If you struggle to find the perfect fit, consider Proper Cloth’s customization service. “Nothing looks or fits better than made-to-measure,” says Swapna Patel, a Minneapolis-based stylist and founder of Style Remixx. The brand allows you to choose collar size, sleeve length and fit in its standard sizes. You can also create a completely custom shirt by measuring yourself or a shirt you already own, modifying a standard size, mailing a shirt to the company, doing a home try-on, scheduling a showroom visit or taking a quiz about fit and preferences. You can even design a shirt from scratch, starting with the fabric and customizing features like cuff type, pockets, hem design and more. Whatever method you choose, fabric samples are available for $1 each, and you’ll get a corresponding credit for a later order.
In addition to its size range, Proper Cloth offers an impressive variety of material and weave types. The 100%-cotton Thomas Mason Broadcloth Dress Shirt, recommended by Patel, is made using a broadcloth weave, which is tightly woven and shows very little texture. It’s a crisp dress shirt, but can be more prone to wrinkles—it’s a 3 out of 5 on Proper Cloth’s wrinkle-resistance scale. For ultimate wrinkle resistance, Braley-Palko recommends the Stretch Non-Iron Shirt (a 5 out of 5). Made from cotton and spandex, it has “a bit of stretch where—and when—I need it the most,” he says. “It is especially great for traveling in, ensuring you look your best right off the plane to your next meeting.”
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