Plate M-38 · 277 stores · 151–277 of 277 · curated ORBIS register
Alton Lane uses appointments and body scanning for made-to-measure clothing, recording customers' fabric and fit choices for later orders. Apposta offers online custom shirts with a one-piece collar option, allowing customers to choose cloth before production in Italy. Avino adds hand-cut Neapolitan shirts to the selection, with collar construction and fabric selection forming part of its approach.
What makes great shirtmakers?
This plate lists 277 shops in 52 countries. London has the most with 24, followed by Paris with 21. Among these shops, 58 describe made-to-order work and 11 sell online, going by their own descriptions.
Ask whether the pattern is cut for you: a made-to-measure shirt starts from a stock block, while a bespoke one starts from your own pattern.
Ask about the cloth: ask for the fibre and the mill that wove the cloth, then handle a swatch before you choose.
Ask how a second order works: once your measurements are kept on file, reordering from abroad may be possible without another fitting.
Explore shirtmakers
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Nodus specialises in men’s shirts across formal, casual, linen and polo styles. Collar, cuff, fabric and fit provide the useful points of comparison for office-to-weekend wardrobes.
Best for French dress shirts, casual shirts, linen, and polos for office-to-weekend wear
Paris-based maker using vintage, antique and reclaimed fabrics from around France. Each part of the shirtmaking process passes through his hands. One-piece collar available on custom request.
Best for Slow, meticulous organic-looking shirts
Oliver Church is a New Zealand-born designer who relocated to Paris in early 2018 and builds every garment himself, from cutting and sewing through hand embroidery and dyeing, using antique and vintage French fabrics rather than newly milled cloth. His material comes from deadstock linens and cottons found initially at Paris flea markets and later through relationships built with rural French dealers and brocanteurs, with individual textiles often dating 50 to 120 years old. Because these fabrics survive only in small, irregular lots, rarely a full bolt, no two Oliver Church shirts or jackets are alike, and the maker has described the resulting one-of-one production as central to the work rather than an incidental limitation. His shirts are built with a one-piece collar available on request, a construction detail associated with pre-industrial shirtmaking that requires more exacting pattern work than a standard two-piece collar. Coverage including Highsnobiety has framed Church's practice as a rejection of repeatable, scalable fashion production in favor of garments treated closer to restored objects than manufactured stock, sold through a small network of specialist stockists rather than a brand-owned store.
Parages builds relaxed menswear around shirts, overshirts, chore jackets and easy trousers. Fabrics and muted colours make pieces combine readily, giving shoppers a coherent wardrobe without formal tailoring.
Best for Relaxed overshirts, chore jackets and easy menswear separates.
Family-run Parma label reviving mid-century Italian elegance. Renowned for sartorial polo shirts with subtle embroidery, perfect one-piece collar shirts, and soft unstructured tailoring.
Best for Polo shirts, one-piece collar shirts, tailoring; Embroidered Parma polos; Polo Shirts, Sportswear
Contemporary shirting label founded in Porto in 2012 by brothers Antonio and Manuel Magalhaes, whose family has worked in Portuguese textiles since the 1930s; shirts are cut and sewn in mills around Guimaraes.
Best for Five generations of Porto flannel-weaving supplying the world's best shops
Portuguese Flannel was founded in 2012 by brothers Antonio and Manuel Magalhaes in northern Portugal. The family's textile connection goes back further: their great-grandfather, Joao Pereira de Magalhaes, eventually opened his own mill, Textil Vizela, in 1935, and the family has been involved in fabric manufacturing since roughly the mid-19th century. Before launching their own label, the mills the brothers now work with in and around Guimaraes - the traditional center of Portuguese textile production - operated as contract manufacturers for other brands. Every Portuguese Flannel garment is still made in Guimaraes, using mills the family has long-standing relationships with. The company sells through a wide network of specialty menswear retailers internationally as well as direct online.
