39 Famous People on Their Favorite T-Shirts

UnisexT-shirts

Kumail Nanjiani
“It’s so hard to find [a T-shirt] that fits perfectly and is high quality. These are not the cheapest shirts, but once you get ’em, they last forever. I like the material and textures. It’s a little bit thicker than most shirts. And their large size just fits me perfectly.” —January 2025

Carrie Brownstein
“I probably have these T-shirts in six or seven different colors. I’m actually wearing one right now. That is how on-brand I am. There’s a pocket, which I love, and sometimes I’ll put my glasses in it. The shape is narrow, but it’s not tapered. It’s also not boxy, which I like. And it’s not cropped. So it has great proportionality. It’s soft and it washes well, which I think is important. One indicator of a good T-shirt is that it can withstand being put through the laundry week after week because that’s what we do with T-shirts. They should grow with you, get worn in, and last for years.” —March 2024

Geoff McFetridge
“I wearwhite T-shirtsalmost every day. These wear really evenly — I’ll wear them until they’re destroyed, but they have a good lifespan. And the fit is really good — I’m a medium, and it fits right. I used to wearVelva Sheenshirts, but I like that these are made locally here in Los Angeles. They’re made of reclaimed cotton fiber.” —June 2023

[Editor’s note: McFetridge wears this tee with a pocket, but that style has been discontinued. We’ve linked to a similar style without the pocket.]

Catherine Opie
“I was wearing other T-shirts that started to get holes in them; they were expensive and disintegrating. So then I went to Buck Mason, whose T-shirts are half the price. I love the cotton they use, and I love the way these fit. They’re cut well enough that if I put a sport jacket over one, it can be somewhat formal. I have stacks of them in my closet.” —June 2021

Bobby Flay
“I’m a big Buck Mason fan, because it fits my lifestyle, is really well made, and always seems to fit me off the shelf. I’ve been wearing them since Courtney, who helps me with my wardrobe, turned me onto them years ago. Now I have their T-shirts in every single color. I wear them all the time.”—June 2025

Cheyenne Jackson
“I’m a dad and I’m running around a lot, so I live in T-shirts. I like something that isn’t too schlumpy, isn’t too tight, and has some weight to it. I’m a bigger guy up top, and I love how these fit me in the shoulder; they fit my frame well, and I feel good wearing them. I own maybe 20? All different colors. I’m not too keen on shopping — I love to feel good and look good, but spending all day picking out clothes and trying stuff on is not my thing. So once I find something I like, I get a bunch.” —January 2021

Shantell Martin
“This specific Noah tee checks all the boxes for me. It’s kind of a medium weight that feels really good. It’s nice quality, made in the USA from 100 percent cotton, and so simple. It just has the little Noah logo on the pocket. The pocket is important to me because I can put stickers in it. I carry these stickers around that say ‘Who are you?’ or ‘You are you,’ or ‘Are you you?’ If I bump into someone, like a fan who says they love my work or someone I know, I’ll give them a sticker. I’ve been doing this for about ten years. A shirt pocket is the easiest, most accessible place to keep stickers.” —April 2021

Maggie Holladay
“My go-to uniform is this white tee with black Levi’s. If I’m trying to be fancy, I’ll wear a blazer or a trench coat, too. I walk to Kmart and get packs of them. And when all the tees inevitably get stained, I can just get a new pack because they’re so affordable.” —February 2021

Shannon Maldonado
“It just has this really nice, relaxed, vintage fit. I like a true crewneck. I don’t want an open Bieber crewneck. I also like a longer short sleeve. I wear a lot of vintage clothing, and this feels like the vintage shirts I wear but in a reimagined lightweight cotton. I have the black one, and the inside seams are white, which I think is really nice.” —February 2021

Women’sT-shirts

Olivia Munn
“This is the Goldilocks of white T-shirts. The neck hits just at the right spot. The sleeves are not too tight, but they’re not too wide either. It hits you at your waistline in the exact right spot too, so that you don’t have to tuck it in. I wear a size medium, which makes the fit a little bit looser. I literally bought ten of them after wearing one.”—January 2026

