We like to call this the emperor's new tee shirt, so soft you'd almost think you are wearing nothing at all. The ultrafine 17.5 micron merino is the best natural performance fabric we can find. Merino has the incredible ability to suck moisture into the very core of the fiber. This pulls moisture away from your skin cooling you as you sweat, and allowing the fabric to keep breathing if it gets wet.

One word of warning though, this stuff is addictive, once you get a taste of the merino quality it's hard to quit. Luckily it's natural anti-microbial properties make it highly odor resistant, you'll find you can get a lot more wear between washes, a small compensation for the princely price. Yeah we know we are selling tee shirts for $75 and truth be told they are underpriced. Ultrafine merino does not come cheap, and we produce them locally because we care about our community, but that doesn't exactly cut our costs. What we do though is cut out the middle man, selling directly via this website. This means that the markups on our clothes are significantly less than clothing you find in retail shops. Maybe it's a new idea, maybe it's an old one, but we believe in selling the absolute best quality garments for the best possible prices. The Ultrafine Merino Tee.

Available in a Pale Gray, Dusty Blue and Fiery Orange. $75 (any three for $165). Made in New York City with ultrafine New Zealand merino.

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We spend way too much time at Outlier trying to make the best clothes possible. For the most part it's rewarding, but sometimes it feels good to let loose and get down with the Wurst instead. Our friends over at Wurst Editions have been slowly releasing some truly special small run clothing over the past year, and when they offered us a chance to get down with their sausage style, how could we refuse? Actually we kind of did turn them down, cause when it comes to sausage we like to keep it local. Close to the box you can say. We get down with nothing but the best. And the best in Brooklyn is from Emily's Pork Store. And that's when the plan comes together. First we made a great pair of shorts with the Wurst crew. Then called up our boy with the cameras, Emiliano Granado, and got busy in Emily's Pork Store.

The Wurst Outlier Short is made out of our classic 4Season fabric, the same good stuff that's found inside our Summer Shorts, but in a limited Sweet Blue color. It's a similar length at 8 1/2", but we added a folded cuff, watch pocket in the front and sausage toned button to the rear left pocket. When purchased in the US we highly recommend the Sausage Pack, which includes both a sweet and a spicy sopressata from Emily's Pork Store. Vegans can cop a discount though, and get the shorts without the sausage. Unfortunately the US Customs is scared to handle our meat so we can't ship the sausage pack overseas, its vegan only for overseas packages. Limited edition of 45 shorts in Sweet Blue. $139.99 for the Sausage Pack, and $129.99 with the Vegan Discount.

The ones that barely exist. The Ultralight Pants. Soft, supple and tough. Perfect for those hot situations where wearing shorts just won't cut it. In fact they actually weigh a hair less then our Summer Shorts, despite the full leg. They breathe incredibly well, with a soft lux handfeel and elegant drape. Yet when it comes to durability they'll outclass pants more than three times their weight.

The Ultralight fabric is a yarn-dyed doublewoven intimate blend of various nylons. The micro-nylon fibers create a soft loose inner weave that helps pull moisture from the skin, while slightly thicker nylon is tightly woven on the outside to give it a degree of water resistance and excellent abrasion resistance. The "self-cleaning" nanosphere treatment adds in some wine, beer and iced coffee resistance so you always step clean through those summer splashes. A four-way stretch means you'll move with a breezy freedom all across a beautiful summer.

The fit is slightly looser than most of our styles, if you are between sizes definitely order a size down.

Made in New York City with Swiss fabric. Available in Minted Gray and Dusted Blue. $198 while they last.

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The return of the infamous Summer Shorts. Last year Bike Snob went hog wild (with mayo and all) on these shorts. This year they are even better. We started with the same killer cut, and our core 4Season fabric. We added belt loops, an internal draw cord and mesh pocketing inserts to ensure they work even better both as shorts and swim trunks. Then we went to the beach...

Tailor made for the slack triathlete, bike to the beach, swim a little and then get busy in the beer hall (or with a bottle of Snapple if you're a bike snob.) All without changing your shorts. It's summertime, time to enjoy the good life.

The 4Season fabric breathes incredibly well, moves freely and dries with swiftness, ensuring you stay comfortable and looking good. The supplex pocketing is fast drying and the mesh inserts ensure they drain perfectly when you use them to swim. The "self-cleaning" nanosphere treatment is beer, wine and coffee resistant ensuring you stay looking sharp no matter how loose the evening gets. And yeah we've heard they actually make great running shorts too. Pack light, move quick, and enjoy those long days in the perfect pair of shorts.

Made in New York City with Swiss fabric. Eight inch inseams. Available in Burgundy, Mid Gray, Slate Gray and Black. $128 while they last.

Update: 07/30/2010 Ships in about two weeks.

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The 60/30 Khakis are the sort of pants we love to make. Simple, incredibly comfortable and suited for the rain, grit and repetitive motion of real life. Khaki's you'll want to pull out of you closet and wear everyday. All the while staying lightweight, breathable and gifted with a true freedom of movement. Similar to our OG Pants in cut, but with a button front. Available now in Tan and Olive. Made in New York City with Swiss fabric. $157.

