United Athle

United Athle is Japan's largest premium blanks brand, and it started in the 1930s. If you've bought a plain T-shirt, hoodie or polo in Japan, there's a fair chance it was theirs. Many apparel makers and select shops use their T-shirts as the base for printed designs, and official musician T-shirts are built on them too. The range covers T-shirts, polos and sweatshirts, planned in Japan by C.A.B. Clothing Inc. and made mainly in China and South East Asia under Japanese quality control. There's a dedicated quality control department, and products go through fabric fastness and function tests. One standard T-shirt comes in 45 colours and 13 sizes, and the brand keeps up with changing silhouettes and colours. UK stockists include Stuarts London.