Latest news from the Sartorial Executive

Stock Special Shirts - Full Acorn Range now available online

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:06:00 +0000

We have expanded the range of fabriocs available for our online stock special shirts to include all the Acorn range. Prices range from £100 for the Grange 100s Poplin to £150 for 100% linen. these shirts are made in England using traditional shirtmaking techniques in one of the oldest shirt making workshops in the country.

We have no minimum order for these shirts and the price includes delivery (a small surcharge is added to international orders).

If you are looking for the best quality in gentlemen's shirts and a better fit than anythiong on the high street then these are the shirts for you. See details at http://shirt-style.co.uk/bespoke_shirts_online.html

For those that want an even more exclusive shirt then our bespoke shirts are available.

Made to Measure Suits - new Holland & Sherry range

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:31:00 +0000

We are pleaseed to be able to announce the arrival of a new bunch from Holland and Sherry - Bunch HS529 - which goes under the name of Conquest. This is new range of Luxury Worsted Flannels and we feel these are going to prove exceptionally popular.

There are 14 cloths in 100s which are 11oz in weight and 17 that are 120s and 9oz in weight. The 120s would make delightful suits for the autum and the 100s making excellent suits for the coming winter.

The price for our suits from these fabrics should please you also - see http://www.shirt-style.co.uk/tailormadesuit.html?blog

CORGI SOCKS - Two Pairs for £25

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:28:00 +0000

We are offering our 100% cotton, navy over the calf, socks at the special price of two pairs for £25. Go to http://www.shirt-style.co.uk/socks.html

Removable Collar Bespoke Shirts available

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:37:00 +0000

We are proud to announce that we are happy to make bespoke shirts with detachable collars, particularly useful in enabling a formal dress shirt to be changed from a wing (turn-up) collar to a turn-down collar.

Contact us on 01684 878195 or complete the form at http://www.shirt-style.co.uk/order.html

Hand made Italian neckties reduced from £65 to £25

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:54:00 +0000

We have reduced the price of our hand made 100% silk neck ties by £40 prior to the launch of our Made in England range of neck ties. Be quick as there is very limited stock remaining and at this price they are proving vey popular. Click here for details.

Bespoke Shirts available worldwide

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:19:00 +0000

A post on Style Forum shows one of our recent bespoke shirts (along with some Finnamore shirts from Italy) at http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.php?p=2319789&postcount=1247
This shirt was ordered by a client based in Copenhagen, Denmark after seeing shirts made for other Style Forum members. The shirt has a customer designed collar, based on one of our collars previously designed for another client.

This is one of the best features of bespoke shirts, the ability to personally dewsign features of the shirt to suit your own style and because we use hand cut paper patterns for all the components of the shirt all future shirts will be made to exactly the same specification (unless the client requests changes, of course).

The bespoke shirt shown on the Style Forum page is made using an Acorn Grange Gingham fabric - a particularly nice gingham check.

If you would like to order a bespoke shirt from the Sartorial Executive, made to the finest English shirt making standards then call us on +44 1684 878195 and we will work to you to create the shirt for you.

The Sartorial Executive - Fine English Bespoke Shirts
Telephone 01684 878195
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How a man should dress

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:23:00 +0000

Luxury Bespoke Shirts, Cufflinks, Socks and Ties

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:44:00 +0000

The Sartorial Executive are a company that focus on traditional luxury and quality ahead of fashion and gimmick. Take for example our fantastic Sterling Silver chain-linked cufflinks. Fanbtastic value at just £65, but no compromise in quality. They are a perfect partner for our bespoke shirts.

Our socks are, in our opinion, the best available from any UK manufacturer. Ultra soft cotton, hand finished, over the calf to ensure they stay up and only £13. Why only navy? 90% of respondents to a recent survey included navy as their sock colour of choice - so here they are the ultimate navy sock. Other colours are in the pipeline - just let us know your favourite colours.

Our ties are hand-made 100% fine Italian Silk. Made using traditional Italian tie making processes in the Como region by skilled tie craftsmen. These are of a limited supply as we plan to move production to the UK using fine English silks. Our current ties are very luxurious; our new ties will be even better.

And that leaves our shirts - the best Italian and Swiss cottons are used, with yarn counts up to 200s. The mills we use have rightly earned their reputation as the best in the world. Our clients know what they want when it comes to quality and we deliver.

