The best streetwear graphic tees for men

The plain Stüssy: the script logo screen-printed small on the chest and big across the back, on 6.5 oz cotton jersey cut relaxed. Unisex, and a core style carried over every season.

Why this one: Over the Carhartt WIP Script Tee: heavier 6.5 oz jersey, a relaxed cut and a smaller logo on the front, for $10 less.

Limitation: Black is down to S, L and XL, and the big logo is on the back, so it reads louder walking away than coming towards you.

Carhartt WIP's script logo printed across the chest of a 190 g/sqm cotton jersey tee, in a regular fit Carhartt says runs true to size. In stock XS to XXL.

Why this one: Over the Gap Arch Logo T-Shirt: 190 g/sqm jersey against Gap's 4 oz, and a slimmer, cleaner wordmark, for $20.05 more.

Limitation: The WIP script is everywhere, which is the point and the problem, and the US store gives no origin or care for it.

The Gap arch logo big across the chest of a soft 4 oz cotton tee, piece-dyed for a deeper colour and cut relaxed. XS to XXXL, with Tall lengths.

Why this one: Over the Basic Stüssy Tee: the biggest logo here and Tall lengths, for $10.05 less, and half that ($17) on the day we checked.

Limitation: At 4 oz it is the thinnest tee here. $34.95 is the list price; it was on sale at $17 when we checked.

A Basquiat drawing printed in white across a blue cotton tee, cut relaxed. Part of Uniqlo's licensed NY Pop Art line with the Warhol and Haring estates, for $29.90.

Why this one: Over the Brain Dead x Andersson Bell Cow T-shirt: licensed museum-name artwork instead of a skate-label collaboration, for $24.10 less.

Limitation: UT prints are seasonal: this one is in XS to XL now and goes when it sells out. Uniqlo gives no fabric weight.

Andersson Bell's dead-cow artwork, with both labels' names in gothic type, printed on the front of Brain Dead's classic short-sleeve tee. A real two-label collaboration, in black, XS to XXL.

Why this one: Over the Uniqlo Basquiat UT: a collaboration from Brain Dead's own circle instead of a licensed museum print, for $24.10 more.

Limitation: A collaboration print that won't be restocked, and Brain Dead gives no fabric, weight or fit for it.

Denim Tears' Black Mary, a painted Madonna with a glowing halo and a sacred heart, printed on the front of a regular-fit cotton tee. Made in the USA.

Why this one: Over the Uniqlo Basquiat UT: one painted image from a label built on Black history, made in the USA, for $20.10 more.

Limitation: A fall 2026 delivery, so it won't be around long; M is sold out, and Denim Tears gives no fabric weight.

'AWAKE' in outlined varsity letters over an airbrushed grin and a star-studded 'NY', with 'Made For The World' underneath: a full-front New York graphic on a cotton tee.

Why this one: Over the Denim Tears Mary Tee: a louder, full-front graphic instead of a single painted image, for $10 more.

Limitation: Black is down to XL alone (white has L and XL), it's a fall 2026 drop that won't be restocked, and Awake states only 'cotton'.

A fleet of painted sailboats printed on the chest of Noah's James Tee: 200 gsm combed cotton, a rib-binding collar, a blind hem and a slimmer fit. Made in Canada.

Why this one: Over the Brain Dead x Andersson Bell Cow T-shirt: a slim, made-in-Canada 200 gsm tee and a lighter, sunnier print, for $34 more.

Limitation: A spring 2026 print on a white tee, and the slim fit sits closer than anything else here.

A sun-haloed figure trailing flames across the chest and onto the sleeve, painted by hand in bleach brushstrokes, so no two are the same. 230 gsm cotton, oversized and boxy, made in Bulgaria.

Why this one: Over the Denim Tears Mary Tee: a one-of-one painted by hand rather than a printed image, at €100 against $50.

