Recommend me some work shirts!
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Folks
I need some new work shirts and was hoping for a recommendation. You'd think this would be easy enough but alas no!
Price range of about £20-25 per shirt max, I tried the Thomas Nash ones from Debenhams a little while ago and thought the quality was quite poor - not much better than supermarket ones. I then tried their 'St George by Duffer' ones which were better on quality but they were an absolute b*****d to iron.
So over to you, good people!
I need some new work shirts and was hoping for a recommendation. You'd think this would be easy enough but alas no!
Price range of about £20-25 per shirt max, I tried the Thomas Nash ones from Debenhams a little while ago and thought the quality was quite poor - not much better than supermarket ones. I then tried their 'St George by Duffer' ones which were better on quality but they were an absolute b*****d to iron.
So over to you, good people!
Charles Tyrwhitt every time. Excellent shirts, you can specify arm length, cuff style and overall shirt length as well as collar and chest size etc, almost a made to measure shirt plus there's a six month (??) guarantee even if you've worn them. Last time I looked they were £100 for four but they do special offers every month.
www.ctshirts.co.uk
www.ctshirts.co.uk
BS30 said:
Will check out Charles whatshisface, trouble is I really prefer to be able to try on, though if the returns policy is ok that's not so bad!
They have stores up and down the country where you can try on.http://www.ctshirts.co.uk/Charles-Tyrwhitt-uk-stor...
Go for the non-irom shirts. You won't look back. You will still have to iron, but are so easy! I live abroad, and still get all workshirts from here.
Massive fan of M&S shirts, particularly the sartorial range, but the range down with button cuffs and none removable collar bones are nice too at about £30 a pop full price. Great quality and options for normal, slim and tailored fit.
Keep meaning to try Charles Tyrwitt though - they look good and are definitely VFM. They do have shops, so you can try on.
Keep meaning to try Charles Tyrwitt though - they look good and are definitely VFM. They do have shops, so you can try on.
Another vote for M&S Satorial. They can take a battering and are always great to iron. They also respond well to "Businessman Ironing" (i.e. when you hang the shirt up in a hot hotel shower and let the steam do the work )
Bought some TM Lewin shirts on their 4 for 100 offer. They are alright, but generally harder to wash and iron to a high standard.
Bought some TM Lewin shirts on their 4 for 100 offer. They are alright, but generally harder to wash and iron to a high standard.
Charles Tyrwhitt are pretty low quality. I have used them before, and TM Lewin. Both very similar. Advantages are the range of measurements and a small but good range of non-iron shirts (which you still have to iron but don't crease as much), and excellent delivery and returns policy.
However stack them next to a decent shirt, and I include even the m&s ones as "decent" and you will see the quality just isn't as good, - material very thin, stitching very poor and they don't last very well.
However stack them next to a decent shirt, and I include even the m&s ones as "decent" and you will see the quality just isn't as good, - material very thin, stitching very poor and they don't last very well.
Edited by burpface on Thursday 1st October 10:16
tomtom said:
I think TM Lewin shirts have really dropped off in terms of quality recently.
I agree with you. With TM Lewin, I like the fact I can pretty much spec a nice fitting shirt for my frame (old school shirts are very baggy on me) at pretty reasonable, (though not super cheap, usually order when a deal is on - 4 for £100), price. Plus there's a lot of shops around in London, and do a fairly good mail order. I've been getting non-iron, slim fit and initially (about 4-5 yrs ago) the range and quality was great, a nice stiff cotton. Now I've noticed the pattern choices are a bit duff, and some material very thin.Smart enough for my job, but I'll have a look at some of the above options to see if the value/quality is similar.
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