Comptoir des Cotonniers makes understated women’s wardrobe staples, including trench coats, knitwear, shirts and easy separates. The Rome door requires confirmation because the current brand has reduced parts of its store network.
Rome shirting-and-hosiery shop opened on Via del Corso in December 1870 by Viennese founders; passed to the Bloch family in the early 1900s and now run by fourth-generation owner Andrew Bloch Fiorelli, selling nightwear, shirts and knitwear.
Best for Old-Rome shirts and hosiery.
Schostal opened on Rome's Via del Corso in December 1870, founded by Viennese proprietors as an undergarments, hosiery and shirting shop - its first sign read 'To the City of Vienna' in tribute to its origins. The shop passed to the Bloch family in the early 1900s and survived both the upheaval of the First World War, when its Austrian founders had to leave Italy, and later Mussolini's racial laws. It is now run by fourth-generation owner Andrew Bloch Fiorelli from a location near Campo Marzio, still selling handmade nightwear, dress shirts, knitwear, ties and hosiery in the old-world style that built its reputation.
San Francisco menswear brand founded in 2008 by Michael Maher, Barrett Purdum and Michael Armenta; its 'Workshop' platform crowdfunds new designs from customers before committing to production.
Best for Jack, organic shirts
Taylor Stitch was founded in San Francisco in 2008 by Michael Maher, Barrett Purdum and Michael Armenta, aiming to make durable, classic menswear built to outlast fast-fashion cycles. The brand's distinguishing mechanism is its 'Workshop' crowdfunding platform, which lets customers back new designs before Taylor Stitch commits to full production - reducing overproduction and waste common in apparel manufacturing. A loan from community lender Working Solutions helped the company open its first physical retail store on Valencia Street in San Francisco in 2011; it has since grown to multiple store locations.
Galán Camisería has outfitted men in central Seville since 1905, stocking shirts, suits, knitwear and outerwear from brands like Barbour, Fred Perry and its own Isaac Galán label. The shop trades from Calle Sagasta and ships its tailoring and sportswear range through its online store.
SvMinkova Shop & Studio in Sofia, at 28 Angel Kanchev, is run single-handedly by artist Svetlomira Minkova, who designs, embroiders, packs and ships every piece herself from organic cotton in Bulgaria. The range includes t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, kids' clothing and caps carrying her own illustrations under themes like Monkey Business and Ocean Free.
A Day’s March builds a Stockholm wardrobe around disciplined shirting, notably one-piece collars and overshirts. Its direct-price approach keeps the emphasis on Swedish design and the construction of everyday menswear.
Suw Studios builds restrained Scandinavian menswear around clean polos, shirts and knitwear. Its one-piece-collar polo uses mother-of-pearl buttons and a minimal placket, giving a specific alternative to standard sports polos.
Commas makes swim shorts, shirts and resortwear in European fabrics with Australian production or design roots. The refined range bridges swimming and hotel dressing rather than focusing on technical surf performance.
Tengu Records is an independent vinyl shop in Enmore, near Newtown Station, describing its stock as rare and collectible vinyl including Japanese pressings. Alongside LPs, 45s and CDs, it sells cassettes, posters and t-shirts.
Multiple locations, são paulo / brazil / online & in Store / Online
Dudalina is a Brazilian shirtmaking brand for men and women, known for its tailored shirts in linen, jeans, jacquard and technical fabrics alongside a wider ready-to-wear and accessories range. The brand, part of Grupo SOMA, sells through its online store with installment payment options.
Best for Shirtmaking, menswear & womenswear, tailoring
Short Leg Shirt Shop, run by Trillium Disain OÜ, sells designer t-shirts from Estonia in unisex, women's and kids' styles through a bilingual Estonian-English site.
Describes itself as both a gallery and a clothing store in Tangier, welcoming visitors to what its bio calls Tangier's international zone. Its Instagram highlights include categories for t-shirts and mugs alongside a broader collection of items.
