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TM Lewin Slim Fit and Next Slim Fit.
Really like the fit of Next shirts, quality and feel isn't amazing, but they do fit well. TM Lewin are just great.
My last 4 Lewin shirts cost me in total £18. Got to love posh charity shops in London.
If I was you thats where I would be going!
I'm horrified and appalled that no-one has mentioned the joy that is Thomas Pink. Pricey, yes, but well worth it.
Thomas Pink? Pricey? Nah. I prefer these Eton shirts...
[b]Eton 80th anniversary dress shirt – over $45,000.[/b] Swedish shirt-making company Eton, celebrating their 80th birthday, created this shirt out of the finest Egyptian cotton. Of course, it couldn’t be the most expensive shirt in the world without a few diamonds. Both the studs and the cufflinks are encrusted with diamonds—white diamonds on the cufflinks and colored diamonds on the studs.
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I have 6. One for each day, Monday-Friday and a spare in case I drop some lunch on myself. 😉
Am I the only one that think TM Lewis cut is horrible...? The semi fitted one is tailed like a potato bag... Where the fouck is the 'fitted' in that.
Rant over.
One a more OP related note, I love marco serussi shirts.
I just buy agnes b shirts. However, if you work somewhere that requires footballer style tie wearing they're not for you.
20 years ago Lewins were ok. Not brilliant, but ok... Since then they have cropped up everywhere, skimped on length and use crap cotton.
Hilditch & Key FTW
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.
They are very quick and polite about taking you off their lists if you don't want that though.
Most of mine now are CT. As said, the slim fit ones are good as long as you're somewhere between racing snake and spherical, and not many people do that sort of cut in non-iron. I find anything except unpatterned white can be just hung up out of the washing machine and they dry crease-free. Great for travel too, roll them up, hang up in the hotel and they're usually fine in the morning.
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I must admit to being confused, I bought my first Lewin shirt in 1983, I have not noticed a massive decline in quality, indeed some things have improved - stripes align across the collar these days or they do on mine. Although, I am not sure the buttons are mother of pearl anymore.
I have also owned approximately 30 Hilditch & Key shirts, I have to say their buttons were of worse quality (to old Lewin shirts) and they did not survive any longer. The cotton was a bit nicer but certainly not worth the price difference, so I reverted to Lewins.
Lewins are the only OTP shirt that are long enough for my arms, so I like them.
juan - saying their fit is no good is like saying everyone should ride the same bike - we're all different and all like different fits. Slim fit is their best selling shirt, so a lot of people must like it.
I bought 5 TM Lewin shirts about a year ago, and they are pretty poor, wouldn't buy them again.
I need better work shirts than Tesco. They are cut for fat office workers not well built athletic types 😉 so have tons of fabric around the sides which I hate.
Tyrwhitt don't seem to have shop in Cardiff, nor does this Roderick fellow. Where does one get them?
olymp luxor shirts
Pink? Seriously?
They fell from grace even before Lewins. They were indeed superb, I remember buying a lovely one from their little shop in Bath. Now, they're just overpriced high street rubbish, as with Lewins.
Ben Sherman do some nice short-sleeved shirts. Handy if you perspire a bit in long sleeved jobbies.
Short sleeved shirts - Only acceptable for casual wear. Or if you are a bus driver.
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Honestly though - where am I supposed to shop for this stuff? I'm not paying £50/shirt, £100/4 sounds ok though.
Molly, £100 for 4 is a rip off, especially for Pink or Lewins. £19 a shirt in the sale at Roderick Charles. Check 'em out.
Right. They only have shops in London.. That's handy. Which of those is near Canary Wharf?
They do mail order too.
Near the Wharf? None, really. Depends what tube line you take to get out there. Jermyn St is a short stroll from Green Park (Jubilee Line), and is my preferred shop. They look after me for suits there.
Tube line? I will be travelling au velo, bien sur.
IME- all shirts wear out. Its great to have a special Pink / Jeagar shirt for interviews etc but day to day an M&S autograph shirt is hard to beat. Once it looks tired - its done. Buy another.
I don't care so much about the quality, more the cut.
They look after me for suits there.
A shirt snob who buys off the peg suits?
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*cocks ones snook at flashy*
Tyrwhitt shirts can be had with 10% cashback on topcashback.co.uk
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!
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.
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'.
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.
Ah Quidco free delivery + 10% cashback
M&S shirts are very well made, and last well - also good VFM.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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?
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.........*
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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?
http://www.ctshirts.co.uk/stuart
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