Looking for plus-size white t-shirt with at least elbow-length sleeves.

March 3, 2022 3:19 PM

Two plus-sized women, looking for basic white t-shirts with at least elbow-length sleeves, preferably 3/4 length sleeves. We've looked at hanes, womanwithin, and justmysize, but it appears that they only sell short-sleeved shirts. Any ideas where else we might find these elusive magical t-shirts? Thanks!
posted by mcbeth to Shopping (17 answers total)

A Canadian site, but I'm sure there's got to be an american version that does something similar, that is, aggregate all the brands into a single site. Plenty of long sleeve unisex white tees in sizes up to 4x here: blankclothing.ca. There might be better matches as well, I just didn't look.
posted by cgg at 3:31 PM on March 3, 2022

Snoozy Sunday (formerly Ori) has really comfortable tees and an elbow length sleeve option. They started as a plus-only company and added smaller sizes later, and IME their proportions/sizing is more mindful of plus size bodies than companies that do the other way around.
posted by assenav at 3:32 PM on March 3, 2022

i see some on land's end.
posted by koroshiya at 3:33 PM on March 3, 2022

L.L. Bean elbow sleeve

L.L. Bean 3/4 sleeve (I'm wearing one right now, it's super comfortable)

L.L. Bean long-sleeve crewneck

L.L. Bean long-sleeve boatneck (these are very flattering)
posted by Sweetie Darling at 3:36 PM on March 3, 2022 [3 favorites]

Back to add that it looks like Snoozy Sunday's "mid-length" sleeves are 3/4 length, in addition to their elbow length option.
posted by assenav at 3:38 PM on March 3, 2022

Ha, came in to post L.L. Bean tees. (waves at Sweetie Darling). Lots of colors, all cotton, plus sizes to 3X. Sign up for email, get a coupon, and get occasional offers by email.
Here are 2 more:
Crewneck Three-Quarter-Sleeve
V-Neck, Three-Quarter-Sleeve
I really wish they still made 3/4 sleeve boatneck tees.

disclaimer: sometimes I do work for L.L. Bean. But I live in Maine, we all shop at the outlet anyway.
posted by theora55 at 3:44 PM on March 3, 2022 [2 favorites]

Woman Within Perfect Tee Three Quarter Sleeve: boat, vee. They don't currently carry the crew-neck in three-quarter, if that's what you're looking for.

Do NOT buy their "tunics", it's a really inferior fabric and weird cut. Perfect Tee only.
posted by Lyn Never at 3:50 PM on March 3, 2022 [2 favorites]

Check a shirt supplier like BlankShirts.com (no minimums). I've had luck for basics for my projects.
posted by Crystalinne at 4:12 PM on March 3, 2022

Response by poster: Oh wow, not so elusive after all. Thank you so much, this is really helpful!
posted by mcbeth at 4:41 PM on March 3, 2022

I had surprisingly good luck with this "made to order" tee shirt from Amazon (link) in part because it let me customize the sleeve length.
posted by mjcon at 6:49 PM on March 3, 2022 [1 favorite]

I love LL Bean and think they are tops, but their tee shirts shrink up quite a lot. If you're long torsoed be careful with length.
posted by notjustthefish at 8:05 PM on March 3, 2022

Talbot's has an elbow-length sleeve white T-shirt in pima cotton, plus sizes (and plus petite sizes) to 3X. Though I haven't tried them on, I like the scoop neck and curved hem.
posted by virago at 8:42 PM on March 3, 2022

I like the scoopneck Karen Scott brand tees from Macy's - which seem to be discontinued (grrrr). Here are vee necks.
And quite a few other styles/colors.
posted by sarajane at 6:20 AM on March 4, 2022

Universal standard's Boat-neck tee has elbow length sleeves.
posted by mcgsa at 7:43 AM on March 4, 2022 [1 favorite]

Kohl's usually has elbow or 3/4 sleeve tees in their Croft & Barrow line, but they don't seem to have gotten the spring/summer tees in yet.

Chadwick's has Elbow Sleeve Ballet Neck and 3/4 sleeve ballet neck up to 24W. As their spring/summer stuff comes in, they usually have crew neck or scoop neck tees.
posted by jlkr at 2:14 PM on March 4, 2022

For really good prices and a wide variety of styles, check out the plus-size white shirts at Dharma Trading Company, some of which have long sleeves. They sell white clothes for people who want to dye or paint them themselves. I particularly like their French Terry Moroccan Tunic, but the v-neck 3/4-sleeve t-shirt and the plain long-sleeved Softee ladies' t-shirt sound more like what you're looking for. Some of these are available in sizes only up to 2X, but they're usually pretty generously cut for a given size.
posted by metonym at 2:30 PM on March 4, 2022

Have you tried Land's End? They are really good about letting you sort by sleeve length on their site. I've also become a fan of the plus size options at Duluth Trading Co.
posted by TwoStride at 7:52 PM on March 4, 2022