Hi. This is my first post. I've been lurking on the forums, but can't quite find a thread that throughly covers this topic. I'll present what information I think I've gathered below. Please correct and inform. If there is an exiting thread that covers this, please point me in the right direction.
I need to build up a wardrobe from scratch, since I recently lost 50 pounds. I'm looking to build a capsule wardrobe with the basis being the white dress shirt. Something I can dress up or down. I don't mind spending money for value, but I seem to get queasy when thinking about paying more than $100 for a dress shirt, so I'll need some education to get past that. (since I can get $400 Allen Edmonds shoes on eBay for ~$100, high quality selvage jeans on eBay for $40-50, etc. I have some mental barrier with the cost of dress shirts)
I'm really trying to find the sweet spot in price vs quality. Not sure if my measurements are good for off the rack, since my neck is kinda in between at 15.75, arms are shortish 33 (sleeve length 24.5), chest 40 and 34 waist. I like the shirts to be very slim fitting; hugging the body, since I'm 5'9" 160 pounds, but not tight. So MTM seems to be the way to go, plus I hate trying on clothes.
It seems like the spectrum for MTM shirts is $60 on the low end (Indochino,Tailor4Less) up to $160-$200 for the midrange? (ProperCloth, MyTailor), to Turnbull an Asser on the high end. (what did I miss in between the $60 and $200 range? are there more price points I'm missing? Something around $120, $130 perhaps?)
I thought this article here was quite informative:
http://ift.tt/1k5rro8
From what I've read so far it seems like ProperCloth or MyTailor would hit the sweet spot for price vs quality and allow me to get a few shirts with high end cloth (Thomas Mason) down the road when funds permit. I could by cheaper quality cloth shirts from them until I get the fit down then upgrade the cloth. Does this seem like a good strategy?
On some of the sites it seems difficult to get solid information on the thread count, button quality, button stitch type, etc. which makes MTM seem like fine way to waste alot of money up front if you do it wrong vs just buying OTR.
So, here I am looking for advice. I want to understand the different quality (price) tiers, and the best way to go from buying some cheap shirts to get the fit right, to getting the best value cloth down the road to put some staples into my wardrobe. Not looking for anything fancy, just well fitting, with high quality material that will last. I'm looking for the sweet spot in cost per month/year of wear.
What I'm achieve is that price point where I can get 80-90% of what the high end shirts offer at the lowest pricepoint. Think the BWM M3 or Corvette of shirts. Where you can get the majority of the quality and performance without starting to spend silly money.
Thanks in advance for the help, and point me in the right direction.
MTM dress shirt sweetspot
I need to build up a wardrobe from scratch, since I recently lost 50 pounds. I'm looking to build a capsule wardrobe with the basis being the white dress shirt. Something I can dress up or down. I don't mind spending money for value, but I seem to get queasy when thinking about paying more than $100 for a dress shirt, so I'll need some education to get past that. (since I can get $400 Allen Edmonds shoes on eBay for ~$100, high quality selvage jeans on eBay for $40-50, etc. I have some mental barrier with the cost of dress shirts)
I'm really trying to find the sweet spot in price vs quality. Not sure if my measurements are good for off the rack, since my neck is kinda in between at 15.75, arms are shortish 33 (sleeve length 24.5), chest 40 and 34 waist. I like the shirts to be very slim fitting; hugging the body, since I'm 5'9" 160 pounds, but not tight. So MTM seems to be the way to go, plus I hate trying on clothes.
It seems like the spectrum for MTM shirts is $60 on the low end (Indochino,Tailor4Less) up to $160-$200 for the midrange? (ProperCloth, MyTailor), to Turnbull an Asser on the high end. (what did I miss in between the $60 and $200 range? are there more price points I'm missing? Something around $120, $130 perhaps?)
I thought this article here was quite informative:
http://ift.tt/1k5rro8
From what I've read so far it seems like ProperCloth or MyTailor would hit the sweet spot for price vs quality and allow me to get a few shirts with high end cloth (Thomas Mason) down the road when funds permit. I could by cheaper quality cloth shirts from them until I get the fit down then upgrade the cloth. Does this seem like a good strategy?
On some of the sites it seems difficult to get solid information on the thread count, button quality, button stitch type, etc. which makes MTM seem like fine way to waste alot of money up front if you do it wrong vs just buying OTR.
So, here I am looking for advice. I want to understand the different quality (price) tiers, and the best way to go from buying some cheap shirts to get the fit right, to getting the best value cloth down the road to put some staples into my wardrobe. Not looking for anything fancy, just well fitting, with high quality material that will last. I'm looking for the sweet spot in cost per month/year of wear.
What I'm achieve is that price point where I can get 80-90% of what the high end shirts offer at the lowest pricepoint. Think the BWM M3 or Corvette of shirts. Where you can get the majority of the quality and performance without starting to spend silly money.
Thanks in advance for the help, and point me in the right direction.
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