Susan Orlean
“I’ve been wearing them for years. I wear them for, say, two years, and they start graying out, which is just typical for black, so I designate the grayer one to being my gardening T-shirt, and I get a new one to refresh it. They only make them in black and white, and I’ve been buying them in black and white really for decades. I don’t know what I would do if they stopped making them. I think I’d become a nudist.”—October 2025

Brooke Shields
“They’re just plain white tees, but there’s a real richness in the thickness and the crewneck. And they’re a little retro — they look a little ’60s because they’re a little higher. But I really like the weight of them; you don’t have to wear a bra and it’s kind of great. I usually buy, like, six at a time, and if they start getting a little yellow or a little faded, or not as crisp white, then I use them as cloths.” —August 2025

Ego Nwodim
“I am obsessed with wearing a classic T-shirt. I think you can dress it up, you can dress it down, you could wear it as a pajama if you want to. I am absolutely in love with this one. It’s off-white, which I appreciate as a person who finds it hard to keep a true white tee white. It’s so reliable. I’d wear it every day, honestly, if I could.”—June 2025

Paige DeSorbo
“I first discovered the brand because of its pajama pants. I live in those. Then, I was on the hunt for a good T-shirt and found this. It is the best crop top for jeans and shorts. It hits just below the belly button, so it’s perfect for that in-between crop and full-length shirt. I’ve been wearing these for about three years now and am constantly reordering because I literally wear them out.” —November 2024

Campbell “Pookie” Puckett
“I love a good Skims tee. They have different lengths, so depending on how much of your stomach you want to show, you can do one that’s more cropped, or one that covers more. They’re just very comfy on the skin. It’s cloudlike.” —October 2024

Claudia Soare
“I think Skims has the best basics ever. I have their shirt in black, but I love this almost bleached olive color. They do such an incredible job with desaturated colors, and it’s very unique to them. They’re also so comfortable and made of very good material. It stays perfectly stretchy and doesn’t get loose around your waist after wearing it for a while. It stays tight, and they don’t shrink, either. They’re also a great cut. Sometimes I don’t like T-shirts like this because the sleeves are too short and make my arms feel and look weird — like,Why is there so much arm coming out?But this is just the perfect cut.” —February 2022

Dr. Becky
“I have to say, I’m proud that one of my most fashionable friends recently asked me, ‘What shirt is that? Great basic, I need that.’ These shirts are so cozy, and they’re good for hanging around the house with sweatpants. They’re good if you throw them on with leggings, they’re good with jeans. If you had to go to your kids’, I don’t know, lacrosse game and then go out to dinner, they’re good. They fit, they’re comfortable” —October 2024

Amanda Seyfried
“I just wear T-shirts and jeans all the time. It’s what I feel comfortable in. I own at least 13 to 15 Jungmaven T-shirts. I have a bunch in my New York apartment and a bunch upstate, so I never have to pack them because they’re always around. They’re sustainable and organic, they fit beautifully on everyone, and they hold up in the wash. I like the lightweight cropped tee that’s a cotton-and-hemp blend. I wear them every day. I have one in my bag right now.” —July 2023

Jessica Alba
“These T-shirts are awesome. I own them in all sorts of colors. They’re super flattering and cute, but they’re so comfortable. I wear them on planes. I wear them to run errands. I wear them to sleep. I wear them literally any time I can.” —December 2021

Bobbi Brown
“I’m always looking for the perfect upgraded Hanes T-shirt. When I was a makeup artist in Paris, the models would all roll in wearing Hanes and jeans right out of bed, and of course they looked amazing. I tried the look, and it didn’t work on me. I wear this instead because it fits really nicely and holds up, unlike other T-shirts that can look ratty after one wash. You throw a Chanel blazer on it and you’re ready for anything.” —October 2018

