[Closed] Work shirts and tie?

Debenham's when they have a sale on - often get shirts for £10 - £15 each. if im right they have sale starting very shortly so upto 70% off.

All my work shirts are from M&S, last ages and very nicely made.

Tyrrwhits or however you spell it. 4 for £100. Nice shirts.

Another vote for Tywhitt's..

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Spotty dog IMHO

2nd Charles Thyritt online. 4 for £100, job done.

TM Lewin, 4 for £100

i dont have to wear a tie but i hate wearing open collar shirts without one, always feel a bit too John Travolta... so prefer button down collar shirts but cant seem to find them these days?

3rd vote for Tywhitt's, and TM Lewin is worth a look as well if you have a local one.

To offer a bit of variety, I'm not a big fan of Tywhitt or TM Lewin. They look OK for a few washes but then start looking a bit meh a lot quicker than other shirts, which is presumably why they are cheap. I've had a few loads of 4 over the years so unlikely to have just been unlucky.

M&S are good value, the Sartorial range is quite good. I've got a few M&S shirts that have held up to regular wear really well, but the only thing I don't like about them is that they're a bit dull and the fit isn't great if you're not carrying much excess weight.

A fairly recent discovery for me is the tailored range at John Lewis. JL have always had their own range of shirts, but the tailored range was always really limited. It's much bigger now and the quality/fit of the shirts is excellent for a £30/40 shirt. Still completely appropriate for work, but slightly more modern fit and styles than M&S offers IMO.

Depending on whether you need it, it can be worth getting a couple of really nice shirts to wear when you need/want to look your best. Keep them separate and don't wear them to work every day, then when you've got something important coming up, you've always got a newish, sharp looking shirt.

Also, shirts are consumables. Don't leave it too long before you replace them.

I noticed I need to replace them often, I was a senior manager about 8 years ago, dug my shirts out from last time and tbh they look out of fashion and when they fitted fine back then, look slightly odd when compared to a new shirt I have in the same size.

Plan to keep using my work issue ones while training over the next few weeks then when I go into my own place will swap over, gives me a couple of weeks to find some and get them washed, nothing worse than new shirt collar rash.

...Also, shirts are consumables. Don't leave it too long before you replace them.

A year at most I find - half a dozen work-a-day shirts and a couple of decent ones a year doesn't work out much "per week"

+another for Tyrwhitt, their extra slim fit are about the only work shirts I've found that aren't like tents - M&S fitting is a joke IMO. In fact, a member of their sales folk said to me "we don't really make suits for people like you", meaning not 20 stone!

Tywhitt fan here too. Best vfm around in my humble. Excellent quality shirts, fit really well.

Bulk buy from debenhams when they have a sale, the tailored fit jasper conran / Jeff banks / Osborne are all nice. Often get them for around £17. I tend to buy 10 or so twice a year that is more than enough usually, and means I often have a brand new unworn shirt ready to go for the odd wedding / interview

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Silk only ties, TKMaxx isn't a bad source

M&S fitting is a joke IMO

mountain biker fit, LOL

Also, shirts are consumables. Don't leave it too long before you replace them.

Unless you want that torn Sartorial shirt look (as I found out on a recent trip to the US):

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M&S fitting is a joke IMO.

I find the slim fit ok, but the standard range is tent-like.

Just wear the deckchair offering like everyone else?

It's a great leveller when everyone in a business wears the same work clothes. Unless you want to show your newly given powers over those you used to call work mates? 😉

£100 for 4 shirts? Think of the bike kit you could buy?

their extra slim fit are about the only work shirts I've found that aren't like tents

I might have to look at those. Being a 10-stone weakling who's suffered years of neck abuse in rock clubs, shirts that fit my neck comfortably have enough surplus material to make another shirt. (What sort of retarded measurement is "collar" to gauge the size of an entire shirt anyway? FFS.)

i dont have to wear a tie but i hate wearing open collar shirts without one, always feel a bit too John Travolta.

You don't have to unbutton the shirt all the way down to your navel 🙂

Extra slim fit is a god send for shirts, as is the collar and arm length measurements, however I do find that the slim fit suit is a little tight over my bulging thigh muscles... 😉

TK Maxx,
Don't knock this answer - Charity Shops, sometimes you will strike lucky.
JD Williams

I'm a cheapskate when it comes to work shirts. Matalan.

M&S 2 inch longer range. Cos I'm 2 inches longer than average.

Their nicer range ones are nicer to wear and last better. But I just wait till there's a sale on, and order one in every style that they have on sale in my size. Does me fine, and keeps me in good varied shirts cheaply.

Trousers wise, M&S also good for me as they do lanky sizes, but worth paying more for the better ones, the cheap synthetic ones are a bit nasty. The lightweight "travel" range stuff is nice in the summer months as it's a fair bit cooler to wear. Doesn't last as long too.

FYI: CT shirts are on top cashback so you can get 10.5% cashback on the 4 x shirts for a £100 - 4 shirts for £22.40 each is pretty good.

Another vote for for Tyrwitt ... choice of cuts , well made, seperate collar stiffeners, and various arm lengths

I have kept my curret collection too long ( two and a bit years) so will be ordering some more shortly.

M&S fit is weird - I am chunky but tall - M&S 19 inch next are sized for fat blocke the size of Dani Devitto. They are also poor quality re wear on the neck etc.
Their ties are fine ..

TM Lewin 4 for £100. Lots of different styles and sizes.

I don't like the Tyrwitt but the one I have is still going strong so I can vouch for the quality

Tyrwitt are ace - they have a shop local to me and do 4 for £100 or 5 for £125 (which sounds obvious when I type it out).

Slim fit is teh ossum, even better if you get the extra slim fit non iron jobs.

However, whatever ones you go for, I'd recommend getting them dry cleaned or at least laundered rather than doing it yourself. My shirts last much longer when its not me boiling the hell out of them plus I don't have to iron them or bugger about making sure I haven't left a sock in the washing machine. For a tenner a week its well worth it.

Agree above with regular replacement too - I tend to buy five new ones every couple of months, otherwise they start looking a bit ropey..

This is a fantastic middle management IT workers thread.

Tyrwitt are ace - they have a shop local to me and do 4 for £100 or 5 for £125 (which sounds obvious when I type it out).

For a tenner a week its well worth it.

Agree above with regular replacement too - I tend to buy five new ones every couple of months, otherwise they start looking a bit ropey..

Flange... you spend £870 a year on cheap shirts and getting someone to wash them for you 😯

This is a fantastic middle management IT workers thread.

Are you a plumber?

I find the TM Lewin super fitted ones are the best fit, much better that the CT extra slim fit. I go fo rthe better quality cottons rather than the cheaper ones as they seem to last a lot longer.

Flange... you spend £870 a year on cheap shirts and getting someone to wash them for you

I've never added it up - I'd rather not know. You've ruined that for me now, I hope you're happy......

I've done the expensive shirt thing (Pink, Boss) and they all end up the same way (Pink more so, they're terrible shirts). I'm also massively lazy and getting someone else to launder them saves me at least an hour on a weekend that I can spend staring into space questioning the point of it all....

I've never added it up - I'd rather not know. You've ruined that for me now, I hope you're happy......

🙂

Would it help if I told you that's about £1,400 of your salary?

Not mine sir, I'm a contractor....I don't even earn £1400....

I don't work in IT