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Posted 6 months ago #
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i'm with FuzzyWuzzy John Lewis last better and are easier to iron than lewin(apparently), the mrs says if i buy john lewis shirts she'll do them, if i buy lewins i have to do them, hmmm let me think!
Posted 6 months ago # -
Nothing wrong with Lewins if it's just for getting ruined at work and you aint that bothered. Very cheap but as above, the fit is awful unless you are massively fat.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Does anyone happen to have a voucher for tyrwight they aren't going to use. Usually go for Lewins but not much choice in my size at the mo'.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Thoroughly recommend M&S made-to-measure at the moment. c£50 a shirt but I can actually get something with the right length arm, a fitted body AND choose all the details.
I used to rate Pink and Lewin but only the very dull cuts and fabrics come in ape shape.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Ah Quidco free delivery + 10% cashback
Posted 6 months ago # -
M&S shirts are very well made, and last well - also good VFM.
Posted 6 months ago # -
mcboo & simons - the slim fit Lewins work for big non-fat blokes. I wear a 17.5 collar with 38 sleeves and they fit like they should. They are a revelation after the 'normal' cut now they make them in big sizes. I commend them to you.
Posted 6 months ago # -
I should check out John Lewis again - I looked for a suit on Tuesday, almost didn't go to JL as I thought they were too expensive but their bargain suit was £100 and is one of the nicest I've worn (ok so I've never had a suit worth more than £150 but still). I'm going back for some back-up trousers I think.
TooTall - I know what you mean - in cheapo shirts because I need a 16 inch collar I get about a 44 inch chest to go with that, which is too big.
Posted 6 months ago # -
M&S are doing their "sartorial" range at buy one, get one half price, making them £30 each. Really nice quality cotton, and the slim fit is a good shape.
Posted 6 months ago # -
the slim fit Lewins work for big non-fat blokes. I wear a 17.5 collar with 38 sleeves and they fit like they should. They are a revelation after the 'normal' cut now they make them in big sizes. I commend them to you
Not for me - still way too big in the body. 6' 5"/<80kg/15.5" collar.
Honestly - give the M&S made to measure a go. Not sure how they got to their algorithms (they work off remarkably little info) but the fit is spot on for me. If it isn't the first time they'll remake the shirt until it does and keep your measurements on file for future.
Posted 6 months ago # -
simons - you are of a totally different shape to me then! I'm 6'7", 240lbs, 17.5 collar and 48" chest and 38" sleeves - a little more of me.
Posted 6 months ago # -
I'm 6'7", 240lbs, 17.5 collar and 48" chest and 38" sleeves
And there, in two posts, we have the problem of generic clothing sizes clearly expressed.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Sounds knobbish but I buy only Boss now, having bought most brands in the past. The problem I find with most shirts is that after they've been through the wash 5-6 times, they've shrunk to the point where the sleeves don't fit me anymore. Boss ones never seem to do this, unlike other expensive ones such as Pink/Baker/Hackett. Lewins are up past my elbows in no time at all.
7 boss shirts last me a year and still look new, compared with the Thwaites which last maybe 3-4 months.
Boss suits however,are utter shite and to be avioded at all costs
Posted 6 months ago # -
flange - do you boil your clothes then super-tumble them dry? I have shirts that are years old and well laundered and never had shrinkage issues.
Posted 6 months ago # -
I think I'm on the limit of 'regular' for sleeve length TT (being from the Fens) so I maybe notice it more than some
Posted 6 months ago # -
The problem I find with most shirts is that after they've been through the wash 5-6 times, they've shrunk to the point where the sleeves don't fit me anymore
Are you boiling them every time or something?
Posted 6 months ago # -
I think I'm on the limit of 'regular' for sleeve length TT (being from the Fens) so I maybe notice it more than some
*Ponders joke about shallow gene pools.........*
Posted 6 months ago # -
Sorry to drag this thread up again. Just got a mailer from Charles Tyrwhitt...shirts £19.95 each.
Are they good value and good quality?
Normally get Ted Baker in the sale for £25-£30 each.Anyone recommend the Tyrwhitt ones, and which shirts? How is the cut etc?
Posted 3 months ago # -
I had problems with CT shirts cuffs fraying, I have now started using Lewin shirts and they seem good
I go from the slim fit versions
Posted 3 months ago # -
CHB - my son has mix of CT and TML non iron shirts for school. The CT look smarter and have lasted/washed better so far plus brass collar stiffeners are so much better. I might try some as they are <£20 and TML have become poorer quality over the 20 or so years I have been wearing them. Not surprising when they cost less now than they did in the 1980s in nominal terms! Thomas Pink have gone the other way!
Posted 3 months ago #
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