Shirt Stores
Retailers for dress, casual and custom shirts
Shirt stores build a whole business on one garment, because the shirt rewards specialization: collars alone run from spread to button-down to cutaway, fabrics from broadcloth to twill to linen, and fits from slim to classic, each suited to different bodies and occasions. Dedicated shirt retailers carry that depth in stock, offer collar-and-cuff precision in sizing (neck and sleeve measured to the half inch), and often provide custom or made-to-measure programs for customers stock sizes fail. The stores listed here serve men and women buying dress shirts for work, casual shirts for weekends, and formal shirts for black tie. A shirt bought well (right collar for your ties and face, right fit through the shoulder) does more quiet work in a wardrobe than almost any other purchase.
As you know shirts come in a wide variety of styles, fabrics, colors, prints, etc. A few popular categories include crewneck t-shirts, tank tops, Henley tees, dress shirts, blouses, turtlenecks, etc. You will find that numerous retailers sell a wide variety of options.
Men's T-shirt Stores / Women's T-shirt Stores
Men's Shirt Stores / Women's Shirt Stores
For those of you that enjoy researching clothing styles, you can learn more about various men's shirts & women's shirts in our clothing guide section. If you wish to narrow your research to tees you can learn about men's t-shirts and about women's t-shirts.
Shirt retailers are clothing stores that sell either a single type of shirt or multiple types to consumers. Product sold at retail is sold for use by a consumer rather than for resale. If you are looking for product to resell, you are better off researching wholesale product.
Stock Sizes, Custom and Made to Measure
The shirt market divides into three tiers of fit. Off-the-rack shirts in graded fits (slim, tailored, classic) now suit most buyers when neck and sleeve are right and the body is close. Made-to-measure starts from a pattern adjusted to your measurements, collar and cuff choices, and suits men and women whom stock fits nearly serve. Full custom builds a pattern for one body. Shirt specialists on this page commonly offer the first two and sometimes all three, with fabric books that make custom genuinely pleasurable: hundreds of stripes, checks and solids beyond any rack.
Wardrobe planning repays a moment's thought: white and light blue dress shirts carry a working wardrobe, with a stripe and a check for rotation; non-iron finishes suit travelers; and one formal shirt, kept reserved, ends the recurring panic before evening events. Rotate shirts rather than wearing favorites to death, launder or clean according to the collar's construction, and replace when collars and cuffs fray: a frayed collar undoes the entire point of a specialist shirt. The stores listed here will fit, advise and, in many cases, keep your sizes on file for painless reordering.
Common Questions
How is a dress shirt properly sized?
By neck size and sleeve length: measure around the neck with two fingers of ease, and from the center back of the neck over the shoulder to the wrist for sleeve. The collar should close comfortably without gaping when buttoned, shoulder seams should sit at the shoulder bone, and cuffs should end at the wrist bone, showing a small margin beyond a jacket sleeve.
Which collar style should I choose?
Button-down collars are the casual, American classic and pair with sport jackets and knit ties. Point collars are versatile and traditional. Spread and cutaway collars suit wider tie knots and modern tailoring, and frame broader faces well. Formal shirts take a wingtip collar for black tie or a spread with French cuffs for the most formal business dress.
What shirt fabrics are best for each season?
Cotton broadcloth and poplin are smooth, light and formal year-round. Twill and herringbone add texture and wrinkle resistance for travel and long days. Oxford cloth is the durable casual standard. Linen and linen blends breathe in summer at the cost of creasing, which wearers accept as part of its character. Flannel reverses the logic for winter casual wear.