Hoodies is described as a Tel Aviv streetwear label for graphic sweatshirts, oversized tees and urban accessories. The official site should confirm whether Florentin has a current public shop.
Best for Tel Aviv streetwear, graphic hoodies, oversized tees, and graffiti-inspired urban accessories
aIbn is a select shop in Nakameguro, Tokyo, carrying curated apparel from roughly 20 contemporary brands -- jackets, knitwear, shirts, trousers, shoes and accessories -- in materials including pure silk velvet, high-count wool, yak wool, merino wool and alpaca wool.
Tokyo label and retail concept founded by Takayuki Minami, pairing clean architectural silhouettes with carefully selected Japanese fabrics across shirts, trousers, outerwear and basics.
Best for Architectural Japanese polos; Architectural basics, quality
Japanese label founded by Keizo Shimizu, known for Rebuild flannel shirts, butterfly branding and velour track pieces alongside workwear-influenced collections.
Best for Rebuild flannels, track pants; Accessible streetwear
Tokyo shirting specialist with an entire Italian-collar department — one-piece collar dress shirts in Japanese cotton under its Windsor Knot house label, made in Japan.
Best for Japanese-made OPC dress shirts in every cloth.
1950s American shirt label revived by Japan's Toyo Enterprises, founded in Tokyo in 1965 by Susumu Kobayashi. Produces chain-stitched rayon aloha and western shirts made in Japan, reproducing the label's original vintage patterns.
Best for Rockabilly shirts, chain stitch
Star of Hollywood was a real American shirt label in the 1950s that went out of business and faded into obscurity outside vintage-clothing circles. Toyo Enterprises, a Japanese heritage-clothing company founded in Tokyo in 1965 by Susumu Kobayashi to make clothing for US military bases, later acquired rights to revive the name. Toyo is known for reproducing multiple defunct mid-century American labels this way, and under its ownership Star of Hollywood makes chain-stitched rayon aloha and western shirts, produced in Japan with close attention to period-accurate prints, cuts and open-collar styling - including a run of Elvis-themed designs. The shirts are sold through specialist reproduction and Japanese heritage-clothing retailers rather than under a single company storefront.
Spier & Mackay offers both made-to-order and made-to-measure paths for suits, sport coats and trousers. Customers can adjust styling details first, then use the measurement option when standard sizing needs more substantial control.
Pudrinė makes leisurewear — hoodies, sweatshirts, track pants, shorts, linen clothing and dresses — from Dutch cotton fluff it describes as resistant to deterioration after washing. Some signature linen pieces were originally made by the founders for themselves.
On East Wheat in Woodville, Country to Classy prints shirts, rents party tables and yard games, and keeps a walk-in pottery counter. The same room takes alterations and sewing classes for adults and children.
The Gold Line's Signature One-Piece Collar is the house's calling card — up to 34 hours of handwork per shirt, hidden snap buttons holding the self-rolling collar.
Best for The most handworked one-piece collar on earth.
<p>The name is an audit: roughly a hundred pairs of hands touch each shirt before it leaves the atelier. 100Hands was founded in 2014 by Akshat and Varvara Jain — two Amsterdam investment bankers who walked away from finance to build a shirt company on top of Akshat's family trade, a cotton-spinning and yarn business in Amritsar that has run for more than a hundred and sixty years across six generations. The shirts are made outside Amritsar; the standards were set to embarrass Europe.</p><p>The embarrassment worked. A buttonhole at 100Hands takes some forty minutes of hand-sewing that other makers finish in three or four, and the house's Gold Line sits at the very top of what handwork can do to a shirt. Savile Row tailors began quietly commissioning from them; then came Harrods and Bergdorf Goodman; then a store of their own on Savile Row itself — the first non-British name on the golden mile.</p><p>What makes the story matter is the direction of travel. Luxury shirting's passport was Italian or British for a century. 100Hands, audited by the Fair Wear Foundation and employing hundreds of artisans in Punjab, made "Made in India" a claim of superiority rather than an apology — one forty-minute buttonhole at a time.</p>
Almirah makes children’s clothing in printed cotton, with dresses, shirts, nightwear and small accessories. The Mehar Chand Market boutique offers a focused alternative to mass-market toy and childrenswear chains.
