100Hands

[BlueSteel]

Not to defend Harry Rosen but those are CAD prices, right? They’re still a little bit more than other retailers but +/- 5-10%.

Yes - Harry Rosen is priced in CAD. So $600 CAD is about $435 USD these days.

 

[Concordia]

Prices are insane to normal people, but you'd pay about the same for a Charvet with much less handwork.

 

[BlueSteel]

Prices are insane to normal people, but you'd pay about the same for a Charvet with much less handwork.

I managed to score a lovely RTW Charvet dress shirt in my size (and fitting me way better than the 100Hands I tried on) at a Saks Off 5th outlet a couple years back for $80 USD. A wonderful shirt, and a great deal for that price! If regular price on that Charvet was $400, that would have been way too much in my view.

 

[camez_]

to be honest, i'd rather get high quality fabric and bespoke at this price point

 

[Concordia]

No idea if Charvet plays the same routine with outlet product as other makers do. But there is no harm in thinking that even their best bespoke isn't worth $400. That's part of how markets are made.

 

[JohnMRobie]

Prices are insane to normal people, but you'd pay about the same for a Charvet with much less handwork.

I’ve paid a noticeable amount less for my 100Hands gold line shirts than I did for my Charvet RTW shirts and much prefer the 100Hands fit. I stick with my shirt maker for my basic business whites and blues that I stockpiled shirting for but for adding some unique options to mix in the 100Hands that Cavour stocks are great. I don’t really care much about handmade details on shirts and my main shirt maker is machine made but I’ll say the 100Hands I have the attention to detail and make are extremely cleanly executed.

 

[kevinsvindland]

The price for good shirts have gone up in recent years, like everything else. 🤷‍♂️


A decent Eton shirt is $290
A completely machine made shirt from Fray retails for $600-800.
Isaia shirts are $600
Zegna shirts are $500
Brunello Cuccinelli shirts are $800-900
Kiton or Attolini shirts are $600-1200

So with that in mind, I dont thing 100 Hands prices are all that bad, when you look at their product against the rest of whats on the market.

(Sure you can get all of the above on sale or outlets too bla bla bla... But it does not make a difference)

 

[JohnMRobie]

The price for good shirts have gone up in recent years, like everything else. 🤷‍♂️


A decent Eton shirt is $290
A completely machine made shirt from Fray retails for $600-800.
Isaia shirts are $600
Zegna shirts are $500
Brunello Cuccinelli shirts are $800-900
Kiton or Attolini shirts are $600-1200

So with that in mind, I dont thing 100 Hands prices are all that bad, when you look at their product against the rest of whats on the market.

(Sure you can get all of the above on sale or outlets too bla bla bla... But it does not make a difference)

Shirting keeps getting more expensive too as evidenced by the 2nd price hike for Riva fabrics to go into effect just this year.

 

[kevinsvindland]

Shirting keeps getting more expensive too as evidenced by the 2nd price hike for Riva fabrics to go into effect just this year.

Yes, and it is not just Carlo Riva, It is everyone else too.

 

[Viral]

@kevinsvindland Do 100H shirts for similar to Cavour Sartoria shirts?

 

[RapFan]

Yup - you got it.

Which Harry Rosen carries Borrelli shirts? I hope you didnt get tricked into the fake borrelli they are selling at their outlets like I did...

 

[BlueSteel]

Which Harry Rosen carries Borrelli shirts? I hope you didnt get tricked into the fake borrelli they are selling at their outlets like I did...

Please fill me in - how are they fake? I compared mine to the Borrelli shirts sold by other large and reliable online retailers and they seem identical. Are you saying these are not made by Borrelli at all? I'm not a fan of Harry Rosen in the least, but I'd be beyond surprised if they were selling counterfeit brands. Why would one of the largest men's dress clothes retailers in Canada get involved in amateur nonsense like that?

I'm certainly aware that there are other, higher-end, lines of Borrelli shirts that can be bought. I assume the ones sold by these larger chains are at the lower end of what Borrelli produces...and yet they still look great and fit me perfectly.

I'm thrilled with them - quality, style and fit - for $125 CAD (for our US friends that is $92 USD).

P.S. I decided to go to the source - I have sent a message to Borrelli in Napoli to ask for their input on whether these shirts are authentic...I'll share what I am able to find out, if they respond.

 

[kevinsvindland]

@kevinsvindland Do 100H shirts for similar to Cavour Sartoria shirts?

Cavour Sartoria Shirts are similar to Finamore, Borrelli, Luca Avitabile etc..
Classic Napoli shirtmaking with 8-9 hand made passages.
So similar to 100 Hands Black Line.

Gold line is much finer, and probably the finest hand made shirts on the market.

 

[kevinsvindland]

Please fill me in - how are they fake? I compared mine to the Borrelli shirts sold by other large and reliable online retailers and they seem identical. Are you saying these are not made by Borrelli at all? I'm not a fan of Harry Rosen in the least, but I'd be beyond surprised if they were selling counterfeit brands. Why would one of the largest men's dress clothes retainers in Canada get involved in amateur nonsense like that?

I'm certainly aware that there are other, higher-end, lines of Borrelli shirts that can be bought. I assume the ones sold by these larger chains are at the lower end of what Borrelli produces...and yet they still look great and fit me perfectly.

I'm thrilled with them - quality, style and fit - for $125 CAD (for our US friends that is $92 USD).

P.S. I decided to go to the source - I have sent a message to Borrelli in Napoli to ask for their input on whether these shirts are authentic...I'll share what I am able to find out, if they respond.

Borrelli, like most other napolitan shirt brands, outsource alot of their work.
So there can be significant differences from entry level to top shelf within one brand.

I highly doubt a large retailer like Harry Rosen would dabble with counterfeit product.


On ebay, sure.. A disloyal factory worker in Napoli looking to make an extra buck, and grabs a handful of Borrelli labels on his way out. 🥳

 

[BlueSteel]

Borrelli, like most other napolitan shirt brands, outsource alot of their work.
So there can be significant differences from entry level to top shelf within one brand.

I highly doubt a large retailer like Harry Rosen would dabble with counterfeit product.


On ebay, sure.. A disloyal factory worker in Napoli looking to make an extra buck, and grabs a handful of Borrelli labels on his way out. 🥳

Yes - those are my thoughts on it as well. Hoping someone at Borrelli has time to respond to my inquiry and confirm that!