Ascot Chang

Extremely professional. Very knowledgeable. I had a great experience. Philip was great. Highly recommend.

Ascot Chang makes some of the finest men’s shirts in the world. The prices are high (though probably in line for custom shirts). But you’ll probably end up wearing the Ascot Chang shirts more than anything else in your closet — they fit perfectly. The price is worth it to me because I’d rather pay $ 100-​something for a piece of clothing that fits just right and is exactly what I want (and that I wear all the time) rather than $ 60 for a shirt that is neither (and that I don’t like wearing).
When I was a poor student living in New York, I would occasionally walk by the Ascot Chang shop on 57^th, and I remember thinking those shirts were just the most bespoke thing on earth. Now that I can afford the occasional splurge, I have to say that everything about Ascot Chang is as great is I imagined it would be. The service is old-​worldly and wonderful. You can choose between literally hundreds of different fabrics, patterns, etc. They take so many measurements — necessary because no one except maybe Denzel Washington is symmetric. They even measure the size of my watch so that the left cuff can hang at the same length as my right. You choose from a dozen different collars, cuffs; you choose whether you want a pocket, whether you want a seam here or a pleat there — it’s actually amazing to see how the subtle differences affect the overall shirt.
I’ve never been to the shop in LA; I first ordered my shirts at the shop in Hong Kong (the Prince Building shop, not the one at the Peninsula Hotel). Now, when I need more, I wait for my Hong Kong tailor to make his rounds twice a year in major US cities (San Francisco in June and November). He charges the Hong Kong price, which is about 20% less than the US shops, and the shirts are made by the same people using the same fabrics. If you email the Hong Kong store, you can find out when their tailors will be in your city.