Best discount alternative to BB for dress shirts (that I will tailor to fit) - Page 2

Thanks for posting that sale - I bought a bunch of staple white/light blue/medium blue shirts.

Where's the troll face emotion when you need it?

 

It takes some getting used to, but it becomes second nature after about a week of daily visiting.

 

We are all so disappointed.

After trying a variety of brands, I would just wait for BB sales and grab their ESF shirts when they drop to ~ 50 each. The amount spent on tailoring isn't worth the difference in savings unless you have a tailor who does stuff cheaply. Do you get all that work done for $10 total or $10 each i.e. $30/shirt?

For me, my tailor charges $15 for the sides, $15 for darts, and $20 for sleeves = $50/shirt. I've found getting BB ESF and getting darts is much cheaper/cost effective than getting other brands and paying $50 for tailoring, at least for me.

You get darts in the ESF shirts? I can't wear ESF shirts at all — they're too slim in chest and arms. And it's not like I'm a muscle man.

I have a slim and athletic build - strong shoulders and the ESF is still too big for me. I don't get darts, but I do get it tapered along the sides.

And my tailor charges me about $25 for sleeves and side tapering, I hope he can give me a bit of a break doing 8 shirts, we'll see.

Nordstroms brand from the Rack.

Are you still under Vox's protection, or is it cool if I say something mean?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the collars on those Lands' End shirts you linked to suck. I optimistically purchased the tailored version of that same shirt during a sale back around Christmas, but promptly returned it to Sears due to the collar. The points are very short (probably around 2 and a quarter inches) and didn't hide underneath my lapels. The spread was also disappointing; although the pics on the LE website seem to show a decent spread, in actuality it was a medium spread at best, probably just a little more than 90 degrees once buttoned-up.

Anyway, I know it's a matter of opinion, and maybe you'll be happy with the shirts/collars, but they certainly don't live up to the typical SF look of at least having long enough points to nicely hide behind jacket lapels. On a related note, LE recently did a seersucker dress shirt with what they call their cutaway collar. This looks much closer to the spread I typically like, and the points look longer, too. Now if only they'd do some of their "normal" dress shirts with this collar...
Edited by Flyswatter - 8/18/12 at 4:49pm

Uhh.. no. Interchangeable clones? Where did that come from? You prefer spread collars? So do I. Did you even read my post? I said the LE advertised "spread collar" is hardly spread at all, though it is a fairly subjective term I suppose.

I suppose I could wait until mine came in, but are they similar collars to BB's spread?