A bespoke shirt cuff with a license to kill

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:34:00 +0000

Looking for something a little different on your next bespoke shirts? How about a cocktail cuff? This cuff is essentially a turnback cuff which fastens with buttons rather than cufflinks. Apparantly it was originally designed by Frank Foster, the esteemed bespoke shirt maker from Pall Mall and made popular by Sean Connery and later Roger Moore wearing the cuff on shirts in James Bond movies (Moore also wore them in some episodes of The Saint). The cuff is often called the James Bond cuff for this reason.

Originally designed for use with evening wear (hence the term 'cocktail cuff') the collar is today worn regularly with lounge suits in a more informal environment.

If you are looking for a cuff on your bespoke shirts with the flamboyance of the turnback, but want to do away with cufflinks then the cocktail cuff may be for you.

One for the ladies

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:20:00 +0000

Just a reminder that our bespoke shirts are not just for Gentlemen. We are also able to produce excellent bespoke shirts for ladies at the same price.

To view our excellent range of fabrics, the largest and most comprehensive in the region, just call 01684 878195 or fill in the contact form at http://www.shirt-style.co.uk/order.html

Fleet Support Group Charity Polo Day

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:17:00 +0000

As we mentioned earlier we recently donated a Made to Measure shirt to the charity auction at a recent Polo day in support of cancer charity 'Hope for Tomorrow'. I am pleased to say that the event on the day raised just over £21,000 for the charity. An excellent result.

Sartorial Executive Made to Measure Shirt Winner announced

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:16:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the winner of our recent competition, run in conjunction with http://www.thehuntingground.net/ to win a Sartorial Executive Made to Measure shirt was won by Dr William Duggan from Monmouthshire. We congratulate Dr Duggan on his win and look forward to making the shirt for him.

For those that entered the competition, and those that did not, we are able to offer a Made to Measure shirt for just £100, made here in England to the highest of shirt making standards. Shirts are posted FREE of charge throughout the UK with an £8.50 charge to any International destination.

Also, of course, our bespoke shirts, made from the finest Swiss and Italian cottons are available either online or through our visiting service starting from just £125.

You may also be interested to know that http://www.thehuntingground.net/ are running a new competition this month for £100 of vouchers from up and coming company Lions Rampant - Go to http://www.thehuntingground.net/competitions.php to enter the competition today.

Corgi Socks - update

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:34:00 +0000

We mentioned a week or so ago about Corgi socks to be available soon, and we are expecting them to arrive in the next few weeks. The socks will be from the finest pure cotton in Navy colour (this was recently voted the most useful colour sock in a recent piece of research we did).

The socks will be over-the-calf ensuring they stay up throughout the day and will not 'flash' your calves at the ladies!

The price of the socks will be set at £12.50 (cheaper than any other retailer we could find on the web), however during the first week of their availablity they will be £11.50 for bespoke shirt club members. If you are not a member yet, then now is the time to join.

An excellent addition to our range for the discerning gentleman

Linen Bespoke Shirts - stay cool this summer.

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:25:00 +0000

The weather is getting hotter and hotter! There are rumours of it reaching the mid 30s sometime during this week. Phew!!

You may be finding your cotton shirts are leaving you a bit 'hot under the collar'. No matter, we are able to craft you a fantastic linen shirt in our Kent workshops from £135. Linen is the best fabric to wear in the heat of the summer, and if made from traditional business colours then it fits fine under a suit in the workplace. We have a large range of linen colourways to choose from.

There is no need to join the T-Shirt wearing brigade that are so prevelant in today's workplace. retain your sartorial dignity with one of our linen shirts.

Find out more by completing the form at http://www.shirt-style.co.uk/order.html or call us on 01684 878195.

Wedding bespoke shirts

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:20:00 +0000

For those who like the traditional look of a club collar shirt for their wedding, bespoke shirts are a great choice. We have recently made two of the following bespoke shirts for a groom for himself and the best man.

The club collar was very popular early in the last century - see the shirts worn by Stephen Fry in the TV adaptation of P.G.Wodehouse's Jeeves & Wooster novels. In recent years the club collar has all but disappeared from everyday use, although there was a small revival in the 1960s

Bespoke Shirts with real style

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:02:00 +0000

Another of our shirts has been deemed a star by the members of Style Forum. The picture below was posted by one of our clients and received some really positive feedback. We already have had people requesting their own version of this bespoke shirt after seeing it on the forum.

