HOW WE FIT YOU

Three ways to a shirt that fits.

Fit is the only hard part of buying a shirt you can't try on. So there are three ways to solve it, and you only need one.

1

Choose your size

Pick a neck size, a fit and a sleeve length on the shirt page, then choose your collar, cuff and buttons. If you know your shirt size, start here.

Two minutes · Three weeks to make

2

Measure a shirt you own

Lay your best-fitting shirt flat and take six measurements. Enter them with your order and we build to those instead. The guide below shows you how.

Fifteen minutes · Three weeks to make

3

Send us the shirt

Mail us the shirt that fits you best. We draft a paper pattern from it by hand in Newark — then keep that pattern on file. Your shirt comes back with your order.

A $50 service, included · Six to seven weeks

Your pattern is kept. However we arrive at your fit, we hold it. The second shirt takes a minute, and the tenth one fits like the first.

Sending a shirt? Post it to Wingfield c/o Gambert Shirtmakers, 427 Ferry Street, 3rd Floor, Newark, NJ 07105, with your name written inside the package. Choose "Send you a shirt to copy" on the shirt page first, so we know it's coming.

MADE TO MEASURE

How to measure for your Wingfield shirt.

If the standard sizes don't fit you the way they should, we'll build your shirt to your own measurements instead. The most accurate way to do this at home takes no help and no guesswork — you measure a shirt you already own.

Don't measure your body — measure your best shirt. Find the shirt in your closet that fits you best: the collar you'd keep, the sleeve length you like, the drape through the body that feels right. Lay it flat and measure that. It's far more reliable than measuring yourself, and it tells us exactly the fit you already love.

Before you start

  • Button the shirt fully, including the collar and cuffs, and lay it face-up on a flat, hard surface. Smooth out every wrinkle.
  • Use a tape measure. Keep it flat and straight — don't let it sag or stretch the fabric.
  • Record every measurement in inches, to the nearest quarter-inch (e.g. 16½, 34¼).
  • Measure twice. It takes a minute and it's the difference between a shirt that fits and one that doesn't.

The six measurements

collar band, edge to edge A · NECK

Neck

Lay the collar flat and measure the collar band from the centre of the button to the far edge of the buttonhole. This is your collar size.

armhole to armhole B · CHEST

Chest

Measure straight across from one armhole seam to the other, at the widest point where the sleeves join the body. Measure this width only — we double it.

narrowest point C · WAIST

Waist

Measure across the narrowest point of the body, usually around the fifth button down. Again, the flat width only.

seam to seam, across the top D · SHOULDER

Shoulder

Measure flat across the very top of the shirt, from the outer shoulder seam, straight across the yoke, to the opposite shoulder seam.

shoulder seam to cuff edge E · SLEEVE

Sleeve

Measure from the outer shoulder seam, down the length of the sleeve, to the bottom edge of the cuff.

top of shoulder to hem F · LENGTH

Length

Measure from the highest point at the top of the shirt straight down to the bottom of the tail at the back hem.

Your measurements

Write them here as you go

inches, to the nearest ¼"
ANeckcollar band, button to buttonholein
BChestarmhole to armholein
CWaistnarrowest point of the bodyin
DShoulderseam to seam across the topin
ESleeveshoulder seam to cuff edgein
FLengthtop of shoulder to hemin
These came from a shirt that fits me well, and I've measured twice. I'll enter them on the shirt page to complete my order.

One more thing. This worksheet is just for you — nothing to send in. When you're ready, enter these on the shirt page to place your order, where you'll confirm they came from a shirt that fits you well. We read every set of custom measurements by hand before a single piece of cloth is cut — if something looks off, we'll reach out before we make it, not after.

Rather not measure? Send us your best-fitting shirt instead and we'll draft a pattern from it — your shirt comes back with your order, and the pattern stays on file for everything you order after. Choose "Send you a shirt to copy" on the shirt page.

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