Under the suit
Point, spread, cutaway, tab
Barrel or French cuff. Visible placket, hidden, or fly front. Cloth weight matched to your jackets so the set reads as one house.
Poplin · twill · herringbone · oxford · pinpoint
Shirtmaking · 138 East 61st Street
Finished here.
We cut here — not every cut. Some work happens at our outside workshop. Every piece still comes through this house: we work it, finish it, and deliver it. A pattern for your neck, shoulder, and arm pitch. Kept for life.
- Since
- 1974
- Hands
- Nine master tailors
- Pattern
- Stored permanently
Why the shirt mattersThe garment under
The garment under
everything.
Collar height. Sleeve pitch. Chest ease when you sit. A ready shirt fights the jacket; a house shirt supports it. We draft for your body once, then every commission after starts from that file — cleaner each time.
Made in the houseThrough this
Through this
house.
Most “custom shirts” are measured here and built elsewhere. Ours are not a drop-ship. Some cutting is on 61st. Some is at our outside workshop. Every piece is worked on, finished, and delivered from this house.
Your patternMeasured once.
Measured once.
Refined forever.
Collar, chest, yoke, sleeve length and pitch, cuff, waist. A full shirt pattern is drafted and archived. Reorders and cloth changes still begin from your foundation — not from a blank form.
One program · many lives
Office. Evening. Off-duty.
Away from the suit
Softer collars
Linen when the heat asks for it. Flannel and brushed cotton when the week cools. Same pattern discipline — not a separate casual brand.
Linen · flannel · chambray · brushed cotton
Formal set
White and marcella
When black tie is real. Built to sit clean under a dinner jacket from this floor. Pair with wedding when the calendar is a wedding.
On the table
Cloth you can hold.
You choose cloth in the room — light, hand, and season — not from a thumbnail. European mills we actually put on the table. Final selection and construction details settle at consultation. No price hero on this page; the shirt program is confirmed in person.
How it goes
One appointment is enough to understand.
01
Consultation
Collar language, life, existing jackets.
02
Measure and pattern
Full shirt file.
03
Cloth
In hand.
04
Build and finish
Through the house. Worked, finished, delivered.
05
Try-on
Small corrections; archive updated.
138 East 61st Street · Suite 201
Book the shirt consultation.
Nine master tailors. Pattern kept for life. Call the house if you already know what you need.
VisitL&S Custom Tailors · Since 1974 · 138 East 61st Street, Suite 201, New York, NY 10065