We called our new Khaki fabric "60/30 Cloth" in homage to the fabric that Sierra Design named their killer 60/40 Parka's after. Back in 1968 George Marks and Bob Swanson honed in on a 58% cotton, 42% nylon blend fabric as the ideal balance of handfeel, durability, water resistance and breathability. They rounded the numbers to 60/40 for marketing purposes and went on to make the iconic jacket of 1970's era hiking and camping. For our Khakis we wanted a fabric with a classic cotton twill handfeel, but with the durability of a hiking parka and a four way stretch for the ultimate freedom of movement. We settled on a combination of 64% cotton, 29% nylon and 7% elastane. We added a "self-cleaning" nanosphere treatment for extra water and dirt resistance as well as quick drying properties. Then we rounded the numbers of to 60/30 for marketing purposes and the 60/30 Khakis were born.

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They could be the only shorts you'll wear all summer. Tough, durable and good looking. Our Workwear doubleweave canvas has a rugged self-cleaning exterior, and a soft brushed inner face for proper comfort. The nanosphere treatment ensures that they stay looking crisp no matter how dirty your summer adventures get. They repel light rain and dirt, dry quick and resist odor. 8 1/4" inseams for a clean above the knee look.

At Outlier we always strive to make the sort of item you find yourself reaching for every day regardless of how many options are stacked in your closet. Clean cuts, straight forward styling and the finest high performance textiles around. We made a few test shorts from our Workwear fabric last summer and we knew we'd be making a whole lot more this time around. No one who got a pair seemed to want to wear anything else, and we have a feeling you might feel the same way.

Available in Indigo Blue, Slate Grey and Black. Cut and sewn in New York City. $128. For sizing and more more images.

^{Photo by Björn Wallander, Mike Hernandez is 5'10", 158 pounds and wearing a size 32.}

This is quite simply a better men's dress shirt. We started out with a basic task, how could we make a shirt that moved better on a cyclists body, but we wound up with something a bit more subtle. A buttondown shirt cut to fit the body better and open up a range of motion constrained by traditional shirt construction. An experiment in form, the Outlier Pivot Sleeve Shirt.

The basic challenge was straightforward, when you lean forward on a bike a buttondown shirt stresses. It pulls uncomfortably taut across the shoulders. The sleeves pull up exposing your wrists to the cold, and the tails pull out of your pants, leaving you either untucked or with a blooming blouse of a shirt. Our solution is the patent-pending Pivot Sleeve, a completely reconstructed buttondown that retains the traditional look and feel of a dress shirt while working equally well both on and off the bicycle.

From the front it looks like a well cut dress shirt. Like a good stage show, the magic takes place in back unseen by most. The underside of the pivot sleeve flows seamlessly into the back of the garment, creating an extra side panel. By removing the rear arm seam you can move your arm forward without restriction. It opens up a whole range of arm motion, move your arms forward or up and your shirt stays in place, cuff at the wrist, no cutting at the shoulders, your shirt tucked in properly. The extra side panel created by the pivot sleeve gives the shirt a strong form, the extra fluff found in most modern dress shirts is gone, this is how a shirt should fit.

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The new bike to work classic. A raglan polo in ultrafine merino, so soft you'll barely realize you are properly dressed for a business casual environment. The ultrafine 17.5 micron merino is the best natural performance fabric we can find. Merino has the incredible ability to suck moisture into the very core of the fiber. This pulls moisture away from your skin cooling you as you sweat, and allowing the fabric to dry quicker and keep breathing if it gets wet. Its naturally anti-microbial so you don't need to worry about any stink and can get more use between washes too. The only downside is that it's slightly addictive, be warned before you get down to business.

Available in a Pale Gray, Dusty Blue and Fiery Orange. $97 (and any three for just $197). Made in New York City with ultrafine New Zealand merino. Size up if you intend machine wash and dry. Fits true to size if you wash cold and dry flat. Click for full sizing and more images.

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A pair of pants stripped down to it's most minimal form and rebuilt for pure function in a 21st century city. Hardwearing, comfortable, tough and honest. The Outlier Workwear cut.

Before we started Outlier we would blowout our jeans every few months, they just weren't made for how we ride our bikes. The Outlier Workwear pants are our attempt to make something better than jeans, an anti-jean if you will. We don't use denim, we aren't too concerned about fashion and we make no attempt at "authenticity." When Levi-Strauss invented the jean, we don't think he copied centuries old pants and fabric. Rather he tried to make the best pants he could with the technology of his day, which is exactly what we did.

We didn't study some long dead miner's trousers and then carefully distress the garment to match. We didn't track down some antique loom and use it to make our fabric exactly the way it was back then. You don't need to wear our pants for six months to break them in just right. There is nothing "authentic" about these pants at all, they're just a simple and strong garment you can live in day in and day out.

We started with the fabric, we wanted something that was both more durable than denim yet also more comfortable. We found it in the Outlier Doubleweave Canvas, a fabric that can take a serious beating yet feels great against the skin. The outer weave is a tough Cordora® canvas, the inside a soft brushed back. It's highly water resistant, quick drying and breathes incredibly well so you get none of that clammy constriction of wet denim. The self-cleaning lotus treatment keeps you looking crisp and smelling great. A curved waistband and gusseted crotch ensure full freedom of movement, just throw them on and start your day, let's go.

