If you're like most people on this site (dresses like avg male SF dev)

$$$ - A.P.C.

$$ - Naked and Famous, Muji

$ - Uniqlo U line

Personally, I’m a fan of Next Level v-necks when it comes to t-shirts. They’re quite inexpensive through Amazon. I hate doing laundry, so I usually have about a dozen. I’m 6’, 220lbs, and the athletic cut is great—incredibly soft, broader shoulders and chest vs waist (no straight cut). I typically go for the large when wearing normally, but keep a few mediums as a snug undershirt when wearing a buttoned/dress shirt. I usually get a few years’ use out of them.

Pants are almost always a pain for me—I can’t do skinny jeans as my ass and thighs refuse to cooperate with the stick-leg cut. I opt for Buckle/Salvage jeans here—not those Affliction abominations with the bedazzled ass pockets, mind you. They make a few cuts that are a stretchy type of denim, and they’re amazing. Feels just like wearing a pair of pajama pants. I usually have a couple pairs to cycle through between laundry loads.

Brands come and go and get bought/sold and change production-values on such a regular basis that what was true 2 years ago isn't true now, and I find keeping up with the new brands on a regular basis is annoying. I also hate clothes shopping. So I'm not very brand-loyal. I love my AG "Protege" pants, but I'd switch in a heartbeat.

I rather like what Stitchfix and Trunk Club are doing. Trunk Club in particular but it's pretty expensive. They only do high-quality items and they're hand-picked by a stylist who knows your style & body-type to go with your existing wardrobe. I get much more use out of my Trunk Club items than I do others. But I stopped using TC because it's so expensive and I have a solid base wardrobe at this point and know how to add new items on my own every so often.

Patagonia has some good t-shirts. They are just plain and boring, but are of great quality.

http://www.patagonia.com/product/mens-capilene-daily-long-sl...

For t-shirts I actually really like the v-necks sold at Old Navy. The ones that go for $15-20 (don’t get their lower priced ones, they’re flimsy) have lasted me about 2 years of regular weekly wear now. They also fit my form well, which was a deciding factor. The fine-threaded cotton doesn’t ball up, and colors haven’t noticeably faded.

I'll pitch in for Uniqlo for jeans, too. I picked up a pair overseas last year and they aren't showing a single bit of wear, despite a LOT of use. Compared to my Levis, which start showing wear in the crotch after a few months, they were totally worth the ~$35 I paid.

I'm similar, and I've settled on JCrew. Partly because they offer stuff that fits my stumpy build (I have a 27" inseam), but also because it's solidly good quality.

Presumably because people were buying once every four years?