Charles Tyrwhitt (pronounced /ˈtɪrɪt/) is a popular British multi-channel retailer selling quality mens and womenswear through mail order, its website and its retail outlets, which can be found throughout the world.
Charles Tyrwhitt was founded as a mail order company in 1986 by Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler while he was a student at Bristol University. In 1997, the company opened its first store in London’s famous Jermyn Street, a location synonymous with selling the finest shirts in the world. Its flagship store currently resides at No. 92 Jermyn Street with a three further stores in the City of London. Other UK stores can be found in Canary Wharf and Cambridge. US stores are situated in Madison Avenue and Seventh Avenue in New York City. Other stores located globally include France, Spain, Singapore, and Kuwait. As well as high quality clothing, the company advocates value for money with its steady sequence of promotional offers, as well as good customer service (Charles Tyrwhitt’s Contact Centre was awarded seventh place in the Top 50 Call Centres for Customer Service in 2008).
Charles Tyrwhitt specialises in selling an extensive range of quality shirts, including classic fit, slim fit, non-iron, Sea Island quality and the tailored fit Black Label range. The company's basic range of shirts start with 100% two-fold 100s cotton with a traditional spread collar, single needle stitching and removable brass collar stiffeners. In addition to a range of shirt collar and sleeve sizes, Charles Tyrwhitt also offers options such as pocket addition, monogramming, and sleeve adjustment.
In addition, the company offers high quality handmade silk ties, suits and separates, evening wear, coats, calf leather shoes and a range of accessories, including cufflinks and belts. The casual collection includes casual shirts, Merino knitwear, polo shirts and chinos. The growing women’s collection features shirts, suits and accessories.
