You can also get custom-made jeans and T-shirts. They fit better, you can pick the fabric, you can choose details, plus tailors tend to be fun to chat with. I could spend a whole day browsing the local fabric market chosing fabric for my next shirt.
I find it baffling, but custom-made shirts are cheaper than off-the-shelf.
So you get your fabrics and tailor for less then two bucks?
Otherwise no, custom-made shirts are not universally cheaper than off the shelf
I wonder how much of that is subsidized by the proprietors pursuing the custom-tshirt business lyfe
You can also learn to make your own tshirts. Sewing is a useful skill in general, and tshirts are pretty easy. The neck band is a bit of a challenge, but other than that it's just cutting fabric to a template and sewing pieces together using a sewing machine.