T.M. Lewin vs Lands’ End: 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.
T.M. Lewin delivers more shirt per dollar than Lands’ End
T.M. Lewin scores 41/100 on specification per dollar against 0/100 for Lands’ End. The score weighs two things a shirt is actually judged on after a year: the collar interlining and how the size is arrived at. Lands’ End 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: Lands’ End — $42 against $86 a shirt
- Fit control: T.M. Lewin — Neck + sleeve length against alpha sizing (s/m/l/xl)
| Specification | T.M. Lewin | Lands’ End |
|---|---|---|
| List price, one shirtWhat a single shirt costs at full price. | $1151 | $7045 |
| Lowest advertised priceThe per-shirt price the brand itself promotes — its multi-buy ladder or standing sale. | $861 | $4245 |
| Collar interliningA glued collar is what bubbles and curls after a year of washing. Most brands decline to say which theirs is. | Not published by the brand12 | Not published by the brand46 |
| How the size is decidedAlpha sizing asks you to fit the shirt; a drafted pattern fits the shirt to you. | Neck + sleeve length21 | Alpha sizing (S/M/L/XL)46 |
| Cloth | 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.1 | The UK page states 100% cotton in an oxford basketweave; the US pages for the same shirt do not render a fibre content at all, so the same garment is documented differently in the two markets. No weight, ply or yarn count anywhere, and no non-iron claim.64 |
| Published construction | 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.1 | The UK page publishes a garment wash, a rear box pleat with locker loop and a patch chest pocket — details most of the off-the-rack field omits. Interlining, stitch density, single-needle seams, split yoke and button material are not published.6 |
| Where it is made | 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. | No country of manufacture is specified on any Lands’ End page read, US or UK.46 |
| Returns | 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.3 | No returns policy was reached on any Lands’ End page read for this record. |
| Turnaround | No dispatch or delivery time was reached on any T.M. Lewin page read for this record. | No dispatch or delivery time is published on the product pages. |
| Spec per dollarCollar construction and sizing method against the price actually advertised (0–100). | 41/100 · Fair | 0/100 · Paying for the name |
Who each one is for
- 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.
- Lands’ End
- A shopper buying on price with a code in hand who needs Big or Tall sizing that most oxford sellers do not carry.
Questions people ask about this pair
- Is T.M. Lewin or Lands’ End cheaper?
- Lands’ End. Its lowest advertised price is $42 a shirt against $86 for T.M. Lewin. At full list the two are $115 and $70.
- Which has the better collar?
- Neither can be separated on published evidence. Does not publish whether the collar and cuffs are fused. Nothing on the shirt listing or the size guide addresses interlining. Does not publish whether the button-down collar is lined. Neither the US nor the UK page addresses interlining.
- How do I get the right size from T.M. Lewin or Lands’ End?
- 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. Lands’ End: The Sail Rigger oxford is sold in alpha sizes with chest ranges — S 34 to 36, M 38 to 40, L 42 to 44, XL 46 to 48, XXL 50 to 52 — crossed with Regular, Tall, Big and Big & Tall, in Traditional and Tailored fits. Lands’ End does sell neck-and-sleeve sizing on its dress shirt lines, but this casual oxford is alpha only.
- What are the return policies?
- 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. Lands’ End: No returns policy was reached on any Lands’ End page read for this record.
What a made-to-measure shirt costs from the workshop
We are not on this page to sell you a third option you did not ask for, so here are the numbers to compare against the table above. A shirt cut to your own measurements in our Hoi An workshop is $39–$59 garment-only, depending on the cloth, with shipping quoted separately. There is no size to pick and no fit name to guess between: the pattern is drafted from your measurements.
Neither T.M. Lewin nor Lands’ End is a bad shirt at its price. The question this page exists to answer is what each one publishes about how it is built — and that is in the table, with the sources. See how the measurements are taken.
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Sources
- 1. T.M. Lewin — men’s shirts collectionbrand · read 2026-09-29
- 2. T.M. Lewin — size guidesbrand · read 2026-09-29
- 3. T.M. Lewin — returns policybrand · read 2026-09-29
- 4. Lands’ End — Men’s Long Sleeve Easy Fit Sail Rigger Oxford Shirtbrand · read 2026-09-29
- 5. Lands’ End — Men’s Short Sleeve Sail Rigger Oxford Shirtbrand · read 2026-09-29
- 6. Lands’ End UK — Men’s Sail Rigger Oxford Shirt, Traditional Fitbrand · read 2026-09-29