M&S Sartorial Work Shirts
M&S Sartorial Work Shirts
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T5SOR

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2,020 posts

244 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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I have quite a few of the M&S Sartorial shirts for work and in the last 2 weeks the elbow has ripped on two different shirts. Anyone else had this problem with M&S Sartorial shirts?

It seems odd, but may be the elbows are very thin and the weakest point in the arm.

Edited by T5SOR on Thursday 24th October 14:55

OneDs

1,629 posts

195 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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Yep, one of mine some are particularly thin cotton, pink checked one it was, wore thin and then caught it on something, always that or the collars to go first.

SlimRick

2,276 posts

184 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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Same here - stopped buying them around 6 months ago, quality had got that poor. Mainly fraying on the collars and cuffs.

Four Litre

2,174 posts

211 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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No problems here - dont bother with any other makes any more.. Seem to last ages!

Weirdly a few of us based in another office, went through a phase of 'shirt elbow' over a period of 6 months. Eventually put it down to the cleaners spraying our desks with some form of bleach!! Oddly never happened since we changed offices.

Spooky!

D1bram

1,518 posts

190 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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I often wear through the elbows of my work shirts - regardless of brand, I simply put it down to me dragging my elbows across my desk to be honest.

skilly1

2,809 posts

214 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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Yes, I have had the elbow on one go through as well.

Puggit

49,299 posts

267 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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Four Litre said:
No problems here - dont bother with any other makes any more.. Seem to last ages!

Weirdly a few of us based in another office, went through a phase of 'shirt elbow' over a period of 6 months. Eventually put it down to the cleaners spraying our desks with some form of bleach!! Oddly never happened since we changed offices.

Spooky!
Yep - had the same experience here. It was something on the desks.

Burgmeister

2,206 posts

229 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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Another Sartorial shirt dresser here - some of mine are 18 months old and I have had no issues so far...

creampuff

6,511 posts

162 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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I know this isn't a shirt but I got back from lunch and noticed a huge 3-inch diameter wear hole in the pocket of my suit trousers. I have no idea how that got there. It's really big, the sort of damage you would expect if you had gone dogging and some 16-stone woman had been grinding away on top of it while it had become trapped on a gravel driveway.

T5SOR

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2,020 posts

244 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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Burgmeister said:
Another Sartorial shirt dresser here - some of mine are 18 months old and I have had no issues so far...
I'll swap ya

T5SOR

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2,020 posts

244 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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OneDs said:
Yep, one of mine some are particularly thin cotton, pink checked one it was, wore thin and then caught it on something, always that or the collars to go first.
I am wearing that one right now and have a breeze down my arm

PAULJ5555

3,554 posts

195 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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I have never had a shirt ware trough at the elbow.

What am I doing wrong?

zb

3,582 posts

183 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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Funny you should raise the issue of M&S quality.

I bought some reasonably smart work trousers just after Christmas, one pair had to go back after a week as the stitching was coming apart at the seam next to the pocket. The pair that replaced them have just given up the ghost, took them out the washing machine tonight and could see daylight through the arse seam.

Definite quality control issues at M&S.

anonymous-user

73 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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Tried one a year or two ago and it wore out very quickly, both at the collar and cuff area. The Lewin ones i have are OK, the CT Shirts are ok too

AmitG

3,457 posts

179 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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I bought a couple of M&S Sartorial shirts and was not very happy with the quality. Buttons were more fragile than expected and collars and cuffs wore out quickly. I felt that better quality can be had for the same price.

anonymous-user

73 months

Saturday 26th October 2013
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I've got a few of these.
Very erratic quality. One is possibly the best fitting, best made shirt I own right now whilst another appears to have been cut and stitched by Stevie Wonder. The sleeves aren't straight, nor the same length (I kid you not)

drivin_me_nuts

17,949 posts

230 months

Saturday 26th October 2013
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Ive bought a few things from M&S of late. the wool mix trousers now look shabbier than a pair of primark specials after no more than a handfull of washes. Brown suede shoes replaced yesterday after one week as the staples bonding the heel were coming through the padding - an interesting attempt at al fresco accupuncture.

I am fast forming the opinion that M&S are selling shoddy goods and trading on their 'quality' name.

JRewing

17,547 posts

198 months

Saturday 26th October 2013
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The dress item I bought from M&S was a pair of shoes which gave me a blister within the first day which has scarred before creasing horribly all over.
I haven't bought any clothing from there since and those shoes went straight into the bin.

northwest monkey

6,370 posts

208 months

Saturday 26th October 2013
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creampuff said:
I know this isn't a shirt but I got back from lunch and noticed a huge 3-inch diameter wear hole in the pocket of my suit trousers. I have no idea how that got there. It's really big, the sort of damage you would expect if you had gone dogging and some 16-stone woman had been grinding away on top of it while it had become trapped on a gravel driveway.
I've had exactly that problem. I find wearing jeans is a better solution when dogging.

Pothole

34,367 posts

301 months

Saturday 26th October 2013
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PAULJ5555 said:
I have never had a shirt ware trough at the elbow.

What am I doing wrong?
Besides spelling?