Best for Kids toys and printed-cotton childrenswear in Delhi
Alton Lane offers made-to-measure suits, shirts and formal clothing through appointments and body scanning. Fabric, fit and construction choices are recorded for later orders, making repeat purchases more consistent.
ashë Prishtinë, founded by Albulena, Arberore and Shqiponje, makes linen shirts and dresses and denim skirts, dresses and pants from fabric that is at least 60 percent natural fiber and tested for tensile strength. The label partners with social institutions and involves people with limitations in its production.
Atelier Ljutikova is a fashion atelier and online store in Skopje run by designer Elena Ljutikova. It makes custom and ready-made clothing including dresses, blazers, shirts, skirts, jeans and wedding dresses, and takes custom order requests.
Best for Custom dresses, wedding gowns and ready-made clothing
We carry clothing for women, men and children including our famous Harbour Island Rooster t-shirts, cover-ups, bathing suits, masks and more. We also have shell jewelry, flip flops, souvenirs, local art, and much, much more.
Premium American menswear — utility shirts, casual wear, and leisurewear sold via subscription and direct retail.
Best for Curated shirt subscription
Batch operates as a direct-to-consumer menswear brand specializing in premium utility shirts, button-down shirts, casual wear, henleys, polos, and hoodies. The company emphasizes functional design and precise fit in their collection. Batch offers both traditional direct purchasing and a subscription service model for regular deliveries of curated menswear. The brand manufactures in the USA and Asia, balancing production capacity with quality control. The company positions itself as a modern menswear source for customers seeking reliable, well-made basics and casual pieces rather than fashion-forward styles.
Bottega Dalmut is Leonida Ferrarese's tailoring house in Francavilla Fontana, Puglia. After studying in New York and working in the marketing offices of Salvatore Ferragamo, he took over the workshop of Maestro Cafueri, founded in 1969, and launched the brand. The atelier sits in a late nineteenth-century Liberty-style palazzo. It makes tailored suits along with ties and shirts and shoes, and it holds fittings in Milan, Zurich, London and Dubai.
Best for Sartorial Suits, Ties
Bottega Dalmut is a tailoring house in Francavilla Fontana, in the province of Brindisi, built by Leonida Ferrarese. He took a degree and a master's in marketing in New York, where he also studied tailoring. He spent time in the marketing offices of Salvatore Ferragamo on Fifth Avenue. He then returned to his home town and took over the historic workshop of Maestro Cafueri, founded in 1969, launching the Bottega Dalmut brand. The atelier occupies a late nineteenth-century palazzo with frescoes and nature-inspired floors in the Liberty style. Clients choose from a wide range of fabrics seated in the salon over a coffee. Everything starts at the cutting table with the tailored suit. The range extends to ties in cashmere or silk, to bow ties and shirts, and to shoes. In January 2020 the Quotidiano di Puglia visited the atelier on via Quinto Ennio. It described a business that exports its suits to Dubai as well as to London and Milan. The house holds made-to-measure appointments in Milan, Zurich, London and Dubai. The midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu wore a bespoke midnight-blue herringbone suit from Bottega Dalmut to the Gran Galà del Calcio AIC. The current collection also includes swimwear and suede blazers, together with lightweight wool and silk pieces.
Cariberas tailors linen guayaberas in its own Merida workshop, using Swiss, Italian and Irish linen with mother-of-pearl buttons for both everyday and formal wear. Shirts can be bought at the Av. Campestre branch or ordered online with free shipping across Mexico.
