Short-Sleeved Shirts
Tailoring isn’t only for winter and weddings. A short-sleeved shirt cut to you, in linen or cotton with a relaxed collar, is the summer piece most men buy badly off the rack.
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Off-the-rack short-sleeved shirts are cut like boxes: too wide in the body, wrong in the shoulder, sleeves that flare at the arm. Made to measure, a summer shirt skims you: a clean shoulder, a sleeve that ends where it should, a body with shape but room to breathe.
Camp (open) collar or a soft button-down, in breathable linen or cotton, for the cottage, the patio, the destination wedding, or a Toronto July that means it. Casual, but cut properly.
Made to your specification.
Camp or button-down collar
An open camp collar for easy summer style, or a soft button-down for a tidier look.
Linen & light cotton
Breathable weaves that keep their cool through the humid months.
Cut with shape
A clean shoulder and a body that follows you, not the tent most short-sleeves settle for.
Off your existing pattern
Already have a shirt pattern with Sam? A summer shirt starts right from it.
Irish and Italian linens, linen-cotton blends and light cottons in solids, stripes and a few restrained patterns, chosen for a warm day, not a boardroom. Explore the cloth library →
No guessing at the number.
- On the bench Three to four weeks. Twelve days if it is urgent and the cloth is in.
- Payment Half when the cloth is chosen, half on delivery.
- Alterations Part of the price, not a line item at the end.
- Reorders Your pattern is kept, so the next one is a phone call.
You get one firm price before anything is cut, and the first consultation costs nothing.
Good to know.
Can you make short-sleeved shirts to measure?
Yes. Camp-collar and short-sleeved summer shirts in linen and light cotton, cut with a clean shoulder and a body that follows you instead of the boxy cut most rack short-sleeves settle for.
What cloth is best for a summer shirt?
Linen and linen-cotton blends breathe best through a humid Toronto summer; light cottons press crisper. I'll show you weaves chosen for a warm day, not a boardroom.
Can you use my existing shirt pattern for a summer shirt?
If you already have a shirt pattern with me, a short-sleeved shirt starts right from it. No new measuring needed.
Have short-sleeved shirts made for you.
The first fitting costs nothing, and it happens at the Vaughan studio: one client in the room, and the whole hour is yours.