New York

Due to their profession's inscrutability and their propensity to mutter cryptic phrases like "SDRAM!" and "Frak!", it's easy to suspect IT guys of nefarious designs. Here to confirm those suspicions, 3sixteen.

Purveyors of classily menacing tees and hoodies, NY-based 3S was founded by a former IT consultant now dedicated to pwning n00bs in the garment industry. Most tees are graphic'd up in necro-steez, i.e., interlinked viper skeletons, rabid wolves, and an antique grandfather clock haunted by a red skull and reading 11pm (time to get deathly ill?). The hoodies, meanwhile, are made of lightweight fleece sewn into black or grey nylon aviator vests (for durability/windbreakage), and sport meticulously constructed hoods: triple stitched to fall gracefully, and surrounded by a reinforced, poppable collar -- also for wind, and for pulling off the "preppy executioner's cowl" look.

Like the Bug Out Bob stress toy on IT Guy's desk, 3S has a lighter side: short-sleeve plaid button-downs and slate-colored, knee-length cargo shorts, which'll abet your own nefarious design -- to go to work with your calves exposed and four beers in your pockets.