Trims & notes
• Back-neck tape 1.2 cm
• Printed neck label
• Care/content label
• All the measurements on this one are RELAXED, not stretched. Rib measures roughly 20% smaller relaxed than it wears — tell the factory explicitly, because a factory measuring stretched will cut it two sizes too big.
• This is deliberately the opposite of the boxy tee: 46 cm chest at M against 58-62 on everything else in the library. Do not let a factory 'correct' it toward their house block.
• Rib grades differently from jersey. Grade the chest by 2.5 cm, not the 3 cm used on the woven and jersey styles.
• Recovery is the whole garment. A cheap rib with poor elastane looks right on the sample and bags at the elbows within a month — ask for a 30-minute hold test before you approve.