Gillian Flynn
“Their tees are ecofriendly and so soft it’s like a million puppies wore them for a million days and then sent them to me care of a pink cloud in the shape of a kitten.” —August 2018

Men’sT-shirts

George Civeris
“I grew up as a bit of a fat kid, so I struggled with T-shirts because they often show the exact shape of your body. Because of that, I’m still drawn to heavy-duty, boxy ones that make you look as neutral as possible. I also like that the neckline looks neat and keeps its shape under a jacket, unlike the cheaper Gap tees I mostly wear as undershirts. So often, T-shirts are too long, but this one is the right length to be flattering without looking obviously cropped.” —February 2026

Alex Edelman
“I have a bunch of these in black. It’s merino and it’s really soft. It’s neither white nor cotton, but it’s an elevated version of the crisp white T-shirt. I love things that are simple but of quality. This is one of the simplest. I wear black because it obscures all your food mistakes.” —October 2025

Alexander Chee
“These T-shirts have just a very nice V-neck shape that’s flattering both when you have a shirt over it and when you wear it as is. It’s good-quality cotton that holds up. I was never a deep-V person, no offense to those who are, but I think this is another thing I’ve had to think about that I never anticipated: How much of your chest hair do you want to show people when you’re out socially? As far as something I can wear under a dress shirt or with shorts or jeans, this is what I want.” —July 2018

Andrew Carmellini
“I literally do have a drawer that’s full of only Todd Snyder Made in L.A. black T-shirts. It fits me perfectly, and it’s not super-baggy. It’s the right softness-to-roughness ratio.” —October 2025

Ben Barnes
“When I was getting ready for this most recent tour, I just wanted a new black T-shirt and a new white one, just to have basic things. I think the photographer on my tour suggested these. And I was like,Wait, cropped is the best thing for feeling confident in my outfit.That was a relatively new epiphany for me — that that’s the way that I like to look. The faded black one is the one that caught my eye and the one that I wear the most. It has the correct shortness by the waist and slightly bigger shoulders without having your arms swim in the giant sleeve.”—May 2025

Stuart Murdoch
“I wear this everywhere — wouldn’t be without it. It’s almost kind of self-explanatory, but there’ll be some guys out there, and some women as well, who maybe don’t know about the wicking power. This just means it draws water away from the skin. The bamboo, to me, works better than cotton for comfort. It feels like silk when you put it on.”—May 2025

Brooklyn Peltz Beckham
“The first time I put on a Ralph Lauren white T-shirt, I was like, ‘Oh my God,’ because I have big shoulders and it’s very hard to find a T-shirt that actually fits me well. I’ve worn so many different white T-shirts and then seen pictures of me where I don’t look great. But this one is amazing. ” —February 2025

Eric Ripert
“I wear this every day of my life (unless I need to go somewhere elegant and I have to wear asuit, of course). But my uniform isjeansand ablack T-shirt, every day of my life. I find the black color easy: If you sweat a little bit, it doesn’t show. If you stain it a little bit, it doesn’t show. I go to Uniqlo down the street from Le Bernardin or order 24 T-shirts online, and I wear them until they start to have holes. I like the way they feel. I like the neckline and that they’re not too long or short.” —October 2023

Mick Jenkins
“Goodfellows are definitely the best white tees you’re going to get from a Target or Walmart. The collars are thick but not too thick — sometimes convenience-store white tees can end up choking you. It’s not a heavy shirt, but it’s not too light. I think with white T-shirts, if they’re too light, they can feel flimsy. Also, I’m tall, and I can get frustrated with shirts that, when you get to XL, they’re either not very large or they’re extremely long. Goodfellows is right in the middle. All you need isan iron, and it looks like a much better quality than just wearing it out of the packet. I think the only downside is it is very much a one-wear shirt: After you wash this shirt, it’s over.” —August 2023

