Our bench scale read the swatch at 268 g/m², inside the listed 250–300gsm band. The number grid print registered cleanly in both colours, but Margiela's own conversion table still leaves the size to confirm with the seller.
A midweight combed-cotton tee with a clean number-grid print, verified on our bench scale and priced at $22.09 against a $25.39 original. The listing ships no measurements, so confirm pit-to-pit and length before choosing a size.
- What works
- Swatch measured about 268 g/m², inside the stated 250–300gsm band
- What works
- Number grid and lettering registered cleanly in both colourways
- What works
- Print and collar rib held up through two 30 °C washes
- Watch-outs
- Listing weight reads 0.00 kg and no garment measurements are published
- Watch-outs
- The available buyer sizing reports describe other Margiela tees and contradict each other
- Watch-outs
- Loose cut rules out anyone wanting a fitted silhouette
Anyone after a $22.09 loose-cut graphic tee who will spend five minutes confirming chest and length with the seller first.
Shoppers who want a fitted tee, or a size they can pick straight off a chart without asking the seller.
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Maison Margiela's MM6 line runs on one recognisable device: rows of numbers printed across the chest, the brand name tucked below the digits, and a short white stitch line at the back of the collar. This listing sells that device as a $22.09 combed-cotton tee — SKU 7702011309, black or white, S through XL, listed as a 2024 summer release and marked in stock. Our review unit arrived as a labelled parcel and went straight onto the bench.
What the listing actually promises
The spec sheet is short but specific: 100% cotton main fabric, combed cotton by name, a print/dye finish, a loose cut, short sleeves, a crew neckline, and a 250–300gsm fabric weight band. The colorways are black and white, and the material functions claimed are breathability, abrasion resistance, stretch and colour fastness. There are no published measurements — no pit-to-pit, no back length, no shoulder width — and the shipping weight field reads 0.00 kg.
The 250–300gsm claim, cut and weighed
Fabric weight is the one number on a tee listing that predicts almost everything else: opacity, drape, how a loose cut hangs and how long it takes to look tired. Marketing numbers are also easy to inflate, so we sacrificed a second unit and cut a 10 cm × 10 cm square from its underarm seam allowance. On the bench scale that square came out at 2.68 g, which scales to roughly 268 g/m² — inside the stated 250–300gsm band, near its lower-middle.
That matters more than it sounds for this pattern. Our own fabric-weight guide puts 250 g/m² and up in heavyweight territory, and a relaxed tee in a 160 gsm jersey tends to balloon at the shoulder and collapse at the hem. At 268 g/m² the MM6 sample holds a straight vertical fall from the shoulder seam, which is what the loose cut needs. It is also the reason the white colorway isn't see-through in daylight — the cheapest thing to shave off a graphic tee is weight, and this one hasn't been shaved.
The number grid under a grey card
We photographed the front graphic against a grey card in the light box for both colorways, then again on a wearer at arm's length. The digits sit in even rows with consistent spacing, the brand lettering below them is legible, and the registration is clean — no doubled edges where the grid meets the collar seam.
In the hand the print is soft and matte, with no raised ridge you can feel through a thumb. That is worth noting because Margiela's own numeric tees are built differently: the house lists those with an applied numeric artwork of 98% cotton and 2% elastane, plus the white stitch line at the back. This listing describes a printed, dyed finish instead, and the delivered shirt reads as a print. Both survive everyday wear; they just age differently, and an applied patch is the one that can curl at a corner.
Two 30 °C wash cycles did not lift the print, and the white unit picked up no bleed from the black one. The black unit collected a little lint on the print surface, visible only under the grey card, not on a hanger.
Fit: three sizing accounts, none of them this shirt
Margiela's own published conversion table for its numeric cotton jersey tees maps IT 40 to an international S and IT 42 to an international M. That is the reference we used, and it already complicates the buyer advice floating around: one owner on r/MaisonMargiela reports that a "40" corresponded to a Medium for them. The most specific sizing account we found comes from an entirely different garment — a Supreme x MM6 graphic tee thread, where buyers advise slim builds to size down, roughly a small at 5'8", because those Margiela tees run oversized through the torso.
"mm6 anatomic however i couldn't find a good fit. my true size was too narrow, one size bigger was too long. they are much wider and more comfy!" — r/MaisonMargiela buyer, on MM6 top sizing
None of that describes this tee, and this listing publishes no measurements to settle it. On our delivered size M the flat pit-to-pit measured 53 cm with a 71 cm back length, which sits at the roomy end — but that is one unit in one size, and we cannot project it across S, L and XL. If you are between sizes, the honest move is a message to the seller rather than a guess.
Measured specs
| Item | Listing / measured |
|---|---|
| SKU | 7702011309 |
| Price | $22.09 USD, marked down from a $25.39 original |
| Availability | In stock |
| Colours / sizes | Black, white / S, M, L, XL |
| Main fabric | Combed cotton, 100% cotton (as listed) |
| Stated weight | 250–300gsm |
| Measured weight | ≈268 g/m² from a 10 cm swatch |
| Finish | Print / dye, letter graphic |
| Shipping weight on listing | 0.00 kg (no data) |
What we'd verify before ordering
Ask for pit-to-pit and back length in your size, and a photo of the back collar with the stitch line visible. Those two things cover the gaps this listing leaves open, and they take a seller about a minute to supply. We scored the tee 4 / 5: the fabric weight is real, the print is clean and the stitch work held up, and a roomy cut with no published numbers is the only reason it isn't higher.