Alexander West was highlighted in this month’s Town and Country Magazine as one of the top places to shop in the new Limelight Marketplace. Our Limelight Showroom location has been an enormous success! We hope to bring more top quality custom dress shirts to our new, highly multiplying clientele! Pick up an issue this month to read all about it!
Happy Father’s Day from Alexander West! Rebel Mom, the blog for “hip” mom life after the reality of children sets in mentioned us in her Father’s Day Gift Guide!
A gift card from Alexander West is a sure way to keep him looking his best! Click here to read all about it.
Alexander West has made life easier for you when ordering custom shirts. Please visit us at our new “no appointment”, walk-in showroom in the recently renovated Limelight Marketplace. We’re on the 1st floor in the Festival of Shops. USA Today has covered the Limelight in their Lifestyle Section. Click here to see AW in USA Today!
The Choosy Beggar gave Alexander West a glowing review and claimed that the custom dress shirt he received “Fits like a glove out of the box and unpressed — Instant confidence”. The Choosy Beggar also gave us props for the “Double stitching — 18 stitches per inch — around the armholes for maximum strength” and our 2mm thick Mother-of-Pearl buttons.
Made to Measure, a menswear/photography blog with advice on how men can look their best while remaining budget conscious has raved about our Spring line up. They featured some of their favorite prints and fabrics as they called us a “wise investment”.
As we welcome the sun back to New York City, we are introducing more fabrics, colors and patterns.
We have had an incredibel response to our Haiti Clothing Drive! Our loyal customers have donated hundreds of bags of clothing for men, women and children in response to our Haiti Clothing Drive. We are so grateful to have such giving clients willing to help others during this desperate time of need.
A new edition of the AW Style Guide has been published-The Shirt Style Anatomy.
Prepidemic Magazine, an online magazine for the contemporary gentleman has let their world know about our expanded Thomas Mason elite fabric selection.
They gave us a rave review about our price, quality and ease of ordering online. What can we say other than they are 100% correct.
Selectism, an online fashion magazine that brings you innovative fashion, explores the inner-workings of the Alexander West experience. The article gives a step-by-step description of the whole measuring and fabric choosing process. Alexander West is all about instructing the client in order to provide him with the perfect custom shirt experience. Check out the Selectism article here.
Prepidemic Magazine, a cool online blog run by a few Ivy League fashion enthusiasts, features an interview with Alexander West. Prepidemic Magazine is all about the “cosmopolitan prep.” It features everything from stylish fashion finds to fine scotch and cigars. Prepidemic Magazine has recently featured Alexander West as a young and successful company with “uniquely affordable custom.” The two part interview reveals interesting facts about the company such as the birth of AW, the inner-workings of tailoring bespoke shirts, and the philosophy and thinking behind the founder, Alex C. Yoo. To find out more interesting information on Alexander West, check out Prepidemic Magazine and both Parts I and II of the interview.
Check out Prepidemic Magazine's Interview with Alexander West
Getting ready for our fitting appointment with Steve Forbes. Will be showing our Thomas Mason and our new collection of Alumo fabrics. 2009-07-15
Staple refers to the length of cotton fiber. Long staple fiber ranges between 1¼” to 2¼” and they are stronger, expensive and luxurious. 2009-06-21
Pima Cotton – Grown in Pima County, Arizona, it rivals the Egyptian version, and is considered by some to be finer (1 ½” staple length). 2009-06-18
Egyptian Cotton – Usually used in ultrafine broadcloth shirts (in addition to bed sheets). Egyptian cotton was originally grown along th ... 2009-06-18