Fat Joe
“Think of a mechanic or a bus driver and how they have to wear a certain uniform — well, this is mine. On an ordinary day, I throw on ablack tee, a pair of shorts, some sneakers, and I’m gone. I’ve got hundreds of black tees because I never wear them twice. I open a pack, put it on fresh. It’s like,Today’s a brand-new day. Let’s keep it moving.” —August 2023

James Kennedy
“A white cotton T-shirt is like an old friend. It feels good and is always there for you. This is one of my go-tos. I’ve had mine for a while. I can wash it a ton and keep wearing it, and it looks and feels the same as it did on day one. Every time I wash it, it comes out great — nice and fresh. It’s supercomfortable and just easygoing. And my favorite thing is I can dress it up or down. I’d dress it up with black jeans and nicer shoes or with some shorts for a more daytime look.” —July 2023

Marlon Wayans
“I’m a Calvin man. I don’t know how I went all these years without having an ad. It’s in my rider. I perform in these T-shirts because they’re soft without being too soft, formfitting yet loose, and durable — and they soak up sweat so I’m not looking crazy onstage. They’re perfect. I wear them on tour, at the gym, and as an undershirt.” —March 2023

Tan France
“If you ever see me in a plain T-shirt, it is probably the J.Crew Broken-in Tee. It comes in an array of colors and feels so much softer than most other T-shirts. I want my clothes to be as comfortable as possible, and this is really, truly soft to the touch. Too many other T-shirts I’ve tried feel too box fresh. A small in this tee fits me perfectly, but if I want to French tuck, I’ll wear a medium. Here’s the thing with the French tuck: If the shirt you’re wearing is too fitted, it does not look right. It has to be a bit oversize, so I bought a few mediums specifically for French tucking.” —June 2021

Russell Tovey
“I only discovered J.Crew T-shirts about five years ago, but I already have about 30 different ones, all slightly different colors or tones. Basically, whenever a new shade comes out, I buy one (in large). They’re deceptively simple, they wash well, and they’re an amazing fit. And I like that the colors aren’t too pop-y; they’re quite muted. To me, there’s nothing better than a plain T-shirt that just works — the more you wash it, the more you wear it, the more faded it gets, the nicer it is.” —October 2020

Marc Newson
“I’ve been wearing Sunspel T-shirts for at least 30 years. I’m always trying to identify the ultimate product of its type, if for no other reason than because it’s one less thing for me to worry about. I set out to find the ultimate T-shirt, determined it is this, and now will go and buy 20 at a time. They’re fantastic: They fit brilliantly, last forever, and are the perfect combination of something you’d wear as an undergarment but also as a main shirt. They’re not too heavy, not too light, and stretch just the right amount.” —April 2021

Antoni Porowski
“I have tried everything from the highest of the high to the lowest of the low. From Hanes to The Row, I’ve tried them all. What’s so nice about the Sunspel is that the collar is really nice and thin, not too thick. The sleeves are just the right length where you don’t have to roll them up, but you can once and it doesn’t look too much like a muscle tee. They’re not overly long or overly short. The proportions are perfect. I wear Gillette deodorant and it tends to yellow a lot of my T-shirts, but for some reason the Sunspel ones have not yellowed and I wear them all the time. And I never put mine in the dryer. Never, ever put them in the dryer. I just let them hang dry. I study this shit. Sorry to talk so much about T-shirts, but I’m very passionate about white T-shirts.” —October 2019

Richard Meier
“On weekends, you want to dress casually, and this T-shirt fits well and is nice material. You can wash it several times and it doesn’t fray. I prefer black T-shirts over any color.” —March 2018

Kevin Kwan
“What can I say? I have one in every color of the rainbow. They’re the staple. They’re so comfortable and so flattering. I’m wearing one right now, actually. You can wear it when it’s warm outside and throw a blazer on and feel dressy. I buy them in bulk — they’re like my version of a Hanes T-shirt. Something about the cotton blend feels so good and cool against the skin. Also, the way it drapes is great. I’m a V-neck kind of guy, too, because I think it’s just a bit dressier.” —May 2017