Short Sleeved shirts

[SpikieMikie]

1). How easy would it be for tailor to turn a long sleeve shirt into a short sleeved shirt and what is the cost roughly.

2). Does anyone know anywhere selling nice formal-ish short sleeved shirts ? M&S, Next, House of Fraser, even Paul Smith and Ted Baker have a great range of long sleeve shirts but the short sleeve shirts all feel poorer quality have are in wishy washy colours.Why ?

[ursula62]

You could ask at your dry cleaners, many of them do alterations at a very reasonable price.

Usually the patterns for short sleeves are slightly wider than those for long sleeves as the short sleeve is more casual and less fitted. If you just cut the sleeve and turn the edges under this would take no time at all. Do you have a friend with a sewing machine who could do this for you?  If you wanted something fancier, like a mock cuff, it's a bit more complicated but still wouldn't take that long and you could use the extra bit of material you cut off to make this. 

In general most "smart" shirts are long sleeved. I rarely see anyone in short sleeves in the city, even in the height of summer. Perhaps it is frowned on by organisations such as banks and city law firms.

[cassimer]

I think its hard to get short sleeved nice shirts because in next etc they are sold to be worn out clubbing...

[SpikieMikie]

Well... I went shopping today. Two new shirt makers have opened in Nottingham, but still I could find what I wanted. However, many of the places I went to could recommend a tailor to get the shirts altered.

The excuse was exactly your presumption ursula62, that the big London financial and law firms prefer employees to wear long sleeved shirts. Its an unspoken rule, but everyone follows it to get on the right side of the boss, and shirt makers follow them !  S*d the 98% of us that dont work in the City institutions... tut tut..