Men’s Shirts

Shirts, in particular, have never enjoyed such popularity and importance in a man’s attire as nowadays; whereas suits, jackets, overcoats and shoes have always held a predominant place in a primary canvas, shirts New York were often overlooked as background, a complement to the full look. With the current re-evaluation of the value of a perfect dress shirt, it seemed only appropriate to not only provide you with shirt reviews but also to dedicate a post to an exhaustive look at what truly makes a quality dress shirt

shirts New York have a seam on either side, and if it’s too big, a tailor can take it in for you. When you’re getting pinned up, make sure the tailor isn’t overzealous. A svelte look is one thing, but a shirt that is too tight will make you look fat after even the lightest meal. Men's shirts are sized in crazy ways. Sometimes its sleeve length and neck dimensions, sometimes they're in chest dimesions like a suit, and often, just the unpredictable small-medium-large. Men too often have to buy for certain body measurements - length, sleeve, neck sizes, chest girth and have other aspects not fit. It's why most men's button down shirts are baggy with big sleeves, and that weird muffin-top thing that billows out when we tuck them in.

The collar of a shirt has three parts: front, back and interface. And they are sewn together in that order. This part of the collar is sewn by hand, all piece work. Imperfects are rejected, not paid for and fixed. The next stage is where the collars are inverted, pressed, the perimeter sewn, then trimmed and sent to inspection. This part is semi-automatic. The machine that does all this is amazing and it must be retrofitted for each different cut of shirt. The blade onto which the collar is inverted and then pressed is machined to the precise cut of the collar of this shirt. Maintenance needs to be summoned to change the blades when this operator sees, on that bar-coded card, that the new batch has a different cut of collar.

Your sleeves should, when buttoned, hit at the break of the wrist and no further. If they don’t then your tailor can shorten them. Make sure your sleeves are consistent, along with your suit jacket sleeves so that the optimal amount of 1/2″ cuff is showing at all times. If you want to turn a long sleeve shirt into a short sleeve one, your tailor can do that.

Collars and cuffs see the highest amount of stress in a shirt which is why haberdashers have been replacing them for decades. In fact, this is where the contrasting white collar and cuff tradition comes from. If the maker still has the original fabric available, then you can have it replaced with the same, but if it’s unavailable, you can always go with white. Over a dozen upper body measurements will be taken by our shirt makers so that your shirt is a perfect fit. It will match the precise contours of your shoulders, your preference for cuffs & collars as well as your habits of watch wearing.