious staying power.
All thrills, no pills
A lot of those airier fabrics made for summer are extra susceptible to pilling - the well-turned-out man’s mortal enemy. Bobbles can ruin a great tee’s looks in a flash, so we took steps to keep them at bay, adding an anti-pilling enzyme finish to the material. Wear it, walk in it, roll gaily down daisy-strewn hillsides in it… and relax. Your Light T-Shirt’s as pill-resistant as a light tee can be.
Spot-on shape meets summer-ready material
In some ways, it was a simple proposition: take the tried and tested Ultimate T-Shirt and make it hot-weather-ready… But nothing’s ever easy when you want the best. Finding the ideal fabric blend and the people to make it was only part of the task. A tight jersey knit, reinforced collar, anti-pilling enzymes, and roll-dyed classic summer colours — all of these make the Light T-Shirt your summer go-to to-be.
All production steps for your Light T-Shirt
What goes into making your Light T-Shirt. The materials have travelled a total of 24,571 km (15,267 miles) from field to doormat.
Harvesting and preparing the organic cotton
Tanzania
Harvesting and preparing the linen
Belgium
Spinning
Tearfil Industria Textil Portugal
Knitting
Malhas Arminda Portugal
Dyeing
Ronutex Tintuaria e Acabamentos Têxteis Portugal
Garment make
Irmaos Rodrigues Portugal
Washing
Quinta e Santos Score Portugal
Transport
Par camion et bateau Road haulage
Environmental Impact
Our aim is to always give you as much information as possible on the clothes we make so you can make an informed decision before preordering. This includes the environmental impact of each T-shirt we produce expressed in simple terms that we can all easily understand. There’s no point hiding from it:
2 kg
of CO2 emitted
The equivalent of 24.5 kms (15.22 miles) by car.
0 g
of phosphor released in the water
The equivalent of growing 2.4 kg of apples.
31 MJ
energy depletion
The equivalent of 10.6 h of heating (in avg.flat).
NO SWEAT !
Delivery costs
We deliver worldwide. For orders in selected European countries* including the UK, we charge a flat fee of 6€ irrespective of how many pieces of the same item you order. For deliveries in the rest of Europe and outside of the EU, the cost is 15€.
Easy to change sizes
If you get the wrong size, fear not, we accept returns and exchanges. For orders in Europe these are free, and for countries, in the rest of the world we ask you to pay the return and we will take care of the cost of sending out an exchange. Just log into your Asphalte account and we’ll get that sorted.
IT’S A RISK-FREE INVESTMENT
Sure, we work hard on our products, but we won’t take it personally if, for whatever reason, you change your mind about the item you’ve preordered. We’re all friends here, you can be honest with us. So long as the item is in its original condition, with tags and packaging intact, you can send it back to us for a full refund. No worries.