The Garments

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.

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A relaxed short-sleeved linen camp-collar shirt on a dress form
Short-Sleeved Shirts
What you choose

Made to your specification.

Drawn & cut by hand
№ I

Camp or button-down collar

An open camp collar for easy summer style, or a soft button-down for a tidier look.

№ II

Linen & light cotton

Breathable weaves that keep their cool through the humid months.

№ III

Cut with shape

A clean shoulder and a body that follows you — not the tent most short-sleeves settle for.

№ IV

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 quiet patterns — chosen for a warm day, not a boardroom. Explore the cloth library →

Common questions

Good to know.

Straight answers
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.

Begin

Have short-sleeved shirts made for you.

The first fitting is unhurried and costs nothing — at the Vaughan studio, or Sam comes to you across the GTA.