REVIEW: Modern Tailor Custom Shirting
Gabe Alonso Being an in between size makes clothing the upper half of my body annoying. I’ve turned to custom shirting as an alternative. Over the next week or so, I’ll showcase a few companies that I tried out in order to find what the best affordable option is for custom shirting.
If you’re going to try out any custom shirting site first, try Modern Tailor. Why? They are offering a $19.95 special for those who may feel a bit hesitant to get a custom shirt (ie brand new customers). They offer it in black and oxford blue. I’m just going to say it – unless you’re a waiter, you really don’t need a black dress shirt. Go with the blue, it’s far more versatile and you’ll get a ton of mileage out of it. Both are single-ply, 70s-80s fabrics. Meaning, they aren’t thick by any means which make for a great lightweight shirt you can wear year-round without worry.
Although the shirts start off at $19.95, you have additional options that can add a few bucks here and there to final price. I decided to add a contrast collar and mother of pearl buttons for an extra $7, I believe. So, at the end of the day I got a brand new shirt for under $30 that fit me pretty damn near perfect. The process was simple. They ask you to measure a shirt that already fits you well, so you don’t have to worry about measuring yourself. Measuring a shirt you already own makes perfect sense. You know you like the fit already and there’s far less ways to screw up the measurement process. Just make sure you double/triple check everything. I messed up my neck measurement and now I have a shirt that fits me well, but the collar is about 1.5 sizes too big. Not a huge deal when you put on a tie, but it’s still annoying.
The quality of the shirt itself was better than I could have imagined. I figured for 20 bucks the cloth would have been thin and wimpy, certainly not of the best quality. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised. The fabric has a nice heft to it. It’s not paper-thin and there isn’t any sort of sheen to the shirt. It’s a nicely understated fabric, that with the contrast collar transforms the shirt into a perfectly transitional casual-to-dress button up. The actual ordering process is intuitive and not hard to follow. There are plenty of options for the collar, cuff, monograms, etc. to really put your personal touch on the shirt. I’m really happy with it and already got some compliments when I wore it the other day.
Still need more convincing? If you like their Facebook page, they’ll send you an e-mail with a voucher code for an extra 20% off you next purchase. I’ve already put in my next order for a shirt. Why not right?
Shirt details:
Wide spread, contrast collar
Mitred, single button cuffs
No placket
Mother of pearl buttons
Slim Fit
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