Custom Dress Shirts in Toronto & Vaughan
The layer against your skin all day, and the one most men have never had cut to them. Your collar, your cuff, your body, measured at your office if you like, and reordered with a phone call once the pattern exists.
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How does a custom dress shirt work here?
Your collar, cuff and body are measured once, at the Vaughan studio or at your office, and drawn into a pattern Sam keeps. Two-ply cottons, two to three weeks for the first shirt and the twentieth alike. After that a reorder is a phone call: name a fabric and a collar, and nobody measures you again.
A collar that sits without gaping, a cuff that shows the right quarter-inch past your jacket, a body cut to you rather than to a neck-size-and-a-guess. A custom dress shirt is the quiet upgrade a man notices every single morning.
Choose the collar (spread, point, cutaway, button-down), the cuff (barrel or French), the placket, the pocket or none, and a monogram if you like. Sam makes custom dress shirts for clients from across Toronto, and for the first appointment he comes to your office: measured at work, the shirtings chosen there, and one trip to the Vaughan studio for the fitting. The first shirt takes two to three weeks, and every one after is a phone call, because your pattern is kept.
Your dress shirt, made to your specification.
Your collar
Spread, point, cutaway or button-down, cut to your neck and how you wear a tie (or don’t).
Barrel or French cuff
Button or link, with mother-of-pearl buttons and a monogram if you want one.
Two-ply cotton
Fine, durable two-ply weaves (poplin, twill, oxford, end-on-end) that press crisp and last.
Reordered by phone
Once your shirt pattern is on file, the next one needs no new measuring.
Hundreds of Egyptian and two-ply cottons: white, blue, pink and ivory, stripes and checks, from a crisp business poplin to a soft weekend oxford. Explore the fabric library →
No guessing at the price of your dress shirt.
- To make Two to three weeks, the first shirt and the twentieth alike.
- Payment Half when the fabric is chosen, half on delivery.
- Alterations Part of the price, not a line item at the end.
- Reorders Your measurements are kept, so the next one is a phone call.
- Where The first appointment at the studio or at your office (book an office visit); the fitting at the studio.
You get one firm price before anything is cut, and the first consultation costs nothing.
More on custom dress shirts
The questions people ask at the bench before they ever pick a cloth, answered properly. Ten minutes here and the first visit goes further.
Guide How to wash and iron a dress shirt Read the guide 
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The service The Custom Wardrobe See the wardrobe From Vaughan Custom Suits in Vaughan How it works from Vaughan 
From the almanac Quiet Triumphs Composite tales from the bench, not case files. Read the tales What people actually said.
“I had my wedding and reception suits made by Sam, and also ordered a three-piece suit and shirts for my dad. The prices were reasonable — a pleasant surprise given the exceptional quality and flawless construction. After I lost some weight, he graciously resized everything for a perfect fit. If you want top-notch custom suits, Sam is your guy.
Google reviewer · ★ Google
“Always bought my suits off the rack and always struggled with getting a quality suit that fit. A friend recommended I try Sam and I don't think I'll ever switch back. Sam has an extremely wide selection of fabrics and the detail he puts in every suit is truly remarkable. From the fit to choosing my fabric and design, Sam will be my go-to.
Rafi Habs · ★ Google
“Sam is an amazing tailor and helped me pick out a wicked suit. He's very friendly and will help you step by step.
Alexander Ferrier · ★ Google
Good to know.
How many shirts should I start with?
Two or three is a sensible first order: it tells you how the collar and cuff feel over a full week before you commit to a dozen. Once the pattern is on file, adding to it is a phone call rather than another appointment.
Which collar should I choose?
It depends on your face and how you wear a tie. A spread suits a narrower face and carries a wider knot; a point lengthens a rounder face; a cutaway is the dressiest; a button-down is the most casual. Sam will hold each against you rather than have you guess from a diagram.
Barrel cuff or French cuff?
Barrel for daily wear, French for links and black tie. If you are ordering more than one shirt, it is worth having both, because the same fabric in a different cuff genuinely changes what the shirt is for.
What fabric should I pick?
Poplin presses crispest and is the business default. Twill is softer, drapes better and resists creasing on a long day. Oxford is heavier and reads casual, which is right for a weekend shirt. All two-ply cottons, which is what keeps a shirt going past a season.
Do custom shirts shrink?
Fabric is accounted for before it is cut, so a shirt that fits on delivery still fits after washing. Wash cool and hang it damp rather than tumbling it hot and the collar and cuffs will outlast the body of the shirt.
Can you fit an athletic or larger build?
That is exactly where a made shirt earns its place. A big chest with a smaller waist, long arms, a heavy neck: off-the-rack forces you to buy for the largest measurement and swim in the rest. Yours is cut to each measurement separately.
How long does a shirt take?
Two to three weeks, the first shirt and the twentieth alike. What the kept pattern changes is not the making time but everything before it: no measuring, no guessing, no starting again.
Will Sam come to my office?
Yes, for the first appointment: Sam comes to your office to measure you, show you the shirtings and settle the collar and cuff. Book it online or by phone and he will confirm the time and the address. The fitting is at the studio in Vaughan, and after that a reorder is a phone call, so for most men that is the only drive.
Can I have a monogram?
Yes, on the cuff or the breast, in thread you choose. Two or three letters is the usual. It is the detail nobody else notices and you do, which is rather the point of having a shirt made.
Where can I get custom dress shirts in Toronto or Vaughan?
I make custom dress shirts to measure at the Vaughan studio, and for the first appointment I come to your office, wherever you work in Toronto. The fitting is at the studio. Your collar, cuff and body are cut to you, and your pattern is kept so reorders take a phone call.
Is a custom dress shirt worth it over off-the-rack?
If a store collar gapes, the body billows or the cuff swallows your watch, then yes. A shirt cut to your neck, shoulders and arm length is an upgrade you notice every morning, and it's reorderable once the pattern exists.
How many custom shirts should I start with?
Most men start with two or three in white and blue to prove the pattern, then reorder in stripes and weekend fabrics. There's no minimum with me. Begin with one if you like.
What collar and cuff should I choose?
Spread or point for a tie, button-down for softer days, cutaway if you like a wide knot; barrel cuff for everyday, French for links. I'll steer you by your neck, your face and how you actually dress.
Before you choose a shirt
The questions men actually ask at the shirt table, answered before you sit at it.
- Fit checklist How should a dress shirt actually fit? The seven places a shirt is right or wrong, and the two of them no tailor can fix afterwards. 7 min read
- Drawn side by side Which collar: spread, point, cutaway or button-down? All four drawn on the same shirt, with the knot, the face and the occasion each one suits. 5 min read
- Drawn side by side French cuffs or barrel cuffs? Both drawn on the same shirt: which is dressier, what each needs, and which one for a wedding or black tie. 4 min read
- Drawn side by side Should I wear a white collar on a coloured shirt? The contrast collar drawn on and off the same shirt: where it comes from, what it wants, and when. 4 min read
- Sam's checklist How many white shirts does a man really need? What the white shirt is for, how many is enough, and why the cheap ones cost more over five years. 5 min read
- Decision table Which cotton should I pick? Poplin, twill, oxford and end-on-end, and which behaves the way you need it to. 3 min read
- Fabric detail What survives a Toronto summer? Weight and weave for humidity in July and for overheated offices in February. 4 min read
- Before you come What should I bring to the fitting? The shirt you already like, the shoes you will wear, and the three things men forget. 4 min read
Have custom dress shirts made for you.
The first appointment costs nothing, and it happens where it suits you: at your office, or at the Vaughan studio with one client in the room. The fitting is at the studio.