Before he speak, his shirt bespoke

Custom shirts with Shirts My Way

(Credit: Shirts My Way)

After reading Rick Broida's post on how to save a small fortune on custom eyeglasses, I decided to do some research into what other custom clothing items you can purchase online. I found a Web site called Shirts My Way that lets you design your own dress shirt using a variety of different fits, fabrics, and cuts.

The project started with co-founders Michael Yang and Peter Crawfurd, who married their knowledge of custom tailoring with Web programming to start the site. The interface of the online design studio is simple, but comprehensive: the ordering process begins and ends with the shirt designers page.

From here, you choose everything from fabric (stripes, checks, denim) to design (collars, cuffs, yokes, pockets) and even minute details like the number of button holes and custom monograms. All in all, there are more than 7 trillion possible dress shirts combination possibilities.

The cost of the shirt depends solely on the type of fabric swatch you choose--all the aforementioned add-ons are included in the price. The company just launched the site last year, so introductory prices currently range from $59 to $69 with free international shipping, but prices will soon start at $65 and work their way up from there. Finally, the site is also running a 2-for-1 Easter promotion until April 19.

For more information on pricing, design, and how to order, take a trip over to ShirtsMyWay.com.

[tek-ed]

the crazy thing here though, is when I was in Hong Kong in August last year, I could have a dozen custom made shirts in a myriad of fabrics for under $1000HK. They would come to your hotel to pick you up, take you to their location, measure you and for $1000HK. Of course, depending on the fabric, you could either to opt to pay more, or get fewer shirts...but the key here is that they are custom made! And if you want more, you just call them or email them and they will make more and ship to your home address anywhere in the world...and that was cheap as well!
And you *KNOW* that these shirts are being made in china or hongkong as well...
Ed

[lgeubank]

This ad proves, some people shouldn't be allowed to design their own shirts.

[gjs1]

Some more custom shirt makers are at:
http://www.bestcustomshirt.com/
http://www.customshop.com/home.html
http://www.execshirts.com/

[qkim]

Amazing website and concept!


I'm gonna go try em.. a friend of mine already tried them.