Testing online shirt makers in the quest for a decent $100 or less shirt

[StyleQuant]

Two facts have recently become inescapable:

1. My body shape is becoming more "robust", and as a consequence all my slim-fitting shirts are starting to distinctly pull when I'm seated (not a great look).
2. My existing shirts are in any case increasingly degraded and starting to fray. Looking back on past purchases, somehow most of them seem to be 5 - 10 years old! (Time flies)

So I need to re-stock. I talked to my tailor, who cheerily tried to sell me new shirts at £199 per piece. That just seems excessive, and I believe it must be possible to get great quality, great fitting shirts for less than half that price.

To that end I have harvested the Styleforum archives to find recommended online shirt makers that can deliver for $100 or less.

So far I have ordered individual white shirts from ProperCloth, Luxire, Lanieri, Apposta, and iTailor.

The plan is to see what comes back, and then buy a complete batch from the shirtmaker which delivers the best fit / quality combination.

Are there any others I should try?

 

[norMD]

Ratio clothing is supposed to be good.

 

[FlyingHorker]

Spier & Mackay

I'll say the lower relative cost comes out with: less quality control and longer wait times.

Though the customization level is higher. You can give your own collar specs, specify unlined/lined/fused, etc.

 

[LAUDATEDEORUM]

how did it go?

 

[tilesomoole]

The plan is to see what comes back, and then buy a complete batch from the shirtmaker which delivers the best fit / quality combination.

If the original poster is still around, I'd liek to hear how you've got on with this search. I'm doing somethign similar myself - currently I have sample orders in from Ledbury, Lanieri, and Luxire.