Best for Guayaberas, linen clothing, tailoring, artisan
Italian shirtmaker with an entire one-piece collar collection — linen, jersey, and button-down variants, each made to order and handmade in Italy. Established 1956.
Best for A full made-to-order one-piece collar wardrobe.
Cushman makes Japanese reproductions of vintage American athletic and military clothing. Loopwheel sweatshirts, work chinos and period-conscious construction give the range its identity, with production rooted in Japan.
El Charro Famoso sells charro suits, boots, shirts, belts and hats for men, women and children, describing each piece as carefully selected to represent traditional charro culture. The business ships to destinations across the United States.
Riina and Katri hand-embroider linen dresses, men's shirts, folk belts and home textiles such as kitchen towels and pillow covers at their Tallinn workshop on Alvari 1. Each piece is made individually, drawing on traditional Estonian embroidery.
Favab, a Slovak clothing manufacturer operating for more than 30 years, sells women's and men's apparel including dresses, shirts and pajamas made from cotton, bamboo, modal and meryl. The company also produces incontinence underwear and menstrual underwear, describing its goods as Slovak-made and often manually processed.
Gauja Gauja is a family workshop in the Āgenskalns district of Riga making linen dresses, shirts, blouses, skirts and children's wear to order, tailored to length and fit. Garments are made from 100% pure linen that softens with wear.
Italian shirt brand named for and based in Portofino, on the Ligurian coast, positioned as 'Italian luxury since 1979'; known for washed cotton and denim shirts with a signature embroidered-sun chest motif, in a range of fading treatments from light to dark.
Best for Tuscan casual polos; Shirts, casual, Tuscan style
Giannetto Portofino takes its name from Portofino on the Italian Riviera, and its own site dates the brand to 1979 and describes it as based in that town. The shirts are made from cottons including honeycomb weave, denim and flannel, using washing and finishing techniques the brand calls 'sabbiature,' producing a faded, worn-in look. A recurring 'embroidered sun' motif on the chest functions as the brand's signature detail. Sourcing on the brand's manufacturing location is inconsistent: Giannetto's own marketing ties it closely to Portofino/Liguria, while at least one U.S. retailer describes the shirts as handmade in Naples.
The Ashland, Pennsylvania shirt factory behind Gitman Bros. and Gitman Vintage — American-made dress and casual shirts cut and sewn under one roof since 1978.
Best for American-made shirts with true factory provenance.
Guayaberas Finas Cab has manufactured guayabera shirts in Mérida, Yucatán since the 1930s, using premium fabrics including 100% cotton, 100% linen and cotton-polyester blends. Shirts are offered from small to extra-large with varying sleeve and body lengths, sold through physical branches and online.
A Merida guayabera maker whose shirts carry the 'Asi es la Guayabera' regional certification, Guayaberas Ramirez tailors styles for men, women and children. Customers visit the Residencial Pensiones store opposite Walmart or order for national and international shipping.
Goodz sells Ukrainian vyshyvanka embroidered dresses and shirts for women, men, children and couples, made to individual measurements. The shop also offers woven and crocheted pieces, outerwear, scarves, wooden necklaces and gift certificates.
Best for Custom-fit embroidered vyshyvankas and Ukrainian accessories
German shirtmaker founded 1947 in Tirschenreuth, Bavaria, by Hans Tischler and son-in-law Hans Reiter, expelled from the Sudetenland; still family-run, now in its third generation, producing business and casual shirt lines.
Best for Bavarian business shirts and non-iron cotton
Hatico Mode GmbH was founded in 1947 in Tirschenreuth, Bavaria, by Hans Tischler and his son-in-law Hans Reiter, both expelled from the Sudetenland after the Second World War; the company began as an underwear factory before moving into shirts. It has remained family-owned through three generations, currently led by Joseph Reiter, and still manufactures in Tirschenreuth. The company runs three main shirt lines: Hatico Sport for casual wear, Hatico Essentials for non-iron business shirts, and Pure, a more technical collection launched in 1996.
