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Luxist Giveaway: $200 Blank-Label Giftcard Just in Time for V-Day

The first one was such a success we're back with another great giveaway from Blank-Label.com, this one worth even more than the first and perfectly timed for Valentine's Day. Blank Label lets you be the designer, giving the customer control over everything from the fabric to the cut to the buttons and the details for a truly customized and guaranteed-to-fit designer shirt. And with their dress shirt designer app (also available for the iPad) creating your own dream shirt is not only quick and easy but also fun -- I'm a girl and even I had fun playing with it. In fact I encourage all of our women readers to enter also as it would make a really awesome Valentine's Day gift (and wouldn't it be great to have that taken care of?).

We have one $200 Blank Label gift card to give away so if you're tired of standard, boring, or ill-fitting shirts forget buying off the rack and enter now so you (or your man) can start designing your own dream wardrobe one shirt at a time. Just leave a comment on this post telling us why you get frustrated with standard dress shirts and/or what aspect you'd most like to customize and one lucky reader will be chosen at random. The giveaway ends on January 24, 2011 at 5:00pm EST, see additional rules below. And after you've entered here consider signing up for the Blank Label mailing list for a chance at one of three $50 monthly coupons. Good luck!

THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW OVER, WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL. THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED!

* To enter, leave a confirmed comment below.
* The comment must be left and confirmed before January 24, 2011 at 5:00pm Eastern Time.
* You may only enter once.
* One winner will be selected in a random drawing and notified by email.
* One winner will receive a $200 Blank-Label.com gift card.
* Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia.

See full giveaway rules here.

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Luxist Giveaway: Shirts My Way Gift Certificate

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Men's Style

Our last few giveaways focused on things for women (perfume, jewelry etc.) but today's giveaway is for the men. It's fall and time to bid farewell to shorts and short sleeves and suit up. But that doesn't mean you have to opt for the basic off-the-rack experience. Shirts My Way is a service that deals only in custom dress shirts. The website allows you to customize a variety of features to create the perfect look for your custom dress shirt. Every detail, from the collar style to the cuff fabric to the thread color, can be selected so that the shirt reflects your individual tastes. It's not just any shirt, it's your shirt. And once you determine exactly what you like and save it to your profile it's easy to order similar shirts. The shirts are made with high thread count fabrics made from long staple quality cotton and stitched together by master tailors, hand-sewn and reinforced with single needle stitching along the seams for extended durability. You really want to fall in love? Two words: free shipping. That's right, they provide free standard shipping worldwide without any minimum requirements getting your custom dress shirt to you in within nine working days. Prices start at $75.

The founders of Michael Yang and Peter Crawfurd deem themselves "dress shirt enthusiasts." Their quest to create the ideal shirt buying platform brain in 2008. ShirtsMyWay officially launched its website in February 2009 and after a year of rapid growth launched an upgrade the following year.

Enough talk, let's get to the giveaway, ShirtsMyWay is offering one Luxist reader a $200 gift certificate to create their own custom shirts. To enter the contest leave a comment below telling us which fabric you'd choose from the ShirtsMyWay website to make your own custom shirt.

* To enter, leave a confirmed comment below.
* The comment must be left and confirmed before September 20, 2010 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
* You may only enter once.
* One winner will be selected in a random drawing.
* One winner will receive a $200 Shirts My Way gift certificate.
* Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia.

See complete giveaway rules here.

This contest is now closed. Thank you for your participation.

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Rebecca & Drew Makes Way for Bigger Breasts

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel

Rebecca & Drew, the company that makes custom shirts for women by body type and bra size -- and has those awesome double buttons that keep you from flashing everyone to your right when you sit -- has an announcement: F, G and H cups have arrived.

It's no surprise that after bringing countless women the perfect fit in a shirt, they wanted to, um, expand their demographic. If women with average-sized blessings have trouble finding shirts tailored to their liking, one can only imagine the trouble that the breastier have.

Now, even the especially well-endowed among us can purchase monogrammed, tailored shirts, TrioPacks (three custom-fit shirts in different prints) and a number of items from their dress and day-off collections.

Click here to get started designing your very own custom-fit shirt at Rebecca & Drew (free shipping and returns until it fits you perfectly).

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Personal Tailor: Boston's Blank Label Launches Custom Menswear Website Today

by Dan Roth (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel

Let's not confuse luxury with the spending of wealth. Even high end goods, when arrayed on a retail rack become merely another store purchase. The pre-fabricated feel of that experience is decidedly undifferent from purchasing a fast food burger for a dollar. When you're paying for a designers work that's produced in standard sizes by factories, what exactly are you buying that's so different than you'll find at Target? A label? Our father's brands may not exactly going to set our hearts aflutter, should we wish to be snappily-dressed young men.

True luxury is more accurately described as getting exactly what you want. Your things are customized to your tastes. It doesn't have to cost a fortune for goods exactly tailored to you; making luxury unique from price. Speaking of tailoring, that's just the area that Boston's Blank Label wants to address. Being based in the cradle of the American Revolution has apparently rubbed off on the upstart clothing maker. The brand launches today, October 31st, and it's aimed at changing the way young men buy clothes, with prices that young men could actually afford.

Starting with custom men's shirts, Blank Label will eventually branch out to offer more clothing. The shirts are handmade by experienced tailors for Blank Label. The materials and workmanship are pleasing, and the website lets you build your own shirt with the options you want. French placket? Sure! High style always looks better when it fits correctly, something that's difficult to do when you're buying a name off the rack, designed for the most common compromise. Not having to compromise or settle for something someone else designed? Sounds like luxury to us.

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ShirtsMyWay - Men's Custom Shirts Online

by Laura Malesich (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel

For the typical upwardly mobile, successful man of today custom shirts are a must. Yet, finding the time to locate the proper store and make a myriad of decisions can be tough in a busy schedule. ShirtsMyWay provides a great solution offering premium custom shirts through online shopping with free international shipping. You can visualize the fabric, colors, patterns, cuts and details with their digital model. Simply make your choice, send in your measurements, and voila! Original, well-fitted shirts that suit your style needs. Did I mention they have seven trillion different possible shirt designs?

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Rebecca & Drew Makes Custom Shirts for Women

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Services

As every professional woman knows, it is difficult to find the perfect fit in a button-down shirt. Men have it so easy, with entire franchises built around making sure their shirts fit well. Rebecca & Drew is working to change this double standard, and we have to say: they're doing a darn fine job!

The photo at right is from their adorable shop at 344 West 13th Street in New York City's West Village. I headed down there to see what all this buzz about "fit shirts" and "custom design" was. I was not disappointed!

For starters, the shirts have specially-placed buttons so that you never get that "from the left you can see my bra" effect. They come in two fits: "Soft and Smooth" and "Strong and Confident." From what I gather, this means "has a small waist" and "has less of a waist." The shirt sizes are based on that and bra size. Why haven't we been doing this all along?

Once you know your Rebecca & Drew size, you can order any of their items online and know that it will fit. And if you happen to order the wrong size your first time? They'll exchange it no problem -- they'll even pay the shipping.

Have a look through our gallery where I try on one of the fit shirts, explain how they work, and show you a couple of our favorite items. The basic Rebecca & Drew shirts are $195, $175 for short-sleeves. Get one here!

Gallery: Rebecca & Drew