What to Wear to Work - Red, Green and Lilac (TM Lewin 1898)

 "Here we are once again, I'm torn into pieces, can't deny can't pretend thought you were the one." An ode to the shirts I had before, which did not last the test of washing or wearing. These shirts are what I call the randoms or the miscellaneous, being that they are the only ones with no particular colour scheme my collection at the moment. They are all in the Cutaway style from TM Lewin. 

The Rope stripe cutaway shirt - Red

Fresh out the package

Shirt hung up

The collar - cutaway style

Material sample

The cuff

The double stripe Cutaway shirt - Green

Shirt hung up

Material sample 

The cuff

The Wide bar stripe shirt - Lilac

The shirt hung up

Material sample

The cuff

Fine shirt retailers can be found here

Thomas Pink

Charles Tyrwhitt

TM Lewin

                                  "Fashion fades but style remains eternal." - Yves St Laurent

What to Wear to Work - The Pinks (TM Lewin 1898)

     A coloured shirt can be a good way to inject colour into your work wear wardrobe and get away from the corporate basics of black and white. Also Spring/Summer is the time of year when colour is embraced. These are just a selection of Pink shirts which I have for work wear, they can be worn on their own with a trouser or a skirt or under a suit/blazer for a more formal look.  


   All of my pink shirts are from TM Lewin, and that is because I made the concious decision to start buying quality shirts which would last more than a few washes, before losing colour and/or shape. (you know the type you wear the shirt once, put it in the wash and it never looks the same, even after you have starched it and ironed with steam.) TM Lewin shirts are great quality and price wise compared to other brands they are hard to beat. If you are lucky you may be able to catch a multi-buy offer instore 4 shirts for £90 for guys, or 3 shirts for £75. 


    Material is the most expensive part of shirt making and TM Lewin uses 100% cotton when making all of their shirts. Unlike some other retailers who use cotton blended with polyester and other synthetic fabrics. Also the buttons on TM Lewin Shirts are sewn using 2 threads to ensure that they hold well and do not pop off after a few wears or washes. 

The Pinks - the shirt below was in the was so I was not able to photograph it.

TM Lewin Multi bar striped shirt

Shirt hung up

Shirt sample

The collar

The cuff

TM Lewin Cutaway rope stripe shirt - Pink

The shirt

shirt sample

The collar - cutaway

The cuff

TM Lewin Paired fine stripe shirt - Pink 

Package

Shirt hung up

Collar - Cutaway

Shirt sample

The Cuff

TM Lewin Pink Stripe double cuff 

The shirt hung up

The collar - Cutaway

Shirt sample

The cuff 

fine shirt retailers can be found here 
Thomas Pink
Charles Tyrwhitt
TM Lewin

"Fashion fades by style remains Eternal." Yves St Laurent

What to Wear to Work - The White Shirt (TM Lewin 1898)

 At the request of one of my followers I have decided to start a series of blog posts highlighting some styling ideas (outfits) for Interview/work wear for ladies and if possible I will include some ideas for men as well.  

     Kicking off we have the White Shirt, as  I explained here T.M. Lewin white shirt sale The white shirt is an investment piece. The cornerstone of any professional work wardrobe. A white shirt is versatile in its use and can be styled as part of a casual, formal or semi formal look. A white shirt can be worn with jeans, trousers, skirts, shorts, under shift dressed or thrown over maxi dresses to ward off the sun or chill. 

     Fine shirt retailer Thomas Pink has a White Shirt Bar at the Jermyn Street location, where gentleman can go to the store and have a consultation and help picking out the perfect white shirt to suit the event or occasion they are attending. In this video they go over the particulars to look for in the perfect white shirt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxQkkbe1-uk.

     My white shirt of choice is the TM Lewin White Plain 2 fold Poplin Cutaway shirt #38171. The Cutaway refers to the cut of the shirt at the neck and poplin is the type of cotton used to make the shirt. TM Lewin shirts are great quality and price wise compared to other brands they are hard to beat. If you are lucky you may be able to catch a multi-buy offer instore 4 shirts for £90 for guys, or 3 shirts for £75. Recently they even had a 1 week long white shirt sale, where all white shirts on their website were priced at £20 for a whole week. If that is not value for money, I don't know what is.  Material is the most expensive part of shirt making and TM Lewin uses 100% cotton when making all of their shirts. Unlike some other retailers who use cotton blended with polyester and other synthetic fabrics. Also the buttons on TM Lewin Shirts are sewn using 2 threads to ensure that they hold well and do not pop off after a few wears or washes. 

Packaged 

Shirt on hanger

Collar - Cutaway

The Cuff

video demonstrating the white shirt on a live model.

Fine shirt retailers can be found here 

Thomas Pink

Charles Tyrwhitt

TM Lewin

"Fashion fades, but style remains eternal." - Yves St Laurent