Hi, Iím Antonio Centeno, the founder of Real Men Real Style.
And today Iím going to be talking about the innovative shirt company 5th and Lamar.
Well this review may come as a surprise some of you because as most of you know Iím a
custom clothier and I own a clothing company so why would I talk about a competitor.
Well 5th and Lamar isnít really a competitor because theyíre making shirts at a different
price point, theyíre shirts usually anywhere from 50 to 100 dollars and theyíre going
to go a little bit higher and my shirt starts at 99 dollars and go up to 500 dollars.
my shirts are custom.
Theirsí are off the rack, ready to get and in fact if you wanted to order it today be
you know delivered within a couple of days.
So, very different market and I know the owners, David is a great, great guy.
Met him multiple times down in Austin, Texas and I can tell you that we have a similar
mission.
And that mission is to help men dress better.
And David and Ross is the other founder.
They came to the realization the need for their company.
Whenever they went out you know, as young professionals trying to dress for business
casual and they could not find clothing that did not or shirts that did not form a muffin
top.
And what is a muffin top?
A muffin top is when you or have a thin built and youíve got trousers that fit you well
dress slacks perhaps, and you put on a shirt and all of a sudden the fabric just billows
out like this.
And you will look basically, it looks like the top of a muffet, itís just going off.
And this isnít because youíve got this excess weight up here this is because your shirt
has so much fabric itís just billowing out.
And these guys were ìwhy canít we make an off-the-rack shirt thatís of good quality,
a decent price that doesnít need to be taken to a tailor and have you know, 10 inches taken
out of the mid section.
And so thatís the company 5th and Lamar, what itís based off.
They have four sizes small, medium, large, extra large.
And even their extra large is designed for the thin men.
So itís not designed for a guys ñ if youíve got a lot of weight in your mid section, this
is not the company for you.
You probably want to turn this review off.
But which if youíre thin this is the perfect company for you.
And if you were allowed to dress shirt and even if you donít wear dress shirts like
sport shirts, they even got a new type of style.
But Iím getting ahead of myself so letís talk about 5th and Lamar.
What makes them I think a great company?
One, is theyíre great people behind the company.
So like I said Dave and Ross outstanding guys, you can do business with them and trust them
because these are young men who want to make a difference and theyíre putting out a good
quality product.
I know this because Iíve received the sample and Iíll talk about that here at the end
of this.
Another great thing about this company, free exchange so if you get the wrong size just
send it back to them, theyíll exchange them for you within two weeks free returns.
If you have an issue, you do not like this, send it back youíll get your money back.
No questions asked.
Think they do have that two week you know, time frame but thatís I think very reasonable.
Another one is the Austin, Texas appeal.
So Iím from Texas, Iíve got my roots in Texas, I wear western boots, I mean thatís
just me.
I really like a lot of their naming of the shirts, the naming of the company 5th and
Lamar.
If youíre familiar with Austin, Texas thatís actually an intersection there in the city.
So, little things like that endear this company to me.
But letís get down to talking about the styles.
Theyíve got three styles.
Theyíve got tuckers, un-tuckers, and shortyís.
Tuckers, this is going to be your business casual, your more formal shirts.
Youíre going to see this is something that you tuck in is going to fit you right if youíre
a thin guy.
And this is something that you can wear in a business environment.
These guys work at large consulting companies and because they do that type of work they
realize what kind of clothing you should wear.
So if you work for a large conservative company you can trust that these shirts are going
to work in a work environment.
Alright the un-tuckers, they donít have ñ I think theyíve only got ten designs in the
un-tuckers and theyíve got just under 20 in the tuckers.
So the un-tuckers is going to be less for selection but the fabrics are a little bit
more outgoing.
I would say they are more fun.
These are definitely shirts that you could wear on the weekend.
You can roll up youíre going to look great.
Now their shortyís, theyíve only got three designs right now but all three of them look
great.
And these are going to be short sleeve shirts.
Theyíve got the epaulettes on the shoulders and theyíve got the double breast pockets,
a great looking sport shirt.
Again this is ñ I look at this as something that would definitely fit Austin, Texas, Boulder,
Colorado.
The short sleeve, the area where it gets really hot in the summer and you need to you know
vent yourself out.
And this is a great shirt.
I think this is where their target was for this shirt.
Otherwise go with the un-tucker if you were looking for something casual.
You can just roll up, that would be great if you live in San Francisco, you live in
Portland, Oregon or you live on the northeast coast.
You know something, but sizes I mentioned, small, medium, large, extra large.
Go to their website.
Click on ìmore about the shirtsî and you can see the exact ñ they size by the neck
and the length of the sleeve which is pretty standard.
And having receive the sample and measured it, they are true to size.
So what about the sample I got.
Okay, so I received the.
And just to let you guys know Iím not some ñ like I said I pay attention to the details.
I make clothing from scratch.
So when I looked at this, I would have to say I was pretty impress.
The fabric is good.
These are a hundred percent cotton.
The fabric was unique.
It was one of those fabric that actually the itís a glen check, blue, beautiful fabric.
I love it.
Overall they use a very classic, point down colour which for 95 percent of men and actually
for almost a 100 percent of the body types they go after.
Itís going to compliment your face and the use of a single button on the cuffs.
The cuffs fit pretty well and so quickly you know, what were the things that red flags
that I would say donít expect from them that you would expect from a custom clothier.
Mother of pearl buttons, these plastic buttonís on these.
And so you know that would something I understand on your price point.
Youíre looking at shirts 50 to 100 dollars.
My shirts 100 dollars to 500 dollars so I put a little bit more expensive buttons on
them.
You know, make sense.
In addition, everything for us is individually handmade and thatís where I felt on this
one.
I put it on, I felt it was a bit big in the shoulder points, the sleeves were a little
bit long for me even though it fit well pretty good elsewhere in the neck.
So little things like that were inconsistent of ñ but then again Iím very particular
with my fit.
I can afford to be that way.
But the great part is if itís a little bit long simply take it to a tailor and have it
adjusted.
And if that shirt ends up costing you 70 to 80 dollars, I mean thatís a ten dollar adjustment,
a 15 dollar adjustment and you get a shirt that fits you great where it doesnít have
all this excess in the midsection.
The last thing would be the individual stitching.
So I felt that thereís stitching was a bit loose and Iíve talked with David about this
I think heís going to push on who theyíre working with.
They actually pull their shirts out of China and heís got a very tight relationship as
it speaks the language and heís very familiar with the industry over there.
So David is I think going to work ñ be working to improve the stitches per inch but thatís
something I felt was a bit lahi it could have been higher quality.
My final decision, my final judgement, for a hundred dollars for the fabric fit you receive,
for the selection, for the overall fit.
I think youíre going to be hard press to find something better.
You know go to hit your slim cut Brooks Brothers, look at their prices.
Go to ñ you know, some of the other brands out there and youíre going to see that these
guys because theyíre going directly to you, youíre going to get a great deal.
So 5th and Lamar, I give it two thumbs up, great company, highly recommended.
Check them out, Iím probably going to lose a little bit of business say in this but it
really doesnít matter to me because these are great guys and again weíre on ñ itís
all about wearing calling it fits you because that is going to look so much better than
a 200 dollar shirt that doesnít fit you.
Itís just going to just doesnít even come close.
Okay, Antonio Centeno with Real Men Real Style.
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Lamar.
Great little company, highly advices you support them.
Okay, thatís it.
Take care, bye.