This Southern shirtmaker got its start when two Americans, Paul Trible and Paul Watson, received their MBAs from Oxford and decided to stick around London—spending a year apprenticing with a renowned tailor on the city's famed Jermyn Street. They came back to the US and launched
Ledbury, focusing on precision tailoring, quality fabrics and innovations like an inverse collar fusing to help the collar stand properly and a lowered second button to create the perfect casual stance. The resulting line of shirts and simple accessories has resonated with modern men on both sides of the pond.
