maglia — /bin/zsh — one shirt, done right
> maglia --init "the perfect plain tee"
Los Angeles · First Run

One plain t-shirt that fits like it was made for you. Because it was measured off the one that finally did.

I spent years and thousands of dollars on t-shirts. The only one that got it right costs $120. So I'm making it myself.

status: first run · pre-order open · cut and sewn in Los Angeles
open nero.webp — NERO black

> ls shop/ --colors=5

Five colors. That is the whole store.

The $120 brand stops at three. We start at five. First run is $65, pre-order open now; it moves to $75 when the first 250 are gone.

TALPA taupe tee on a wooden hanger
TALPAtaupe
the one nobody else makes
$65 $120
SMLXL
./buy — $65 preorder
NERO black tee on a wooden hanger
NEROblack
the daily uniform
$65 $120
SMLXL
./buy — $65 preorder
SABBIA beige tee on a wooden hanger
SABBIAbeige
sand, not khaki
$65 $120
SMLXL
./buy — $65 preorder
NEBBIA gray tee on a wooden hanger
NEBBIAgray
the gym-to-coffee one
$65 $120
SMLXL
./buy — $65 preorder
BOSCO dark green tee on a wooden hanger
BOSCOdark green
forest, after dark
$65 $120
SMLXL
./buy — $65 preorder
checkout: pre-order live · card / Apple Pay / Google Pay via Stripe · pick your size at checkout · ships when the first run is sewn

> cat pain.log

Every plain tee fails the same four ways.

no. 1

The boxy one

Fits like a cardboard box. Shoulder seams halfway to your elbow, sleeves like flags. You wore it twice, now it lives in a drawer.

no. 2

The one-wash wonder

Perfect in the store. Then wash five hits, the collar curls, the hem twists, and it becomes the shirt you sleep in.

no. 3

The billboard

A big logo across the chest means you paid them to advertise. A plain tee should be about you, not the brand.

no. 4 — the one

The perfect one

Hundreds of tees later, one shirt finally fit. $120. Three colors. Great shirt, silly price. That shirt is why MAGLIA exists.


> cat story.md

Why MAGLIA exists.

I grew up in a small town in southern Italy.

Plain t-shirts were my obsession. Not logos, not graphics. The plain ones. Even back then I told myself: one day I'll make my own.

Eight years ago I moved to Los Angeles. I built my way up, and I kept buying t-shirts. Expensive ones too. Same problems every time. Boxy cuts. Shirts that went dead after one wash. Logos that turned me into a billboard.

The only shirt that ever got it right costs $120. Great shirt. Absurd price.

So I stopped searching and started building it. The same fibers, knit heavier. The same cut, tuned on my own body. Cut and sewn in Los Angeles, dyed after sewing.

One shirt. Made to fit like it was cut for you.

If it's not perfect, it doesn't ship.


> cat fabric.spec

The fabric is not a secret. The fit is.

The $120 shirt taught us the recipe: supima cotton, micro modal, a touch of spandex. The first run uses the same three fibers, knit heavier at 230 grams. The fit is the part money cannot copy. We measured it.

01supima_cotton ..... 46% // strength, holds color
02micro_modal ....... 46% // the softness, the drape
03spandex ........... 8% // follows the body, keeps shape
04logo .............. 0% // you are not a billboard

> cat cut.spec

Measured off the shirt that earned it.

Not designed on a screen. Taken, seam by seam, from the one shirt that ever fit right.

shoulderseam sits right on the bone. no droop.
sleeveends mid-bicep, close to the arm. never a flag.
bodyclose on the chest, easy at the waist. a taper, not a squeeze.
lengthlands just below the belt. stays put when you reach.
collarslim, flat, close to the neck. built to never curl.

fit_confidence
100%
measured against the one shirt that ever earned it
MAGLIA · Los Angeles · a plain tee, done right