The shop sells handmade, embroidered traditional Romanian ie blouses described as cusuta manual (hand-sewn) and brodata (embroidered), priced between 99 and 179 euros, alongside vintage blouses, men's shirts, accessories and folk costumes. It ships internationally and offers the site in English, Romanian, French, German and Japanese.
Ikeno is a clothing shop in Shela Village, Lamu, operating as "AMAN SHOP SHELLA," selling men's shirts, shorts, pyjamas and trousers plus children's wear from 6 months to 7-8 years. Its current line is the "IKENO SUMMER 25" collection, following earlier Summer 21 and Summer 22 campaigns.
Illyrian Bloodline, founded in 2015 and launched in 2017 by artist Noizy, is an Albanian streetwear brand selling t-shirts, shorts, sweatshirts, hoodies, beachwear, underwear and outerwear for men, women and kids. It has stores in Prishtinë, Tiranë, Tetovë, Durrës and Vlorë.
Family-run New Jersey menswear label founded 1985 in Hackensack, known for extended-size tailoring, wool leisure suits and linen resort shirts sold nationwide.
Best for Resort shirts, linen
Inserch began in April 1985 as a boutique in Hackensack, New Jersey, in a predominantly African American and Latinx community where customers were looking for clothing they couldn't find at mainstream retailers. That demand shaped the brand's signature piece, a wool leisure suit, and set the template for what Inserch still does: pairing eclectic fabrics and colorways with classic menswear tailoring, cut in extended sizing. Family-owned and operated across four decades, the label expanded from its original leisure suits into a fuller menswear range that includes blazers, walking suits, and casual resort pieces such as linen camp shirts suited to vacation wear. Inserch has grown into a minority-owned brand carried nationwide and in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and its designs have appeared in television productions including Pose and Barry. The resort shirting referenced in the prior listing is a real part of the current catalog, but it sits alongside a broader menswear offering rather than being the whole business.
Active since 1998, the shop supplies materials for making traditional Czech folk costumes, including embroidered handkerchiefs, krojove kosile shirts, cotton scarves, lace, ribbons and trims. It operates from Brumovice in the Czech Republic and also takes custom fabric orders from domestic and international suppliers.
Linen Room Latvia is a concept store selling 100% linen bed linen, bath towels, kitchen textiles, curtains and men's shirts, including hand-woven bedspreads made by skilled artisans. Products are described as sewn and woven from Latvian linen craftsmanship.
A mother-and-daughter studio in Latvia hand-makes linen dresses, tunics, shirts, scarves and home textiles to order using 100% pure European flax linen. Everything is produced from petite to plus sizes at their small workshop.
Macedonian Corner is a souvenir shop in the Old Bazaar, selling traditional Macedonian gifts including copper handicraft pictures finished with gold plating, T-shirts, flags, caps, magnets, mugs and notebooks. The shop's site also lists a silver filigree workshop among its offerings.
Best for Copper handicraft pictures, traditional souvenirs and silver filigree gifts
Madam Boutique is a women's clothing shop selling blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, jumpsuits and sets. The shop lists its current collection by category on its website, where customers can search and place orders directly.
Best for Blouses, dresses, trousers, jumpsuits and sets
Mark Formelle is a Belarusian clothing retailer selling women's, men's and children's apparel including pants, leggings, hoodies, sweatshirts, dresses, jumpers, t-shirts and underwear. It has run a collaboration collection with Nkeeei.
Massimo Alba is a Milanese designer known for his garment-dyed shirts in washed cottons, linens, and silks. Its offer focuses on relaxed Italian shirts, knitwear and tailoring, and production is designed in Milan, manufactured in Italy using Italian fabrics.
Best for Relaxed Italian shirts, knitwear and tailoring
Munay is a Bolivian clothing line started in 2016. The Quechua name refers to purposeful love. The shop sells hoodies and T-shirts; it began with T-shirts and wallets from recycled cassette tapes, using llama, chola paceña and aguayo designs.