Limitation: Priced in euros on Ethereal Regalia's Bulgarian store, with US duties yours, and painted to order in XS to XXXL: 5–7 days to make, then usually 14–20 days in the post.

A peace-sign globe and 'Back By Popular Demand' in the bright, hand-lettered style of an old souvenir tee, on Online Ceramics' 7.3 oz garment-dyed USA cotton blank, sewn in Los Angeles.

Why this one: Over the Pleasures End Times Tee: a heavier 7.3 oz blank sewn in LA and a sunnier print, for $22 more.

Limitation: A spring 2026 print that won't come back once it sells, and only M is left. On Reddit 3 people recommend the label and 2 complain about the cut, so read its size guide.

A skull, a rose and mushrooms in full colour under 'Final Tour, So Many Roads': the 1990s Grateful Dead tour tee, redrawn in Online Ceramics' hand. S to XXL.

Why this one: Over the Online Ceramics Back By Popular Demand: a band-tour print instead of a souvenir one, with every size in stock, for $8 less.

Limitation: An archive print sold until it runs out, and Online Ceramics lists no fabric for it; on Reddit 2 of the 5 people who named the label complain about its cut.

Lightning over 'In the End… GOD Created PLEASURES.': the punk-flyer graphics Pleasures built its name on, on a mocha tee cut boxy and cropped with 1-inch double-needle hems.

Why this one: Over the Online Ceramics Back By Popular Demand: a darker, band-flyer graphic in a boxy, cropped cut, for $22 less.

Limitation: Boxy and cropped, so it runs short on a long torso, and Pleasures gives no weight or origin for this one.

Only NY's wordmark in a cream puff print across a dark green tee, like an old lodge or camp souvenir, on 6.0 oz carded cotton jersey in a regular fit. Made in Peru.

Why this one: Over the Pleasures End Times Tee: a regular rather than cropped cut, a raised puff-print logo and a stated 6.0 oz weight, for $8 more.

Limitation: A fall 2026 delivery, though Only NY files it in its core line, and it gives no care instructions.

A navy ringer with contrast trims and Charlie Brown as 'Mr. Sack' printed in old college-style type, plus a small embroidered sleeve detail. Relaxed and unisex.

Why this one: Over the Online Ceramics Back By Popular Demand: the same nostalgic idea as a ringer tee, for $38.10 less.

Limitation: A licensed seasonal print that will sell through, and the rib is 29% polyester.

The Montreal skate brand's small serif 'Dime' on the chest of a plain tee, in six colours. Filed in Dime's Classics line rather than a seasonal drop.

Why this one: Over the Basic Stüssy Tee: the same $45 and a small chest logo with nothing big on the back, so it reads quieter from behind.

Limitation: Dime lists no fabric, weight or origin, only a size chart (M is 23 in across the chest), and L and XL are sold out in black.

A grey marl tee with ALD's logo printed tiny on the chest, cut boxy with a ribbed collar and a woven loop label. One of the brand's permanent styles, XS to XXL.

Why this one: Over the Museum of Peace & Quiet Classic Tee: a tinier logo and a boxy cut, for $37 more.

Limitation: $85 for a printed micro logo, and ALD gives no fabric weight for it.

A faded black tee with the MoPQ wordmark printed small on the chest: the quiet-graphic look in one move. Unisex in men's sizing, 100% cotton, S to XXL.

Why this one: Over the Aimé Leon Dore Micro Logo Tee: the same small chest print, on black, for $37 less.

Limitation: MoPQ states nothing beyond 100% cotton and imported fabric, and US prices are only on its separate .us store.

A small gold embroidered Carhartt 'C' on the left chest of a 235 g/sqm combed cotton tee, cut loose and boxy. Part of WIP's Chase line of jersey staples.

Why this one: Over the Museum of Peace & Quiet Classic Tee: a heavier 235 g/sqm jersey and an embroidered rather than printed mark, for the same $48.

Limitation: Cut loose and boxy (Carhartt says it fits true to size), and XS is sold out in navy.