Made to Measure shirts - recommendations
 

Has anyone here purchased made to measure shirts (or generally purchased shirts) over the internet?

I'm looking at CT Shirts www.ctshirts.co.uk and www.pickashirt.com amongst others, and was wondering if anyone had any experience with these two or any recommendations besides the two mentioned.

Cheers
CC

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Not made to measure but very good are Eterna Shirts.

http://www.eternadirect.co.uk/php/displayEnds.php

If you google Eterna shirts there are others as well but I think this is the only free world wide postage one.

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i regularly purchase from www.tmlewin.co.uk they often run a 4 for GBP100 deal which, even with postage equates to 4 great quality business shirts for less than $200.

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I'm currently modelling a rather fetching Big W number that cost around $15.

Long sleeved and complete with a full range of buttons.

It was made to measure, but not for me, unfortunately.

(edit) I am currently awaiting delivery of this ... http://mrbarrymorgan.myshopify.com/p...morgan-t-shirt ... don't all rush ladies ...

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Yes. I buy all my shirts from pickashirt.com. Tailor made from $45. They are hand made in Thailand and take about 10 days from the date of ordering to arrive.

Egyptian cotton. The quality is better than my $200 Hugo Boss ones. You can't go wrong. (unless you get the measurements wrong)

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+1 to tm lewin. good quality ties too

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Again not so much about made to measure - but many of these mobs will alter sleeve lengths.

I was wondering about this a few weeks ago and as it happens, someone recommended TM Lewin - might have been one of you guys - thanks.

I ordered some, with adjusted sleeves a few days ago. They do a decent cutaway collar - the James Collar in a slim fit, as well as a Prince of Wales collar. I hear that TM Lewin are not as good as they were (I've bought from them years ago) but they represent value for money and are probably better than anything from a UK high street store. Their sales model is very much one of constant discounting - weren't we just talking about that here in Australia days ago?

TM Lewin also knock the VAT off your basket when you place the order.

CT and Thomas Pink are very similar positioned in the middle market and don't discount quite so aggressively and also may have suffered from recent decline in quality in recent years. CT used to advertise a lot in the Sunday papers. I still have a white Thomas Pink reserved for interviews.

Another shirt brand I used to use is Hilditch and Key which is a cut above the others but you pay a bit more.

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I buy all my shirts made to measure and have done for 20 years, the best and easiest to order i found so far are Jantzen and Tailorstore both great!! :) and very very reasonable.

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I used to buy TM Lewin in London. Sorry but they are poorly made rubbish. Bit of a standing joke in the office that they fall apart after 5 mins. Especially since TM lewin used to drop off discount vouchers at our office.

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Dean - I'll let you know how they have faired this last 15 years or so! Could be a case study of a company selling out...have to admit though I do look after shirts and don't ever use hot water or a tumble-dryer.

BTW I did check out the pickashirt site and I was initially quite impressed but I thought the cutaway collars were poorly angled. Either too cut away or not enough. Geometry is everything and I always have to admit I liked the cut of the TM collars. There's an angle and length which gives the right look!

I always remember the collars being very thick and substantial, and the shirts required a fair bit of ironing - which I like.

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Tailorstore is about twice the price of pickashirt.com although they do offer more design options. Pickashirt.com is also a Melbourne based company.

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They do offer a selection of different collars. Mine are all cut away and I am more than impressed with them. The collars and cuffs are much thicker than off the rack shirts as well and they sit better (if you know what I mean).

For $45 I took a gamble and once I received it I bought a load more. My brother, when he saw the shirts also bought a ship load.

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Bingo - they have the full spread collar but not quite as riduculous as the one offered by Pick.:thumbup:

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Pickashirt have the extreme cut-away and the cut-away. The Tailorstore's full spread appears to fall inbetween the two. The cut-away from both Tailorstore and Pickashirt appear identical from the websites and the shirt I have got in my hand.

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I know exactly what you mean about cutaway collars in general. To be honest, I cannot bear to see blokes in normal collars - they instantly look scuffy and less elegant and the points bend more. The points show outside the jacket...and they can't sit as well as you say. I see newsreaders, politicians, actors, and the like on the box and the first thing I notice is the cut of a man's collar. Americans have a nasty tendency to overlook the cutaway, and to make matters worse, opt for button-downs. I interview people for work and wince...if a man knows to select a good collar, to lose the pocket, it says a lot about him...in my opinion.

Might order one and use it as a try and see.