Nadia Pizzi sells women's clothing and accessories from Bariloche shops at Rolando 261 and Palacios 157, the latter also trading as Rio Bonito for wearable art accessories. The line includes dresses, shirts, trousers, sweaters and art-to-wear pieces.
Kansas City shirtmaker founded in 1946 by Nat Nast, credited with producing the first bowling shirt and its pleated 'Action Back'; sold off in the 1970s, then revived in 2000 by his daughters as Nat Nast Luxury Originals.
Best for Silk shirts, camp collar
Nat Nast the man founded his shirt company in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1946, and is widely credited within vintage-fashion circles as having produced the first bowling shirt, earning him the nickname 'The King of Bowling Shirts.' His shirts introduced inverted pleats known as the 'Action Back,' made from washable rayon, and the company grew a business supplying customized, embroidered shirts to bowling teams, sponsors, and colleges and universities. The original company was sold in the 1970s. In 2000, Nat Nast's two daughters revived the name as Nat Nast Luxury Originals, basing new designs on their father's originals but working in silk and adding embroidered artwork, repositioning the brand around camp-collar and bowling-shirt styling aimed at a nostalgia-driven, mid-century Americana aesthetic. The brand has since done licensed collaborations, including with the World Series of Poker.
German shirt maker founded in 1951 in Bietigheim-Bissingen by Eugen Bezner, who began production with six employees in his home's laundry room using surplus military fabric; broke through in 1988 with the non-iron OLYMP Luxor business shirt line and is still family-owned.
Best for Bulletproof non-iron shirts.
Olymp traces to 1951, when Eugen Bezner founded a shirt-making operation in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany. Production began with six employees working out of the laundry room of his house, and early garments reportedly reused surplus military materials. The OLYMP label was developed in the mid-1950s by Bezner and his son. The brand's decisive commercial breakthrough came in 1988 with the OLYMP Luxor line, marketed around non-iron, crease-resistant business shirts. It remains a family-owned business, still headquartered and manufacturing in Bietigheim-Bissingen.
Orazio Luciano makes Neapolitan tailoring with soft shoulders, light structure and hand-finished details. Ready-to-wear gives an introduction to the house cut, while bespoke and made-to-measure require direct consultation.
Best for Bespoke Neapolitan polos; soft Neapolitan construction and shirts
Founded in 1919 in Bielefeld by Walter Seidensticker, who began making shirts in a room of his parents' house with a 5,000-mark loan he repaid within a year, this family-owned shirtmaker remains headquartered in Bielefeld and now exports to more than 78 countries.
Best for German heritage shirts.
Seidensticker was founded in Bielefeld in 1919 by Walter Seidensticker, who started the business with a 5,000-mark loan and began producing shirts in a small room of his parents' house. Within the first year he had repaid the loan, and turnover had already reached 70,000 marks, an early sign of the company's rapid growth in what was then Germany's textile-manufacturing heartland around Bielefeld. The company has stayed in family ownership and management since its founding, and its long run as a shirt specialist has made it one of the highest-volume shirtmakers in Germany. More than a century after Walter Seidensticker's start, the company still designs and produces men's and women's shirt collections, now exporting to more than 78 countries, while remaining headquartered in its founding city of Bielefeld.
Historic Neapolitan shirtmaker founded in 1874. Siniscalchi survived two world wars, the 1980 earthquake and the decline of local manufacturing to remain a specialist in Neapolitan shirtmaking, preserving the house’s long tailoring continuity.
Best for Since 1874 — survived wars and earthquakes, entirely hand-made bespoke in Naples.
Sonrisa specialises in shirts distinguished by crisp fabrics, varied collars and precise construction. The collection moves between business and casual styles, with fit and collar choice providing the clearest points of comparison.
