Is Nathan Tailors or T.M. Lewin cheaper?

Nathan Tailors. Its lowest advertised price is $39 a shirt against $86 for T.M. Lewin. At full list the two are $39 and $115.

Which has the better collar?

Nathan Tailors. Fused or unfused is a decision on the order form at no extra charge, along with collar shape, spread angle and band height, because these are pattern decisions rather than materials. Does not publish whether the collar and cuffs are fused. Nothing on the shirt listing or the size guide addresses interlining.

How do I get the right size from Nathan Tailors or T.M. Lewin?

Nathan Tailors: There is no size chart to read and no fit name to choose between. The pattern is drafted from your own measurements, taken through a guided measurement flow, and a tailor reviews them before anything is cut. T.M. Lewin: Formal shirts are sold by collar size and sleeve length across a 14.5 to 20 inch collar range, and T.M. Lewin is the rare brand that publishes the garment chest and waist behind each fit name. At a 15.5 inch collar the four formal fits run Regular 47 inch chest and 44 inch waist, Slim 45 and 40, Fitted 43.5 and 38.5, Super Fitted 41 and 37 — six inches of chest and seven inches of waist from end to end. The casual Relaxed fit switches to alpha sizing, so the brand runs two sizing systems across one shirt range.

What are the return policies?

Nathan Tailors: No cash refunds on made-to-measure garments. Every shirt ships with seam allowance and spare cloth so a local tailor can fine-tune the fit, at your cost, and the team works with you over WhatsApp until it is right. We do not offer a free remake. T.M. Lewin: Thirty days from order confirmation, unworn and with tags on. The customer pays: the prepaid label price and any taxes and duties are deducted from the refund. There is no exchange at all — the policy requires you to return the shirt and make a separate new purchase. Altered items cannot be returned.

Nathan Tailors vs T.M. Lewin: which dress shirt is actually worth it?

Side by side on the specifications that decide how a shirt looks after a year: the collar interlining, how the size is arrived at, the cloth, and the price each brand actually advertises rather than the one on the ticket.

Nathan · Bespoke shirtmakerT.M. Lewin · High-street shirtmakerChecked 2026-09-29 / 2026-09-29

Nathan Tailors delivers more shirt per dollar than T.M. Lewin

Nathan Tailors scores 100/100 on specification per dollar against 41/100 for T.M. Lewin. The score weighs two things a shirt is actually judged on after a year: the collar interlining and how the size is arrived at. T.M. Lewin does not publish its collar interlining, so there is nothing there to check. Price is the lowest per-shirt figure each brand advertises itself, not a list price neither of them expects you to pay.

Lower advertised price: Nathan Tailors — $39 against $86 a shirt
Collar construction: Nathan Tailors — Nathan Tailors publishes it (fused or unfused, your choice at order); T.M. Lewin does not
Fit control: Nathan Tailors — Individual pattern drafted for you against neck + sleeve length