Available in Indigo Blue and Black.

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We try not to pick favorites here at Outlier, but man we just can't help thinking that these Spring Storm Caps are our best yet. Made from a beautiful waterproof and breathable Loro Piana wool that combines flawless form and function. The form has been tweaked just slightly from last years Summer Storms as we continue to seek perfection. They'll fit perfectly under a helmet, but they look so good on you might reluctant to cover them up. Just stay safe for us.

As always this is a lined (two layer) cap construction. The inside looks as good as the outer, but more importantly it is dramatically more durable than your standard cycling cap. The bengaline lining and grosgrain band also gracefully mold to your head as you wear it. With any luck, this is a cap you'll be able to give to your grandkids someday.

Made in New York City in collaboration with master milliner Victor Osborne. Available in Navy Blue and Dark Olive for $80. For sizing and more images.

Pure, simple and close to perfect. The Ultrafine Merino V-Neck tee. Merino has the incredible ability to suck moisture into the very core of the fiber. This pulls moisture away from your skin cooling you as you sweat, and allowing the fabric to keep breathing if it gets wet. The ultrafine 17.5 grade merino we use is generally softer than cotton and explicitly softer than the 18.9 grade merino most companies use. The result is an amazingly comfortable baselayer.

One word of warning though, this stuff is addictive, once you get a taste of the merino quality it's hard to quit. Luckily its natural anti-microbial properties make it highly odor resistant, you'll find you can get a lot more wear between washes. Just how many wears is up to you, all we can say is some people seem to push it way further than we do personally...

Available in a Pale Gray, Dusty Blue and Fiery Orange. $75 (any three for $174). Made in New York City with ultrafine New Zealand merino. For sizing and more images.

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Function, strength, and style, the Outlier and ML Brown & Co. Braided Keychain. Like so many urban cyclists we keep our keys carabineered to our belt loops. Not because we like it particularly but because it works; keys far enough away from the body that they don't cut into you as you pedal, close enough that you don't forget to take them along. We always thought there had to be a more elegant solution, and we turned to our friends at ML Brown & Co. to help us out. We've long admired their leatherworking craftsmanship and the result is practical, restrained and purposeful, braided leather plus a stainless steel sailing shackle hand bound together with waxed linen to create a keychain.

The Braided Keychain attaches easily to a belt loop, but is long enough to tuck your keys out of site in a back pocket. It can also be worn around a bike lock chain to allow easy access for undoing the lock quicker. If your hands are full, wrap it around your wrist. The Harken-5 shackle is rated for sailing the high seas so we are guessing it can handle the weight of carrying your keys around town too.

So far so good. We've been opening up our showroom in Brooklyn on Saturdays lately and it's been all good. Guess that means we'll be keeping it going indefinitely. So here are the details. We'll be open Saturdays from 1-5pm.

Event: The Outlier Open Showroom
Day: Saturdays
Time: 1-5pm
Location: 364 Leonard St, Brooklyn NY USA
News: Comes quickest on our twitter (@OutlierTailored)

See you soon, been great meeting all the people who have come through!

This is literally the good stuff. Stuff is a word that can mean just about anything, but its first use as a noun was to describe the worsted wool fabrics that medieval knights stuffed under their suits of armor. Our Super 100s are a fine suiting fabric made from the softest and longest wool fibers available. That makes it one of the best performance fabrics in the world, but you'd never know since it tends to be used in expensive men's suits and nothing but. We snatched these fabrics from our favorite Brooklyn warehouse determined to find a better use for this quality stuff than the upper class ghetto of office armor and take it back to the streets.

Wool sometimes has a bad rep for being itchy, course and overwarm, but that's only because the good stuff always gets snatched up for suiting fabric. The finer wools breathe better than cotton, and wick moisture into the inner core of their actual fibers. This means they cool you in the summer, keep you warm in the winter and always feel drier to the touch than other fabrics, no matter how wet it is outside. It makes for an incredible cap. For sizing and more images.

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Ladies, don't ever say we didn't listen. Almost from day one we got requests for a women's version of our trousers, and since you are all smarter than us, we figured we better take your advice. It took three tries, but we think we finally got it right. Outlier for Women, the Daily Riding Pant.

Lean, sleek and made of our core 4Season fabric. You get all the men's performance features, in an elegant and slimming silhouette. The four way stretch and a soft inner face of the doubleweave twill fabric ensures you're always riding in both comfort and style. Wear them to work or out for drinks, rain or shine you'll be stepping off your bicycle looking good and feeling better.

Made locally in New York City. Not only does our 4Season fabric shed rain and dirt, dry fast and resist wear and tear, but it also meets the strict bluesign environmental standards. It's a low impact fabric, made with tight emissions standards that ensures it's produced with the absolute minimum amount of waste. A better way of clothing for a better way of life, enjoy them, and let us know what you think.

Fits true to size. Available in Slate Gray and Black, $180.

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