Hong Kong: Lee Baron Shirts?

Actually, I'm wearing one of my Lee Baron (Peter Lee) shirts right now. All around they seem to be a step up from Jantzen's in terms of fabric, construction and fit. I highly recommend them. They generally run around $50 USD.

Wherever you do get your shirts, just be sure to ask the tailor to wash the fabric before constructing the shirt. This helps get rid of any unecessay shrinkage that would otherwise affect the fit.

The Lee Baron shirts are a step above Jantzen. I have switched over to LB now for my shirts. He does a button down collar that has a great roll to it. I pay about 70.00 a shirt US shipped and usually get a shirt in about a week after ordering. Lee Baron is great at making minor changes and getting the shirt fit right much quicker than the hit or miss I had with Jantzen. I also like that Peterlee sends me smaples so I can feel and see whatI am getting and do not have to hope th fabric is nice by what I see on my computer screen.

How do we get peter lee to send samples? does peter lee charge for samples being sent?

I just e-mailed him and he sent me samples. If you want his card I have some he sent me with my last shirts to give out.

is the shirt collar fused on LB shirts?

Would you mind sharing his email address here?

Do you order via this website?

His e-mail is peterlee@leebaron.hk. The best collars are not fused. They roll perfectly. The two I tried with fusing do not roll as well as the non-fused.

Every tailor in HK says this the first time you walk into their store. Sometimes even the second time. The old crazy guy at Jantzen (is he Ricky or is the other guy Ricky?) once disparaged a pair of trousers I had on walking into his store. He forgot he had made them for me himself. He was right about one thing though - they sucked.

I have six Lee Baron shirts. I am generally happy with them. They fit better in places than my Chans (which cost significantly more) but also worse in places. However, it's my first set of shirts from them, so there's more tweaking to be done. The collar roll is very nice - the HK mafia really trained him pretty well in the art of the roll.

They're a definite step up from Jantzen, and Peter is a much better measurer and adjuster than any of the swarm at Jantzen, so you're likely to get more professional results. However, his shirts are quite a bit more expensive than Jantzen. I think Peter's success through SF has led to a rapid rise in his prices - I can get a Jantzen shirt in any of the fabrics they offer for about $45 USD; if you pick from the fabric books Peter's shirts are more like $70. If you use his "in-house" fabrics they are a bit cheaper than that (I think around $60), but I didn't see many bolts there that I liked. Most were fancier stripes I was not in the market for. I was surprised not to see too many basics in house, like blue oxfords.

A major drawback is that he doesn't offer better branded fabrics like Thomas Mason. Having lived for quite some time with some TM fabric shirts from Chan, I can say that the material really does make a huge difference. I don't suspect these shirts from PL will hold up so well. Then again, since he does do CMT, you may be able to ask for better fabrics if you're willing to pay.

I have been slightly let down by the quality of PL's shirts - after one washing, a number of button stitches are coming loose and will need repair. And inspecting the stitching, much of it looks a little shoddy. I know he is capable of much better (I've seen it on other forum members in person); I have already called him out on it and I believe he will be paying more attention for me in future. I think you sort of get what you ask for with PL, and if you don't ask for much, you aren't likely to get it. So be assertive. Still, the quality is a good step above Jantzen.

One drawback for me is that his buttons leave something to be desired. They're far better than Jantzen's, but the MOP buttons that Chan provides are truly lustrous beauties - works of art, really. I may see if he can get me better buttons next time through.

I totally agreed with Douglas, PL shirts fit is ok, but some seams are sloppy, espeacially the sleeves. And the fabrics is just not so good.
I just got a shirt from my new shirtmaker, it look pretty good, an Alumo 120/2 at HKD1,150. I think the price is not too bad, if I order it at AC, I think it need more than 1,600.

what does chan charge for shirting?

I don't know what they charge for the shirting alone - I don't know that they'd sell it to you, frankly. But a Chan shirt in Mason fabric will run $130-140. I think they offer Acorn too for even more.

What does this roll look like that everyone is raving about? Can anyone post pics please?Who ON WAYWN posts PL shirts?

Check some of my posts and Phat Guido, he has posted many from PL.