Formal Shirt Manufacturer in Bangladesh

A formal shirt is the hardest cheap garment to make well. The collar has to stay flat after twenty washes, the white has to stay white, and the fit has to be the same in every size or the customer who bought a 16 collar last season will not buy again. This page covers the formal shirts we source, the shirtings the bench runs, and what to send us for a price in 48 hours.

We are a sourcing desk in Dhaka. We do not own a factory. Your enquiry goes to two woven shirt plants from our bench, you get both quotes with our read on which suits the order, and our own person is on the floor for the inline and the final inspection.

If you want a shirt built entirely to your own pattern and trim, including casual cloths like flannel and linen, the [custom shirts](/categories/custom-shirt-manufacturer-bangladesh.html) page is the one to read. This page is about business and formal shirts as a product line.

Formal shirt types we source

Classic Fit Formal Shirt

Full cut through the chest and waist, box pleat or side pleats at the back, barrel cuff. The fit that sells to the widest age range and the one to lead a range with.

Slim Fit Formal Shirt

Cut closer through the chest and waist with back darts and a higher armhole. The armhole is the part that goes wrong: cut it too low and a slim shirt pulls across the back the moment the wearer reaches forward.

Non Iron Formal Shirt

A resin finished cotton that comes out of a tumble dryer wearable. The finish reduces tear strength a little, so ask what the finish does to the fabric and get the test on the pre production sample rather than a promise.

Double Cuff Formal Shirt

French cuff for cufflinks, with a heavier interlining so it folds cleanly. Cuff length and the position of the cufflink holes belong in your spec, because there is no standard everyone shares.

Mandarin Collar Shirt

Band collar with no turned point, cut with a slightly higher neckline. Cheaper to make than a turned collar and it hides a multitude of collar problems, which is why it is worth checking the rest of the make on this one.

Short Sleeve Formal Shirt

Poplin or fine twill with a hemmed or turn back sleeve, usually a chest pocket. The sleeve opening width is the measurement buyers forget and then complain about.

Corporate Uniform Shirt

The same shirt built for a programme: one fabric, fixed colours, embroidery position agreed once, and a size curve that repeats. Priced differently from a fashion order because the repeat is known.

White Formal Shirt

Worth its own line, because the white is the whole garment. A cheap white greys in a year and the customer blames the brand. Ask for the base cloth by yarn count and ask for a washed sample before you approve a bulk white.

Shirting, and the numbers to ask for

Specify shirting by weave, weight and yarn count. A 40s two fold poplin and a 20s single poplin are both poplin, and one of them feels like a shirt you would pay for. Two fold yarn on both warp and weft costs more and is the single clearest upgrade a buyer can make.

Poplin is smooth and slightly crisp. Fine twill is softer and drapes. Oxford and pinpoint are heavier and more casual. For a formal range, poplin and fine twill carry most of the volume.

Yarn dyed cloth holds a stripe or a check through the wash. Piece dyed is cheaper and only makes solids. For a white or a plain pastel, piece dyed is correct and there is no reason to pay for yarn dyed.

Collar, cuff and interlining

This is where price and quality actually separate. A fused collar with the correct weight of interlining stays flat for the life of the shirt. Too light and the point curls. Too heavy and the collar feels like card. Wrong glue or wrong press and it bubbles after a wash, and a bubbled collar never recovers.

Ask the factory what interlining it proposes, and ask for a washed collar and cuff on the pre production sample. That one request removes the most common formal shirt complaint and costs nothing. We ask for it as standard and we send you the washed sample, not just the fresh one.

Collar stays can be removable plastic or metal, or sewn in. Removable is expected above a certain price and is a small cost. Say which you want rather than leaving it to the plant.

Fit and grading

Formal shirts are sold in collar sizes, alpha sizes or both, and the three systems do not line up. Tell us which one you sell in and send the full size chart: collar, chest, waist, hip, shoulder, sleeve length, cuff opening, back length and yoke width, plus the tolerance you accept.

Grade the armhole and the shoulder with the chest, not after it. Most fit complaints on a slim shirt come from an armhole that stayed the same while the chest grew two sizes. We measure the pre production sample in the smallest size, the sample size and the largest size and send you the numbers before bulk cutting starts.

Quality control

Inline inspection while the line is running, so a placket set crooked is caught on the first bundle. Final inspection to AQL 2.5 unless your standard differs, with the photo report before the goods move.

On a formal shirt we check collar and cuff symmetry, collar flatness after a wash, placket width along its full length, stitch density per inch against your spec, button pull strength, shrinkage on a washed sample, and shade continuity between dye lots. On whites we also check whiteness against the approved standard after a wash, because that is the failure that arrives six months later.

Compliance differs by plant. The factories on our bench hold different combinations of BSCI, Sedex, WRAP and OEKO-TEX. Tell us what your buyer requires and we will only quote plants that already hold it, with the certificate attached to the quote.

What to send with your enquiry

• Shirting by weave, weight and yarn count, or a swatch to match
• Fit name and the block you want, or a sample garment to copy
• Collar style, cuff style, stay type and interlining preference if you have one
• Size system and the full size chart with quantity per size, and your tolerance
• Button nomination, label artwork and the packing and folding spec
• Quantity per colour, your target price and your ship date

Minimum order starts from 300 pieces per colour. Two factory quotes in 48 hours, sample in 7 to 14 days, bulk in 30 to 60 days after the pre production sample is signed, FOB Chattogram.

Folding and packing

A formal shirt is judged in the bag before anyone puts it on. Flat pack with a collar support, a back board, tissue and pins is the retail standard and it is a real cost line. Hanging pack is cheaper to make and more expensive to ship. Tell us which you need at the enquiry so it is quoted in rather than added later.

Get a quote for formal shirts

Tech pack or sketch with quantities per colour. A compared quote in 48 hours.