Taylor Stitch
San Francisco menswear brand making responsibly built, hardwearing basics and casualwear designed to look better the more you wear them.
- Founded
- 2008
- Founder
- Michael Maher, Barrett Purdum, Mike Armenta
- Country
- United States
- Made In
- China
- Price Range
- Accessible
- Stance
- 7 / 10
- Coverage
- 22 products
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Taylor Stitch launched in 2008 out of a San Francisco apartment with a simple brief: build a better-fitting men's shirt. Co-founders Michael Maher, Barrett Purdum, and Mike Armenta had no background in apparel manufacturing, so they went deep — learning construction, fit, and fabric from the ground up. What started as a shirting label has grown into a full menswear line spanning denim, outerwear, and knitwear, with a sustainability ethos baked in from the beginning. The brand runs a crowdfunding pre-order model called The Workshop, where customers fund upcoming products in advance at a discount — a mechanism that cuts overproduction and keeps inventory lean. Nearly all cotton used is organic, certified to GOTS standards, and the brand has its own repair program to extend garment life. The aesthetic sits squarely in the rugged-but-refined San Francisco tradition: clothes that work chopping wood and heading to the office, without screaming about it.
Founded 2008 by Michael Maher, Barrett Purdum, Mike Armenta.
Products from Taylor Stitch
The Tiller Half Zip in Greyscale Hemp Jaspe
Reviewed Sep 2026
The Davis Shirt in Indigo Raindrop Sashiko
Reviewed Jun 2026
The Legend in Tokyo Tortoise
Reviewed Jun 2026
The Après Short in Coal Hemp
Reviewed Jun 2026
The Stretch Braided Belt in Natural
Reviewed Jun 2026
The Short Sleeve Jack in Vintage Bloom
Reviewed Jun 2026
The Short Sleeve Jack in Dried Palms
Reviewed May 2026
The Monterey Sweater Polo in Deep Sea Geo Crochet
Reviewed Jun 2026
The Conrad Shirt in Heather Chili Pincord
Trim fit runs true; build quality holds up at $128.
Reviewed May 2026
The Pleated Short in Organic Field Khaki Twill
Reviewed May 2026
The Valencia Sweater Polo in Coal Stripe
Reviewed Jun 2026
The Short Sleeve Mechanic Shirt in Atlantic Ripstop
Reviewed Jun 2026
// Within the lineup
Brand average: 7.0/10 · across 12 scored products
Best of the lineup
Below the line
Variance vs the brand’s make-quality average. Outliers sit ≥ 1.5 points above or below the mean — the kind of spread worth knowing before you click buy.
Return policy
21 days from delivery for full refund or store credit on full-price items; domestic returns are free. "Last Call" items are final sale. International orders are final sale; no international returns supported. Per brand Terms of Sale.
Sale cadence
Taylor Stitch runs a predictable calendar of sitewide promos plus a permanent "Last Call" markdown section that's typically 30% off and refreshed regularly. The recurring tentpoles are: a Fourth of July / summer sale running roughly late June through July 5 (20-30% off in-season styles, with Last Call deeper at up to 40-50%); a Labor Day weekend promo in early September (around 20-30% off); and the brand's biggest event, Black Friday / Cyber Monday in late November (typically 20% sitewide on BF stepping up to 30% sitewide on Cyber Monday, often paired with bonus store credit like $20-$30 back on $100+ orders). End-of-season cuts on outerwear and seasonal pieces show up around late winter and late summer at 20-30%. Outside named events, the Last Call collection functions as an always-on clearance, so something is essentially always on sale even if the homepage isn't running a banner.
Next sale (predicted)
June 29, 2026· 7/10 confidence
Is Taylor Stitch Worth It?
Yes, with a clear head about what you're buying. Taylor Stitch averages 8.1/10 across 22 scored pieces, and the best of them, like the Davis Shirt in Indigo Raindrop Sashiko at 9/10, punch well above their price point. This is not a heritage brand with a romantic origin story in some Portuguese factory; it's a San Francisco label making well-considered casualwear in China at prices that don't require an apology, and doing it more honestly than most.
Across 22 scored pieces, Taylor Stitch averages 8.1/10, with the Davis Shirt in Indigo Raindrop Sashiko leading at 9/10.
The guy who wants hardwearing, well-fitted casualwear at accessible prices and doesn't need a made-in-USA label to feel good about the purchase.
Everything is made in China, which is fine in practice but worth knowing if provenance is part of how you justify a purchase to yourself.
The make
Taylor Stitch started as a shirting label, and the shirts are still where the brand earns its keep. The Davis Shirt in Indigo Raindrop Sashiko scored a 9/10 at $128, and the Hawthorne Shirt in Blue Pin Dot Dobby came in at 8.8/10 for $148. Both prices are reasonable for the construction you get. The brand uses nearly all organic cotton and runs a pre-order model called The Workshop, where customers fund upcoming products in advance at a discount. That mechanism cuts overproduction, which is a real structural commitment rather than a marketing line. The Organic Cotton Short Sleeve Crew in Faded Black Waffle at $78 scored 8.8/10, which tells you the basics are taken seriously too, not just the marquee pieces.
The value
At this price tier, the scores hold up unusually well. A Short Sleeve Rugby Shirt in Port Stripe at $98 scoring 8.9/10 is the kind of number that makes you pay attention. Taylor Stitch is not asking you to spend $300 on a flannel shirt and trust that the price means something. The Workshop discount model means you can often get into new pieces at 15 to 20 percent below retail, which sharpens the value case further. Across 22 pieces, only a handful dip below 8, which is a consistent floor you don't always see from brands at this level.
The context
The co-founders came up learning construction and fit from scratch, and that shows in how the brand thinks about proportion and wear. These are clothes designed to look better with use, which is a reasonable claim for the fabrics they're working with. The full line now spans denim, outerwear, and knitwear alongside the original shirting, and the sunglasses (The Legend in Tokyo Tortoise, 8.5/10) suggest the brand knows when to extend and when to stay in its lane. If you want the romance of a small American factory, look elsewhere. If you want well-built casualwear at prices that make sense, Taylor Stitch is a serious option.
Per the brand's About page and a Working Solutions profile citing CEO Michael Maher, all products are designed in San Francisco and manufactured at factories in the U.S., Mexico, China, and Great Britain. Taylor Stitch operates its own shirting factory in China called Hubo, which employs about 80 sewing machine operators and is GOTS-certified per the brand's Responsibility page. Earlier MR Magazine coverage (2015) noted American-made oxfords and sport shirts, with rugby shirts made in California.
Owns a GOTS-certified shirting factory (Hubo) in China, uses RWS-certified wool and Leather Working Group Gold tanneries, runs a Restitch resale program, and publishes factory-level details; third-party reviewers (Good On You, Ecolife) flag the lack of a public Code of Conduct, supply-chain living-wage verification, and emissions targets.
- 2008Foundedhttps://www.ellicott.co/pages/brands/taylor-stitch
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