Henry Poole Bespoke Shirts

[alden]

A few pictures from the bespoke shirt dept at N&L:

[andreyb]

Mr Alden, thank you -- these are indeed very nice pictures!

Where they are taken? In N&L's Jermyn Street shop or in some other place? I believe that N&L uses outworkers for sewing -- am I right? And who is a man on the pictures -- is it Mr O'Flynn or Mr Blackwell?

Andrey

[AnthonyJordan]

Does anyone have experience with New & Lingwood's neckband shirts with the detachable collars?

... if anyone is familiar with N&L, or can recommend another shirtmaker that does similar work, I'd be most grateful. International shipping is a plus, but I hope to go to London within about the next 12 months, so it's not a must.

I take the liberty of resurrecting this thread (which I am not clear how I found, but there you are) to suggest some other makers of tunic shirts for your consideration. Although I have not the experience of New and Lingwood's product to enable me to make comparisons, I have been pleased with my tunic shirts bought from T.M. Lewin. Whilst I know that not everyone is impressed with the quality of T.M. Lewin manufacture, at an average of £32.50 a shirt I feel that they strike a good balance between price and quality. The only drawback I would highlight is that, unlike most shirtmakers, they only supply one matching collar, not two. A friend of mine who is an Anglican priest wears these in lieu of clerical shirts and swears by them. Unfortunately they do not generally sell by mail-order (although I have made arrangements to do so via their customer services dept. and the Chancery Lane store).

I am very happy with my one Budd tunic shirt (c. £50 4 years ago) but understand that they offer only plains in stock.

Another option would be Court Tailors Ede and Ravenscroft (a good range of colours, two collars supplied, also sell a range of stiff collars similar to that offered by N&L, but rather cheaper). I am not familiar with their shirts apart from these details but understand that they apparently outsource their production to Russia. They offer a limited range of styles online, as do Stanley Ley, who I understand are very popular with the legal profession. Ley's offer some very bold designs through their shop and supply two soft collars with their shirts. The range online is limited and more muted, and I suspect the line badged Autumn 2004 may be out of stock! The other clear advantage to ordering in person is the ability to take advantage of periodic "three shirts for the price of one" offers which are not currently available online (although perhaps if enough people asked, they might be?)

Anthony.