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Amazon Merch Review New Bella+Canvas Shirts Vs. Old American Apparel Shirts | How do They Stack Up?

3,412 views · Published 8 May 2017 · 6:42 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: Rules For Rebels · 2017 · Howto & Style

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So a couple weeks back I had made a video about Amazon Merch switching from American Apparel to Bella+Canvas. In the video I was very optimistic about the new Bella+Canvas shirts as I'd heard great things. You can watch that video below..

https://youtu.be/Y-GwCGUv6Lc

I recently received some of these new Bella+Canvas shirts and while the quality is good it's not as good as the old American Apparel shirts. The material is much thinner, I would say the Bella+Canvas shirts are about half as thick as the old American Apparel shirts. The material is not as soft, although in fairness I havn't washed the Bella+Canvas shirts yet so I'll have to reassess after a couple washings as that tends to soften them up a bit. Lastly the tags on the Bella+Canvas shirts feel like plastic mattress tags to me where as the American Apparel felt thicker and softer. Not a huge deal but may be a bit scratchy on your neck if you don't cut it off and overall I just feel it speaks to the overall quality of the shirts.

The Bella+Canvas shirts everyone was raving about was the 3001. I'm not sure if Amazon is using the 3001 or not.

One other thing I wanted to mention, on some graphic design board or blog some people were complaining that Bella+Canvas shirts are about 60% cheaper than the old American Apparel shirts but that we're still being charged a premium for them. That's understandable and I can't really complain about that. I honestly wouldn't expect a company to drop a price of something just out of the kindness of their hearts and at the end of the day we're getting a fairly comprable product.

Have you ordered any of the new Bella+Canvas shirts? If so what did you think? Drop your comments below...

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