The shirt features no tie space making for a very clean neck closure and the shape and size of the collar was designed by the client himself; and a great design it is as it is becoming the most popular collar shape we sell.

We intend to offer a similar shirt to this as a special offer soon. Watch this space for more details.

Bespoke Shirts

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:59:00 +0000

More praise for our bespoke shirts on Style Forum in the form of a lilac checked shirt made for one of our clients.

Button Down Bespoke Shirts Collar is 'Terrific'

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:05:00 +0000

We always knew our button down collars on our Sartorial Executivebespoke shirts were amongst the best available, and this has been confirmed in a comment from a respected contributor on the esteemed Ask Andy About Clothes - see http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showpost.php?p=947892&postcount=11363

See for yourself how good our button down bespoke shirt collars are by either making an appointment with one of our consultants (http://www.shirt-style.co.uk/order.html) or ordering a Made to Measure version online at http://www.shirt-style.co.uk/bespoke_shirts_online.html

Corgi Socks - coming soon

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:33:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that we will soon be bringing some of the highest quality socks available to you through both our visiting bespoke shirts service and also online.

The socks will be made in Wales for us by Corgi socks, a fine company that holds a Royal Warrant from HRH The Prince of Wales. These socks are certainly worth the warrant as they are beautiful indeed.

Initially we will be offering navy with sky toe, heel and tops in an over the calf length made from 100% Cotton.

we are sure you will be delighted.

Going, going gone....

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:21:00 +0000

Just one week until the Hope for Tomorrow charity Polo day at Beaufort Polo club where one of our Made to Measure shirts is to be auctioned in aid of this very worthwhile charity.

http://www.beaufortpoloclub.co.uk/Fixtures/CCPoloDay.htm is the website with details of this fantastic days entertainment.

Quality bespoke shirts - no gimmicks

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:27:00 +0000

Whilst other shirt makers concentrate on the gimmicks that they offer with their tailored shirts we concentrate on the most important aspect of bespoke shirts - quality.

Our shirts are made from the finest quality two fold cottons sourced from the best italian and Swiss cotton mills, and are made here in England using the best shirt making techniques. We truly believe that you will not buy a bespoke shirt in the UK at the same price and quality as our shirts. Have a look at http://www.shirt-style.co.uk/gallery.html for some examples of our shirts.

Of course if monograms and patterened collar and cuff patterns are your thing then we are more than happy to make those, but we will never compromise on quality of our shirts.

Bespoke Shirts - interlinings

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:24:00 +0000

Interlinings are hidden, unseen components in shirts yet they are very important. They are the thing that adds the support, handle, soft or firmness and style to the collars and cuffs of your bespoke shirts.

There is the choice of whether the interlinings are sewn in or fused (glued). All of our interlinings are stitched as this gives a more natural look to the collars and stops them being too rigid and 'cardboard' like and flat like so many shirts (even some that are more expensive than ours).

We have chosen our bespoke shirt interlinings to give just the optimum level of firmness which allows the collar to look good and be worn without collar stiffeners in a more casual environment, and with collar stays when worn with a suit and tie.

A look at the collars on our shirts in comparison to many others will soon tell you that our collars are better. they are nicer in style and sit correctly on the shirt.

Bespoke shirts - 240s 2 ply?

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:51:00 +0000

We have just been speaking to one of our main fabric suppliers from italy and they have informed us that they soon expect to be able to offer a superfine 240s 2-ply cotton range for bespoke shirts.

this is very exciting as it will enable us to make some of the finest possible bespoke shirts in the world. We will keep you up to date through this blog as to when these fabrics are available

made to measure suits

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Our made to measure suits are now available to complement our bespoke shirts. The first suit is already in the process of being made using a fantastic herringbone cloth from the Holland & Sherry perennial range. This 13oz 100% Wool worsted cloth is an excellent choice for a suit.

We will bring you pictures of the suit as it is developed.

Latest Bespoke Shirts

noreply@blogger.com (The Sartorial Executive) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:22:00 +0000

Alumo Supraluxe White
Client designed collar without interlining

Tessitura Monti Regal

Client designed collar without interlining