This place is amazing. I’ve purchased some of their shirts online when they had a sale and they are some of the best-manufactured, best-fitting shirts I own. I’m excited to have them in D.C.; the quality is well worth the cost.

I opt not to buy Charles Tyr, Pink, or TM lewin…I discovered that these three brands, while headquartered in London, actually manufacture their shirts in North Africa and Vietnam. And (particularly in the case of Pink) the relatively high price for a shirt is set so the firms can cover the costs of a massive marketing department. So the revenue from the shirt goes more towards (good) marketing efforts than towards paying skilled craftsmen.

I have found a brand called Hilditch and Key that is sold at WM Fox near the Treasury that is still made by skilled workers in England, and the price (equal to Pink) goes towards paying skilled shirt makers instead of a marketing department.

A little idiosyncratic, but either way it is nice to see that people in DC are interested in shopping for shirts in places besides Macy’s or H&M. It speaks well for the city’s fashion progress.

I wish more people would get into making their own shirts. A decent used sewing machine is not that expensive used, and you can make pretty much whatever you want, as long as you follow the directions that come with the pattern. Much cheaper, and you get to live with the beautiful, one-of-a-kind piece of art that you wear.