Swedish shirtmaker tracing to August Stenstrom's 1883 Helsingborg retail business, which moved into dedicated shirt production in 1899. A Scandinavian family-owned fashion house, holding a Royal Warrant as purveyor to the Swedish Royal Court.
Best for Crisp Swedish dress shirts.
Stenstroms began as a retail business started by August Stenstrom in Helsingborg in 1883, building a reputation for high-quality shirts among the city's well-dressed clientele. In 1899, the company moved from retail into dedicated shirt manufacturing, building a factory to meet growing demand - the date the company now marks as its founding year and celebrated as a 125th-anniversary milestone in recent company communications. Today Stenstroms is counted among the oldest family-owned fashion businesses in Scandinavia, and holds a Royal Warrant as purveyor to the Royal Court of Sweden. The brand remains known for two-fold cotton shirting made with a level of construction rigor associated with Scandinavian tailoring traditions.
The Kraków basement shop carries the label’s own relaxed streetwear, including hoodies, trousers, shirts and graphic layers. Its online catalogue provides the clearest current view because indexed first-party information about the physical room is limited.
Best for Polish-made hoodies, beanies and limited-edition casualwear
Since 2014, Tony Parrotti's brand has specialised in made-to-order casual shirts. One-piece collar available on custom orders with thoughtful finishes.
Best for Made-to-order casual shirts with one-piece collar
Australian license of the US shirting brand Van Heusen, held by Gazal Corporation since 1976 and folded into a PVH-Gazal joint venture in 2014; the leading department-store business-shirt brand in Australia.
Best for Australian business shirts
Van Heusen's Australian business runs on a licensing arrangement rather than direct ownership by the brand's US parent. Gazal Corporation acquired the rights to manufacture and manage Van Heusen in Australia in 1976, and in 2014 that relationship was formalized into PVH Brands Australia, a joint venture between Gazal and PVH Corp, the New York company that owns Van Heusen, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. Van Heusen is marketed in Australia as the top-selling business shirt brand in department stores, built on the original brand's history around the patented soft-folding collar introduced in the US in 1919. This is a licensed manufacturing and retail operation rather than an independent Australian house.
The Kisumu branch of Vivo Fashion Group sits on the ground floor of United Mall on Jomo Kenyatta Highway and carries the Vivo, Safari and Zoya clothing lines, including cotton peplum jackets and linen-blend shirts priced from KSh5,800 to KSh6,400.
Polish shirt specialist established 1948. Wide range including cotton, Egyptian cotton, linen and easy-care dress shirts. Multi-generational heritage and modern fashion focus.
Best for Dress Shirts, Shirts
Wólczanka is a contemporary Polish fashion retailer with roots reaching to 1948, representing multi-generational tailoring expertise and 'millions of satisfied customers' across Eastern Europe. The company specializes in high-quality shirting and apparel for both men and women, describing itself as offering 'modern fashion for her and him.' Product range encompasses cotton shirts (both standard and mercerized), Egyptian cotton dress shirts, linen silhouettes, lyocell, satin cotton blouses, silk shirts, and low-iron easy-care options. The portfolio also includes polo shirts, t-shirts, sweaters in merino wool and other materials. The brand operates through boutique retail locations across Poland, leveraging production expertise refined through nearly 80 years of manufacturing. Wólczanka appeals to Central and Eastern European consumers seeking reliable, well-constructed shirting and apparel with proven heritage and value-market pricing—emphasizing durability and understated quality over luxury positioning.
Xharkanji, at Elbasan Street 1001 in Tirana, makes handcrafted women's ready-to-wear, outerwear, knitwear and t-shirts from ethically sourced premium fabrics. It also offers custom orders, dress rental and styling consultation.
Zaga Clothing, at Radnička 30 in Novi Sad, makes premium t-shirts in Serbia from high-quality cotton finished with delicate embroidery, across collections including Esperanto, Icon and More Love.