Pity l aren't able to travel abroad (due to health reasons). These Paris shirts have got my curiosity something fierce.

Hi Maximus,

From start to final order it is about 3 weeks.

I like very much the classic pattterns and colors due to the fact the shirt is an investment in your wardrobe .

When  the shirts are taken care of the right way, it can last you a very long time .

We have some clients whose shirts are  12-20 years old, as a matter of fact we have one customer that only changes his collars and cuffs  "guess how many shirts he has ",  over 600 shirts and over 80 of his shirts are from the 1960's.

The shirts should never be starched first of all, if you wish to have stiff collars or cuffs request them to be made when you are ordering your shirts.  Shirt should be hand ironed not with a steam press or a steam form like many local cleaners use. Pay a little more for the cleaning of your shirts and they will last a very long time. If you owned a Rolls -Royce would you have the car washed in a local car wash or would you have it hand detailed.  The shirt is the same thing you invest $250 - $500  per shirt you should have it properly cleaned by someone that knows how to care for your shirts .
One day a new customer asked me if he should have his shirts cleaned after he wears the shirt two or three times, please do not do that you are not saving money you are damaging your shirts.

by boston standards $7.00 is a lot of $. Before you discovered the shirtmaker of lights what other experiences did you have. Had you visited Geneva in the same building.

Raphael likes Paris.

Marc

What makes you believe that D.Drapkin is my client?

More Pictures coming soon .

Mr. Picasso, I really look forward to your future posts about shirts and fabrics. In the meantime, I'd like to know your opinion on a couple of aspects to shirtmaking that seem to raise some misconceptions and controversy: hand sewing and split yokes. 

Do you think hand stitching is desirable in shirts? Except for the occasional hand-sewn monogram, buttonholes on certain fabrics, and buttons, which may have some aesthetic or functional value, in my opinion hand-sewing is just a marketing gimmick that is detrimental to the durability of the shirt. Some people argue that hand-sewn sleeveheads lend a certain elasticity and comfort to the shirt; however, take for example a Borrelli shirt. The inlays around the armhole are closed by hand stitching, but the main seam is *still* machine sewn (and rather coarsely I should note), hence eliminating any benefits conferred by hand sewing, imaginary or otherwise. As I understand it, hand sewing is not a necessary condition for attaching an oversized sleevehead on a small armhole (Neapolitan style) that some people prefer for its added room and comfort.

Similarly, the split yoke is believed by many to be a critical feature of a bespoke shirt; an important indicator of quality, supposed to improve the fit of the shirts on certain anatomies. However, I've learned from Italian makers that the split yoke is merely a styling feature to align stripe patterns in arbitrary directions and to create "chevron" effects with such stripes, which, by the way, I don't find tasteful at all (tacky). Ultimately, any fit situation including peculiar shoulders can be conformed properly by a single-piece yoke. A quick look at the RTW market reveals that many mass-produced shirts are now being made with clean, pattern-matched and chevroned split yokes, seemingly just following a styling trend of the fashion of the day. In your opinion, is there any value added by the split yoke, other than aesthetic, provided it suits the customer's taste? Thanks!