I checked out my Gitman BDs: Similar rear box pleat, front placket and pocket to Brooks BDs. No 3rd collar button or locker loop.

Main differences to the modern US-made Brooks brothers BDs:

Eight button front against Brooks' seven buttons, gauntlet button and two-piece yoke. The collar appears lined, but the cuffs are not. The 2nd button is cut 4" from the top of the collar giving a neater look when worn open necked.

Measurements for 15.5/34"
Shoulders 19"
Pit to Pit 24"
Waist 23"
Collar length 3"

Any other questions, just ask.

Chris

The Gitman "Cambridge Cloth" fabric is also pretty damn heavy.  Heavier than most, including Brooks, I'd think.   I think it's worth trying one out.  Esp. in that cloth.

I bought a Gitman off hugestore.com for the hell of it a while back.  They were also running Gitman's on-line site or "order fulfillment," at the time.  Or so it was claimed.
Don't know if this is right or not.

Gitman's moving offshore now?

I heard the people doing the work for Gitman in the USA, were mostly in Penn.  And that many were old seamstresses. That there wasn't much young blood in the factory.


I don't know how good you're going to get in alterations.  I'd rather just get my size if possible.