I'm ready to weigh in with my final thoughts on my Natty Shirts purchase for other Loungers interested. I emailed Natty Shirts with fitting comments and a request for them to make the shirt cuffs with a single button and button hole at a specific distance (as in cuff opening circumference). 12 days later, I received the complete order of shirts, including a replacement for the fitting shirt that had the construction and fitting issues I described in my original review above.
In general, considering the price of $33 per shirt, I am satisfied to the extent I have been when I have found a decent-fitting RTW shirt of comparable price in a local store. The shirt sleeves, chest, waist, and neck fit nicely, I like the classic spear-point collar addition, and the fabric and stitching are nice. However, for the made-to-measure experience, money, and time I put into taking my measurements per Natty Shirt's instructions and then communicating adjustments to them after I received the fitting shirt, I expected a little more preciseness; unfortunately, they only performed fitting adjustments on 1 of the 4 shirts, with two particular issues still present in 3 shirts. A note: I washed the shirts per Natty Shirt's instructions to take into consideration shrinkage before I made the following observations.
3 of the shirts still have excess material at the yoke that wrinkles up into an approx. 3/4 inch/19mm ridge atop my shoulders. In order for these shirts to fit well on the shoulders/nape, I would have to have a considerable hump at my nape or steep sloping shoulders. I pointed out this fitting problem in my original email to them and even included photos. With a jacket on, the issue is not noticeable, but if I take off my jacket it looks bad.
While all the barrel cuffs now have one button and one button hole, only 1 of the 4 shirts has the button sewn to my specified measurement. The other 3 shirts have cuff buttons sewn on ranging from 5mm to 10mm too wide, almost as if they kept the same cuff opening dimensions as the fitting shirt but simply removed the tightest-fitting button. I'm capable of moving the buttons where I need them, and plan on doing so, but I wouldn't expect needing to spend my time adjusting cuff buttons on a made-to-measure shirt.
I understand that a $33 made-to-measure shirt isn't going to be a more-expensive bespoke (there are other fitting issues that I have not mentioned here or to Natty Shirts because I understand fitting issues will exist in a made-to-measure garment), but I do have a problem when the manufacturer claims to make shirts made-to-measure with the option of making fitting adjustments from a fitting shirt and then does not deliver a product with the ordered measurements and adjustments. I'm satisfied with the ordering process, customer service (both email and live chat) and order turnaround time. I suppose if they didn't invite specific notes on fitting during the ordering process and didn't send a fitting shirt before completing the entire order, I wouldn't have much to gripe about, but I feel somewhat mislead.
In general, considering the price of $33 per shirt, I am satisfied to the extent I have been when I have found a decent-fitting RTW shirt of comparable price in a local store. The shirt sleeves, chest, waist, and neck fit nicely, I like the classic spear-point collar addition, and the fabric and stitching are nice. However, for the made-to-measure experience, money, and time I put into taking my measurements per Natty Shirt's instructions and then communicating adjustments to them after I received the fitting shirt, I expected a little more preciseness; unfortunately, they only performed fitting adjustments on 1 of the 4 shirts, with two particular issues still present in 3 shirts. A note: I washed the shirts per Natty Shirt's instructions to take into consideration shrinkage before I made the following observations.
3 of the shirts still have excess material at the yoke that wrinkles up into an approx. 3/4 inch/19mm ridge atop my shoulders. In order for these shirts to fit well on the shoulders/nape, I would have to have a considerable hump at my nape or steep sloping shoulders. I pointed out this fitting problem in my original email to them and even included photos. With a jacket on, the issue is not noticeable, but if I take off my jacket it looks bad.
While all the barrel cuffs now have one button and one button hole, only 1 of the 4 shirts has the button sewn to my specified measurement. The other 3 shirts have cuff buttons sewn on ranging from 5mm to 10mm too wide, almost as if they kept the same cuff opening dimensions as the fitting shirt but simply removed the tightest-fitting button. I'm capable of moving the buttons where I need them, and plan on doing so, but I wouldn't expect needing to spend my time adjusting cuff buttons on a made-to-measure shirt.
I understand that a $33 made-to-measure shirt isn't going to be a more-expensive bespoke (there are other fitting issues that I have not mentioned here or to Natty Shirts because I understand fitting issues will exist in a made-to-measure garment), but I do have a problem when the manufacturer claims to make shirts made-to-measure with the option of making fitting adjustments from a fitting shirt and then does not deliver a product with the ordered measurements and adjustments. I'm satisfied with the ordering process, customer service (both email and live chat) and order turnaround time. I suppose if they didn't invite specific notes on fitting during the ordering process and didn't send a fitting shirt before completing the entire order, I wouldn't have much to gripe about, but I feel somewhat mislead.
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