Understanding Modern Tailor Fabrics

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Modern Tailor has more than 1000 fabrics for custom shirts and suits. These fabrics come in different thread counts, weaves, patterns, fibers, etc.   It helps to know the elements of a high quality shirt or suit fabric when it comes to creating a great garment.

Here’s a list of the elements to consider in choosing Modern Tailor fabrics:

• Fabric Types
• Ply / Thread Count
• Treatments
• Fabric Source
• Fabric Weight
• Shrinkage 

Type of Fabrics

The majority of our fabrics is 100% cotton. We also have linen and cotton/ polyester blend shirt fabrics.  For suits, jackets, and pants, we have:

✓100% Pure Wool

✓Wool (5% Polyester & 95% wool)

✓Cotton/Lycra

Ply & Thread Count

The ply indicates the thickness of a thread with which the fabric is woven. It is the number of yarns twisted together to make a single thread.

Thread count refers to the number of fabric threads woven together per square inch of fabric.

We recommend thread counts from 60s to 80s if you are looking for a thicker fabric material. If you prefer a more comfortable, silky feel, you may wish to opt for the 200s.

Treatments:

Our non-iron fabrics use liquid ammonia and moist cure finishing treatment. Non-iron fabrics are more resistant to wrinkles.

Meanwhile, easy care fabrics require minimal ironing, have a better drying, and crease recovery properties.

Source

The executive collections are fabrics mainly from Italy and Japan, although some are from other countries.

These 2-ply fabrics usually have a thread count of 80s to 100s.

Wool Fabrics

Our wool fabric collection is categorized into three.

Pure Wool, Wool, and Anglo Saxon Wool.

Suit Fabric Weight

Our suit fabrics weighs around 280gr/mt to 300gr/mt.

(gr/mt = gram per linear meter)

Shrinkage

All our fabrics are pre-shrunk, compliant with ITF (Industrial Textile Fabrics) standards that require cotton fabrics to shrink less than 2%. Any other residual shrinkage is considered in the shirt construction process.

We have included icon guides in our fabrics. Here’s what the icons mean:

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Anatomy of the Collar: How to customize a shirt’s collar

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Great style catches everyone’s attention. To become more stylish, you'd need to master the basics. Let's start with arguably the most important part of the shirt: The Collar.

The collar may be considered as the greatest determinant of style in a dress shirt. It is the frame that enhances your facial features.

Anatomy of Collar

Back Height – the height of the collar as it sits on the neck

Tie Space – the area above the collar button

Collar Band – the fabric that loops around the neck

Point Length – the distance from the collar band to the collar point

Collar Spread – the distance between the collar points

Collars are typically and historically used to show individuality. The collar style balances our facial attributes and improves our facial strengths.

Here are several ways to customize your collars for your Modern Tailor shirt:

1) Choose the collar lining

For a more formal look, choose a stiff collar lining.

For a more relaxed appearance, choose common to soft collar lining.

2) Collar Stay

Choose a sewn- in collar stay to permanently stabilize the collar points. The more flexible option however is to choose a removable collar stay.

3) Back height Collar Button

Back height collar button is not just there as an accessory, but to keep the collar from flapping, especially for those who are physically active.

4) Contrast Collar or contrast internal collar

Show ingenuity by adding different colors.

There are surely a lot of ways to elevate the style of your dress shirt by customizing your collar style. So we invite you to sign up and experiment with the designs you can create to differentiate yourself.

A man who knows himself has a unique sense of style.

Below is a quick guide on how you can customize your collar style using Modern Tailor's unique online control panel.

After choosing your fabric, customizing the collar is the second step in designing a Modern Tailor shirt. 

Select which collar style you’d like to proceed with.

The last section is choosing your collar lining and collar stay. You can also change its color and add a button on back height. Another option in this step is adding a tie.

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Fine Linen Fabrics for Summer!

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Warmer season at the northern hemisphere!

Modern Tailor is offering fine linen fabric selections. Linen, made from the flax plant, is a lightweight and breathable fabric which is perfect for hot summers!

Blue Stripes USD $109.95 No.: S32327-102 Material: Cotton/linen Season: Summer Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Pink Chambray Linen USD $109.95 No.: S32112-105 Material: Cotton/linen Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Khaki Stripes USD $109.95 No.: S32323-102 Material: Cotton/linen Season: Summer Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Green Linen USD $109.95 No.: S32111-105 Material: Cotton/linen Season: Summer Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Blue Stripes Linen USD $109.95 No.: S32324-102 Material: Cotton/linen Season: Summer Choose This Fabric Add Comment
Pink Linen USD $109.95 No.: S32204-102 Material: Cotton/linen Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Red Stripes USD $109.95 No.: S32328-102 Material: Cotton/linen Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Red Chambray Twill USD $109.95 No.: S32318-102 Material: Cotton/linen Season: Summer Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Brown Linen USD $129.95 No.: S32104-105 Material: Cotton/linen Season: Summer Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Blue Linen USD $139.95 No.: S33107-125 Material: Linen Choose This Fabric Add Comment
Ivory Linen USD $139.95 No.: S33101-125 Material: Linen Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Grey Beige Linen USD $139.95 No.: S33102-125 Material: Linen Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Pink Linen USD $139.95 No.: S33104-125 Material: Linen Choose This Fabric Add Comment	Royal Blue Linen USD $139.95 No.: S32207-105 Material: Linen Choose This Fabric Add Comment

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