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.

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One Eight Nine, or commonly known as OEN or 189.com was so impressed with the AW Anatomy of a Shirt blog (3.1.10), that they featured it in the Fashion section of their blog.   189.com is well rounded editorial blog covering fashion, design, media and all things creative.

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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”.

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Bespoke Dress Up

Volume 6:  March 9, 2010

Happy Spring!

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.

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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.

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The crew at Cool Hunting asked us to measure and shirt up their product tester employee.    As you see, we passed and exceeded their expectations by a long shot.

Cool Hunting is a daily update on ideas and products in the intersection of art, design, culture and technology, and features weekly videos that get an inside look at the people who create them.

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We’re getting hotter and hotter as we have stretched our style all the way to the West Coast.  Click here to see the video news segment of 2010 Fashion Trends from KCAL9/CBS Los Angeles.  How exciting!  Thank you CBS Los Angeles!

Follow up article:  Finding The Best And Coolest Clothes For 2010:

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Alexander West custom shirts will be included in the Men’s Gift Bag at the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony this year!

The show will be airing Sunday, January 17, 2010.  These goody bags are a high dollar door prize for all male guests.

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You have now officially been elected the President of the  AlexanderWest “Shirt of the Month Club”…..Well, actually Selectism-  A Men’s Online Daily Magazine for Fashion, Footwear, Lifestyle and Design Culture has just elected you.

The fashion tab of the Titel Media Sites, Selectism, regarded the suave membership benefits of being a member of our club.   The bottom line?  12 CUSTOM shirts per year.  Click here to view the “Shirt of the Month” page. Each custom quality dress shirt knocking on your door giving you new style and fit confidence each month.  Click here to see the article.

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Last week Details.com was hot on the street doing “tweak” make-overs.   “Sunday” was seriously hooked up from shirt to shoe by Details; with yours truly, Alexander West featured as the the shirt upgrade.  Check it out here.

Out with the vintage print tee and in with the Alexander West dress shirt under the blazer.  A minor tweak for you could be a something as subtle as a vintage belt buckle, a new bag or stylish new eyeglass frames.

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If you are in or around New York City this weekend, stop by The Pop Up Flea for all sorts of cool menswear goodness from Billykirk, Mark McNairy, Hattan, Alexander West, One Trip Pass, Alexander Olch, Aether, Aprix, 3Sixteen, Gitman Brothers Vintage, C’H’C’M and a few surprises. Food will be on offer from the fine folks at Cafe Select. You can also get a wet shave and an old school cut from Tommy Guns.

Curators: Randy Goldberg (Urban Daddy) and Michael Williams (A Continuous Lean)

Location: OpenHouse Gallery at 201 Mulberry St.

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