Buying clothes online can be a challenge when it comes to sizing. You can’t try-on the items, so you have to go by general sizes. It gets even more challenging because sizes are not always consistent across brands. You can go by instinct, but that’s not always reliable. So your best bet is to use the size guides offered by the shop.

Tips for how ensure you buy the right sized t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies

Here at 1923 Main Street, we want to be sure that you get the right-sized product that you are expecting. So we try to make it as simple and straightforward as possible to ensure you pick the perfect sized t-shirt, sweatshirt, hoodie and more.

We do our size guides a little differently than many other shops and we believe that our approach to size guides will help you to get the size that you want, with much better results. 

There are two ways that we make it easier for you to ensure that you pick the right size for your 1923 Main Street t-shirt, sweatshirt, hoodie and other items.

Here’s what we do to help.

For t-shirt, sweatshirts and hoodies we use a variety of blank base apparel items from well-known and established manufacturers. These are widely used by many casual wear clothing companies (only a select number of clothing companies actually make their own t-shirt blanks and so on). So to make sizing easier for you, we always tell you what the underlying base item is for each article of clothing. We don’t try to hide it, we make sure to have full transparency for our customers. 

This way, if you already own a piece of clothing that uses that same blank garment, then you will know which size to choose (or whether you want to size up or size down). So, we are very transparent about the clothing we sell so that you will have a better purchase experience when it comes to size and quality.

The second method we use is our unique and easy-to-use approach to size guides.

For every item we sell, you will find a size guide as the final image on the item’s product page. For our size guides, we use the measurements provided by the blank item’s manufacturer. 

So, if you don’t know (or own anything) printed on the blank base item for the product you want to buy (method 1, above), then the next best thing is to find a t-shirt, hoodie or sweatshirt that you already own – and that you like the sizing of – and use that as a baseline.

We use lay-flat sizing in our size guides. 

Here’s what to do: take a t-shirt that you already own (and that is a size that you like) and lay it flat on the floor. Have a tape measure or ruler on hand. Then, use the size guide for the 1923 Main Street t-shirt that you want to buy and measure your t-shirt along the straight lines noted in our size guide. You can then compare the measurements of your shirt to the options in the size guide. This is a great way to find the size that is as close as possible to what you want. It’s also helpful if you want to size up or size down (for example if you want an oversize fit or a more snug body-hugging fit).

Always remember that any shirts from any manufacturer can also have a margin of error from production (they can vary in size by an inch wider or taller, for example). We note this in the size guides as well, so that you have full awareness of the potential variance in size due to production and fabric variances.

Custom produced apparel such as what we create at 1923 Main Street means that every item we sell is custom made for you when you order. 

As an environmentally responsible business that does not want to send unsold clothing to landfills in far off countries, we do not keep any items in stock or have a large inventory of unsold sizes. Instead, we follow a production-on-demand model. This means that the item you receive was custom made just for you. When you order it, we make it (this is why it can sometimes take a day or two longer to ship). This is, in our opinion, the most sustainable and environmentally responsible approach to fashion and apparel.

It also means that because everything we sell is custom made, we cannot offer returns, exchanges or refunds. We do not keep any items “in stock” and we have no inventory. Custom-made apparel is final sale (as is the case with most other clothing companies that follow this environmentally and ethically responsible model).

This is why we have a very clear policy of no returns, refunds or exchanges. We make sure to post this in several places (including at checkout). 

Full transparency throughout the purchase process is very important to everyone at 1923 Main Street. It’s how we do business and how we like to be treated by others when we shop.

As a result, it is very important to us that you take the time to get the right sized item when you order. Hopefully this article will help you to make the perfect size choice on your next order from 1923 Main Street.

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