white shirts

[m3sye]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 19 August 2009 at 10:15

[C8PPO]

And again in English?

[m3sye]

Yeah good point (was on the phone and never been good at doing 2 things at once)

I am looking for a decent White shirt, one where the collar sits right either with a suit jacket on or without. Ideally want to buy it online as I need it for Saturday and have no time to hit the shops looking for one.

Any idea?

[Fittster]

m3sye said:

I am looking for a decent White shirt, one where the collar sits right either with a suit jacket on or without. Ideally want to buy it online as I need it for Saturday and have no time to hit the shops looking for one.

Any idea?

How it fits is as dependent on your body shape as it is the cut of the shirt. So if you already have a shirt that fits as you describe buy one made by the same people.

Or if we are being PH snobs, go to Turnbull and Asser

[C8PPO]

Curtis & Dyer do an online made to measure service, where you measure several different points yourself and fill in a form and send it to them. They offer a range of collar options. About £65 iirc, and if you don't like the fit you can send it back to them and they'll alter it.

That's what I did for my wedding shirt.

Edited by C8PPO on Wednesday 19th August 11:19

[rhinochopig]

George at Asda do some lovely shirts - good value too. If you're very small, you can even get a jacket and trousers for £15 if you go to Tesco. They deliver too.

[RemaL]

deleted original post WTF

[m3sye]

RemaL said:

deleted original post WTF

You would have understood if you read what I wrote - I think the excitement of going on holiday on Saturday, mixed with the boredom of some customer on the phone whilst writing my post, enabled me to write something that a 4 year old would be embarrassed of.

[shakotan]

m3sye said:

RemaL said:

deleted original post WTF

You would have understood if you read what I wrote - I think the excitement of going on holiday on Saturday, mixed with the boredom of some customer on the phone whilst writing my post, enabled me to write something that a 4 year old would be embarrassed of.

So why not just edit the OP?

Anyway, Hawes & Curtis 'off the peg' shirts fit me very well, so as long as you are not a wierd shape, you should get away with it.

[Buzz word]

I'm not sure if this is a whole shirt question or just a collar issue. On all my cotton shirts the collars begin to annoy me after minuites of them being on and it wont matter who makes them. One side curls out and one side curls in. Collar bones seem to be the answer but not the useless thin plastic ones they aways come with. You need something thick to keep them in shape. I think as long as they have the pockets for the bones the collar need not be an issue.
As for the rest of the fit the only shirts I have had that have fitted me were bespoke ones I had made in thailand but they don't fit anymore. All off the peg stuff is similarly ill fitting from one brand to the next.

[Mattygooner]

Harry Hill probably has a few spare ones you can use.

[shirt]

is there a debenhams near you? i had to buy one a while back for an interview the next day. debs had quote a decent range. bought a double cuffed jeff banks one for £20. decent quality, very soft cotton, and as i rarely wear white shirts it was good value too.

[Alfa numeric]

TM Lewin's always good- they almost always have some kind of offer on so they should be reasonable too.

[AndrewW-G]

www.charlestyrwhitt.co.uk if your after relatively cheap and will be there by Saturday, and probably have another sale on

[.R2D2]

shirt said:

is there a debenhams near you? i had to buy one a while back for an interview the next day. debs had quote a decent range. bought a double cuffed jeff banks one for £20. decent quality, very soft cotton, and as i rarely wear white shirts it was good value too.

Shirt should know, I'd go with what he says!

[shirt]

ha!

the name 'shirt' was given to me because someone once couldn't remember my name, only that my shirt looked like curry house wallpaper. that was 10yrs ago, so imagine how loud that shirt actually is.

[m3sye]

I fancy spending a bit more than £20 I want one that looks expensive, feels expensive and is fairly expensive (if thats poss)?
I think I need to get one properly made to see the right results

[Fittster]

m3sye said:

I fancy spending a bit more than £20 I want one that looks expensive, feels expensive and is fairly expensive (if thats poss)?
I think I need to get one properly made to see the right results

So you want a made to measure shirt delivered to you by Saturday?

[rhinochopig]

Here you go mate. Tesco do a twin pack of these for only £9, which you have to admit is a bit of a bargain. The material's a bit thin though so you may have to shave your nipples to stop the hairs showing through.

[hungry_hog]

These are good

£20 - 40: M & S, Harvie & Hudson
£40 - 70: Hilditch & Key, Stanley Ley, Ede & Ravenscroft
£70 - 100: Paul Smith, Turnbull, Boss, Emmett, Polo
£100+ - Emma Willis, Armani Collezioni, Richard James, Zegna, Canali

I haven't bought shirts from Lewin/Charles T for about two years but lots of bad reports from them in the forums if you search

I would check the websites, ring them up and explain - perhaps they will do a courier service for you