I’ve been tugging in my t-shirts since forever because i hate the way they stretch around my hips and make my dysphoric about my shape.

Finally decided to do something about it, and this weekend i cropped the majority if my t-shirts to a length of 60 cm from where the shoulder seam meets the neckhole (cut 10 cm off most of them).

Result? A bunch of shirts i can now wear in or out of my waistband without any dysphoria. The trick is to look at where they start to bunch up on your hips/ass and trim to about there.
You’ll need
- a twin needle 
- thread that matches
- scissors 
- tools to measure and mark
- some pins
- a sewing machine

Twin needle hems look the part, but are not as stretchy as factory made hems. Theres tons of ways to do the hem, i just did the quick and easy version. I have multiple years of experience sewing professionally, but this is very beginner friendly. Alternatively, a local tailor that does alterations would make quick work of this. 

Pictures in order.
1) size M mens shirt pre alteration
2) same shirt, not pulled down, bunching at the hips visible
3) shirt after a 10 cm crop
4) cropped shirt from the side, no longer bunching up
5) an example of a shirt that’s long, but does not trigger dysphoria due to the lose fit.
6) manwhored too close to the sun and cut this one to 50 cm to get rid of a hole in the fabric -  I think i’ll just wear this one at home (the guy i’m seeing loves it though)

Hope this helps someone! A while ago i posted about trouser alterations, and this time i included more information so it would be easier to replicate.


T-shirts and hip dysphoria - crop em’!