Specification	Nathan Tailors	T.M. Lewin
List price, one shirtWhat a single shirt costs at full price.	$39¹	$115⁴
Lowest advertised priceThe per-shirt price the brand itself promotes — its multi-buy ladder or standing sale.	$39 (no multi-buy)¹	$86⁴
Collar interliningA glued collar is what bubbles and curls after a year of washing. Most brands decline to say which theirs is.	Fused or unfused, your choice at order²	Not published by the brand⁴⁵
How the size is decidedAlpha sizing asks you to fit the shirt; a drafted pattern fits the shirt to you.	Individual pattern drafted for you³	Neck + sleeve length⁵⁴
Cloth	Cotton blend, premium cotton, linen-cotton, premium linen and a bamboo-blend stretch cloth. Fibre content is stated for each cloth before it is cut and is never claimed as a pure fibre unless it is one.¹	Twill, poplin, oxford, herringbone, dogstooth and dobby, mostly cotton with some wool blend, in both non-iron and easy-to-iron finishes. No ply or yarn count is published anywhere on the listing. Royal oxford is not offered.⁴
Published construction	Collar shape, spread angle, band height and fused-or-unfused are specified per shirt. Garments ship with seam allowance and spare matching cloth so a local tailor can adjust them.²¹	Single and double cuffs are offered, with classic, button-down, semi-cutaway and wing collars. Single-needle side seams, split yoke, stitch density, gussets and button material are not published on any page read.⁴
Where it is made	Cut and sewn in our own workshop in Hoi An, Vietnam. There is no third-party factory and no retail middleman.¹	No country of manufacture was reached. T.M. Lewin has no country-of-origin page, and none of the pages read names a factory or a country.
Returns	No cash refunds on made-to-measure garments. Every shirt ships with seam allowance and spare cloth so a local tailor can fine-tune the fit, at your cost, and the team works with you over WhatsApp until it is right. We do not offer a free remake.¹	Thirty days from order confirmation, unworn and with tags on. The customer pays: the prepaid label price and any taxes and duties are deducted from the refund. There is no exchange at all — the policy requires you to return the shirt and make a separate new purchase. Altered items cannot be returned.⁶
Turnaround	Two to three weeks to most destinations, made in three to four working days and shipped by express courier. Two days in person in Hoi An.¹	No dispatch or delivery time was reached on any T.M. Lewin page read for this record.
Spec per dollarCollar construction and sizing method against the price actually advertised (0–100).	100/100 · Exceptional	41/100 · Fair

Who each one is for

Nathan Tailors: Anyone who has decided the collar and the fit matter more than the label, and is willing to wait two to three weeks to have both specified rather than guessed.
T.M. Lewin: Someone who wants to know in inches what a brand means by "slim" before ordering, and is buying four shirts to trigger the discount.

Questions people ask about this pair

Is Nathan Tailors or T.M. Lewin cheaper?: Nathan Tailors. Its lowest advertised price is $39 a shirt against $86 for T.M. Lewin. At full list the two are $39 and $115.
Which has the better collar?: Nathan Tailors. Fused or unfused is a decision on the order form at no extra charge, along with collar shape, spread angle and band height, because these are pattern decisions rather than materials. Does not publish whether the collar and cuffs are fused. Nothing on the shirt listing or the size guide addresses interlining.
How do I get the right size from Nathan Tailors or T.M. Lewin?: Nathan Tailors: There is no size chart to read and no fit name to choose between. The pattern is drafted from your own measurements, taken through a guided measurement flow, and a tailor reviews them before anything is cut. T.M. Lewin: Formal shirts are sold by collar size and sleeve length across a 14.5 to 20 inch collar range, and T.M. Lewin is the rare brand that publishes the garment chest and waist behind each fit name. At a 15.5 inch collar the four formal fits run Regular 47 inch chest and 44 inch waist, Slim 45 and 40, Fitted 43.5 and 38.5, Super Fitted 41 and 37 — six inches of chest and seven inches of waist from end to end. The casual Relaxed fit switches to alpha sizing, so the brand runs two sizing systems across one shirt range.
What are the return policies?: Nathan Tailors: No cash refunds on made-to-measure garments. Every shirt ships with seam allowance and spare cloth so a local tailor can fine-tune the fit, at your cost, and the team works with you over WhatsApp until it is right. We do not offer a free remake. T.M. Lewin: Thirty days from order confirmation, unworn and with tags on. The customer pays: the prepaid label price and any taxes and duties are deducted from the refund. There is no exchange at all — the policy requires you to return the shirt and make a separate new purchase. Altered items cannot be returned.

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1. Nathan Tailors — custom shirt cloths and pricesbrand · read 2026-09-29
2. Nathan Tailors — spread, point and button-down collars explainedbrand · read 2026-09-29
3. Nathan Tailors — guided measurement studiobrand · read 2026-09-29
4. T.M. Lewin — men’s shirts collectionbrand · read 2026-09-29
5. T.M. Lewin — size guidesbrand · read 2026-09-29
6. T.M. Lewin — returns policybrand · read 2026-09-29