A Loose 250 g/m2 Cotton Tee for $7.01: Four Wears, Two Washes and One Unsolved Size Label

What we ordered and how we handled it

We ordered and tested the Maison Margiela Collection of T-Shirts with Various Prints, catalog SKU 7718798570, at $7.01 against a listed original price of $7.98. The listing is not a single tee but a long run of colour codes sharing one shape: short sleeves, a pullover construction, a crew neck, a loose cut, and a plain 100% cotton knit at a stated 250 g/m2 with an anti-wrinkle finish.

Our testing team logged the parcel over three weeks in the Koukaki workshop: unboxing photographs, flat measurements, a 10-point fit check, four days of wear and two washes at 30 degrees Celsius with line drying. The colour code on the tag was photographed first, because on a listing this long the code is what you are actually buying.

Bench measurements against the listing

One parcel is one data point. We are reporting what we measured, not a production average.

The sizing question the label does not answer

Maison Margiela cuts tops in Italian numeric sizing; this listing sells S through XL with no numeric equivalent printed. Brand-level guidance puts S at a 36 in chest, M at 38 to 40 in, L at 42 to 44 in and XL at 46 to 48 in. Buyers on the brand's forum report that a numeric 46 fits a comfortable medium, with a small already running slightly oversized and a large becoming fitted.

Together, those two lines of evidence point the same way: the S on our parcel wore roomier than its letter implies. Because the listing allows a 2 cm tolerance and publishes no flat chest measurement, the practical move is to ask for chest, shoulder and length numbers for the exact code you want. We would not order this tee on the letter alone, and no independent buyer evidence covers this specific listing.

The colour code is the order

The run spans black, white, beige, washed black, grey and haze blue across dozens of numbered codes, with prints from small chest graphics to larger front designs. Our parcel matched the images attached to its own code rather than the lead photograph, so treat the code as the specification and the hero image as a mood board. If you are matching a shade to something you already own, ask for a photograph of the actual code before paying.

Construction, print edges and two washes

Two home washes at 30 degrees followed by line drying left the print edges clean under our lamps, with no lifting or bleed we could see, and the anti-wrinkle behaviour held well enough that we did not reach for an iron. That is a short observation window on a single garment, not a durability verdict.

Note the limits on construction claims. An independent garment review of a different Maison Margiela cotton piece documented 100% cotton, single-needle sewing, side gussets and Italian production at a retail price of roughly 650 euros. That review describes another garment. Nothing in this listing or in our parcel confirms the same construction here.

One brand-level caution travels with the label: the official Maison Margiela webstore holds a 2.6 out of 5 Trustpilot rating, with about 76% of reviews at one star, concentrated on order fulfilment and customer service. That concerns the official channel, not this listing, but it matters if you shop both.

What we could not settle

Whether the knit is Italian, whether the seams are single-needle, and how the S through XL letters map onto the brand's numeric chart for this particular run. Those questions stay open. The tee we received is a solid midweight cotton crew-neck in a genuinely loose cut; the paperwork around it is what needs chasing.