In-Depth Look at Custom Shirts

There are several details that go through before completing men’s dress shirt and taking notice of this can provide greater results. This section provides the dress shirt’s construction and design.

Men’s shirts are sized according to the measurement of the collar and length of sleeves. Some shirts are cut so even a portly man can fit well without the shirt looking too loose on the wearer. Those that have a unique size at the neck and arm length may find it challenging to get a well-fitting shirt that considers this. Even the most basic alterations can add at least fifty percent to the dress shirt’s price. It should be noted that the shirts can be more affordable when it’s made according to the wearer’s measurements.

A working class man, at the beginning of his career may not have enough resources to purchase something tailor made. The best recourse would be to first figure out what looks good on you. Only then should you purchase your favorite shirts in more colors or patterns. But picking out the right dress shirt should include the type of collar, pocket, cuffs, as well as pockets or even the pleats, and not just the color or pattern.

In retail stores, the fit is set to a certain standard only so picking your perfect size would be near impossible. Even with a retail store with hundreds and thousands of dress shirts to choose from, finding the right one is the only thing that matters.

Custom Collars

Collar is the most essential part of the shirt in determining its degree of formality as well as the overall fit of the garment. It’s worthy to mention that button-down collars are considered more casual and can look good with a sweater or sport coat. The wing collar style should be worn for formal occasions only. This type of collar does not hide the tie’s band at the wearer’s neck.

Dress shirts for men mostly have the pointed collar. However, there should be a great deal of variety  here. The pointed collar may look nice on men but for those with elongated faces, they should consider getting slightly shorter pointed collars. Men with rounder faces benefit from long pointed collars and in general, the bigger the angle in the middle of the pointed collar’s short sides, the greater the formality. Spread collars that are left open should have bigger knotted ties. The formal arrangement of the collar has the edges almost straight at the top of the knot.

A white contrast collar, which may have white French cuffs to match or not, is the preferred one of the truly stylish. On certain dress shirts, pointed collars are maintained straight by its collar stays. The pointed splints are then added into the collar’s underside after it’s been washed and ironed. It comes in brass and silver as well as ivory, however the material would end up being insignificant.

Cuffed Shirts

The usual cuff style on shirts is the barrel cuff and would come in various styles. The most common style has just one button and cuffs with at least 3 buttons are often regarded as more artful. French cuffs are important in men’s formal wear, although they are better worn with a suit, they are also optional. A button in the gauntlet allows the sleeve to close when you wear it and can be opened for ironing the cuffs, albeit optional.

Custom Pockets

The standard left breast lends character to the dress shirt when it’s worn alone and functional too as it can hold small items such as pens or tickets. Without pockets, the dress shirt looks just as sleeker paired with a suit jacket and tie. A shirt without pockets may be simple but it is regarded as the most formal and dressiest.

Shirt Placket

The regular shirt placket is a narrow fabric strip along the front where the buttons are placed. Meanwhile, the modern French placket has the front shirt’s edge folded over with creasing and held by button holes. This sleeker front makes the dress shirts look sharper but it should not be paired with a button down collar.

The Custom Shirt’s Back

The shirt’s pleats at the back are added in this way the fabric hangs from the yoke and wears well on the body. Two varieties of pleated back styles, the box pleat has 2 pleats of 1 ½ inches in between them. Meanwhile, side pleats are located around the edges of the back. The box pleat is used mostly on dress shirts that are ready to wear while the side pleats rely on the real shape of the wearer’s back so it fits well on most men. A well-tailored dress shirt is made to fit perfectly on the wearer even without the pleats. In this fashion, the shirt is sleeker and irons easily. In any case, most men would rather have pleated custom dress shirts.

Men’s Monogrammed Shirt

Men can choose to customize the dress shirt with a monogram of his name or initials. This is usually placed on the pocket or the shirt’s cuff. The function of the monogram is to identify the wearer’s shirt so it won’t get lost when laundered commercially. Nowadays the dress shirt’s prominence has given men a chance to care for their garments and personalize it. Men usually prefer the subtle display of their names or just initials in the same color of their shirt as opposed to flamboyant or large monograms.