As I bloody hate high street shopping, who’s using what? I’m after something decent but cheap as I work in an engineering company and they will get trashed before they wear out!
I know there was a thread about this a while ago with some decent web sites, but I simply can’t find it.
T M Lewin and Charles Tyrwhitt get talked about a lot on here, but it may depend on what kind of “Engineer” you are…? 😉 (most of us on here are the software/IT type…)
Don’t know, I love TM Lewin shirts, well made, last forever but a bit pricey unless you buy a lot in one go. In the same position, need some every day shirts for a new job (need ones that don’t look daft with no tie according to the missus).
TM Lewin. Great quality, good choice of cuts, lengths, fabric etc. Hard to fault for circa £20 a pop now that their buttons stay on too. 5 for £100 means you can have a nice clean one every day of the week. Bargain.
This won’t be any help, as I no longer need to wear a grown up version of a school uniform.
I just get a guy to print up a load of green t-shirts with “Charlie the Bikemonger – probably the best bike shop in Swanage” in the carlsberg style. Handy if I forget my name, what I do, or where I live.
TM Lewin are frankly poor – the cotton isn’t finished well so it loses it’s shape, the cut is bad, looks flaccid after you’ve washed it once and creases far too easily.
I much prefer Charles Tyrwhitt – not least because the cut is good and classic, and the cotton is better quality for the same price as TM Lewin.
Brakes is indeed right. Lewins were good when they were made in Essex, but now I wouldn’t touch them with a very long bargepole.
Tyrwhitt are indeed very good, if the cut works for you. I wear Roderick Charles these days. Great cut, excellent quality cottton.
My last three were bought at £19 a shirt in the sale. With a suit, and a second pair of trousers, that came to a little over £300. You really can’t go wrong with that, now can you!
Can’t say as I noticed anything special about my Lewins or my Tyrwhitt shirt. So went back to Debenhams- boring, probably a bit plebby but they’re cheap, they look fine, they wear well, and they’re easy to look after too.
Austin reed mainly for me. baumler ones are good too if they are any cheap in Tk . I wasn’t overly impressed with the finish on lewin’s but i know a lot of people like them
I used to be big fan of Boss & Paul smith but pure cotton shirts are a nightmare to iron and keep looking good. I don’t see they are worth the money for work shirts either these days really.
Had both TM Lewin and Tyrwhitt shirts. The Lewins were un ironable and went back to the shop sharpish. Tyrwhitt non irons still need ironing, but it is at least very easy. Tyrwhitts also fit me far better. Both have a no quibble returns policy.
If standard cut shirts fit you ok, Debenhams Osborne shirts are good and are often on sale for 15 to 20 quid a piece.
If you do buy Tyhrwhitt you have to factor in their outstandingly tedious marketing emails/ mailshots which are relentless. I added them to my spam list within 2 weeks of buying a tie from them.
John Lewis Easy Care slim fit for me :p The slim fit on them is more like just a tailored normal shirt so you don’t get a huge overlap on the waist if you have a big neck.
Apart from BenjiM, the rest of you need to examine your man credentials.
Work shirts can be bought at ASDA or Tesco’s. They will do the job of clothes that a man requires of them, i.e. the cover the hairy bits and stop you dying of cold. Any additional functionality that clothes provide is something that girls need, not you.
I’m with brakes and CFH, TM Lewin aren’t what they used to be, quite a few elbows have torn in pretty new shirts. I’ve given Charles Trewhitt a go, and I like them, slightly long in the arm, but I’ll be sticking with them from now on.
Also worth having a look in TK Maxx every now and again, got a nice Ralph Lauren for 25 quid last month.
Work shirts can be bought at ASDA or Tesco’s. They will do the job of clothes that a man requires of them, i.e. the cover the hairy bits and stop you dying of cold. Any additional functionality that clothes provide is something that girls need, not you.
Charles Thyritt for me, the slim fit ones are not that slim, better described as “fitted” and they fit me a treat. 4 for £100 is pretty good value as well.
I like nice work clothes as, depressingly, I spend more time in my work shirts, suits and ties than I do in my casual clothes.
How do the Charles Trewhitt normal fit shirts size up? i am more of a chunnky build with a 16.5 inch neck. Got a leaflet last nigh for £5 off a spend of £49 or more so 2 shirts for £45 seems alright to me.
