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July 23 2011
Online Custom Tailored Shirt Review – Modern Tailor
About a month ago I was searching around online for some new clothing (as personal friends will know, I’ve been improving my lifestyle and have lost a fair amount of weight and have a changed body composition). Shortly after sending a tweet about needing some new clothing a representative from Modern Tailor sent me a note asking if I’d be willing to try out their online self-service custom clothing service. How could I say no?
Over the next week or so — I’ve been crazy busy at work recently — I worked on designing a new shirt.
Reviewing all of the details of my soon to be new shirt.
Over the next week or so — I’ve been crazy busy at work recently — I worked on designing a new shirt.
It ended up taking nearly an hour to get everything set to my specifications, carefully examining each and every possible variation and detail of the shirt.
Some of my choices:
- Sewn in collar stay
- Wide-spread collar
- Single collar button
- Standard placket
- Mother of Pearl buttons
- Cut corner, 1 button cuff
- Monogramming on the left cuff
Once the order had been placed, it took about one week for Modern Tailor to build the shirt and pass it off to the shipper. Then about a week after that the shirt arrived (carefully packed for its journey from China).
If you haven’t ordered a custom built shirt online before, it’s quite the experience when the package comes — you just can’t wait to try it on and see how it fit. Thankfully, this shirt was perfect! The fabric is a just-right thickness (I prefer a thicker shirt, and this fit the bill although they have over 1,000 fabrics to choose from).
The fit was exactly as ordered and within normal variances. Being my first custom tailored shirt ordered online, I was a little generous with the measurements I gave them, just in case, but that clearly wasn’t necessary and my next order will be even more precise.
Suffice it to say; the ordering process, execution, and delivery from Modern Tailor was fabulous and I will certainly be returning. The prices are very economical (this shirt was around $80, shipped) and you’d pay a comparable price for something off-the-rack but that wasn’t made to your exacting specs.
Now, some pictures of the shirt.
*Note that Modern Tailor gave me a great deal on this first shirt with no strings attached, however I’m a firm believer in spreading the word when a company takes good care of a client, and the shirt came out wonderfully. Also the links in this post are referral links so I get a little something if you do place an order.
