A shirt is certainly one of the most worn pieces in men's fashion: dressy, casual, fancy...the choices are endless. We love wearing shirts, that's why we are constantly looking for new shirt makers. So it was natural to broaden our research, and this is when we come across Camessi, an Indian...maker. Let's be honest, when you hear about "made in India", you stereotypically assume that the quality is not very good and the working conditions are not necessarily better. Yet some brands have noticed this and have made it their mission to change things. Camessi is one of those brands.

Let’s have a closer look.

A family story

Camessi is a custom made to measure shirt manufacturer based in Mumbai. The company was founded by Shanker Shroff in 2007. Today, his son Sanjiv Shroff and his two grandsons Rahul and Ameya have taken over today.

We were very curious to know more about this brand. During our first phone call with Ameya, he explained the company's philosophy to me. Camessi's goal is to offer "the best quality that one can expect from a manufacturer of custom-made shirts". For this reason, the company trains their own seamstresses (up to 70), it's even a prerequisite: they don't need to have any previous experience! This allows the brand to give them a solid foundation.

In the beginning, the founder and his family went to Italy to visit the best shirt manufacturers in the world and analyzed each style of different producers in order to take in the knowledge they had acquired and interpret it in their own way. This information and knowledge is still used today by their skilled craftsmen. Every step of the shirt making process is carefully checked by someone with experience. The margin of error that Camessi allows itself is 1mm!

For example: Imagine a tailor working on one side of the shirt. When the thread breaks, an Italian or European shirt would take another thread and start where the other thread broke. This thread is usually cut carefully, leaving a kind of knot that is invisible to most eyes. In comparison, when this happens at Camessi, the tailor starts from scratch to deliver the promised quality. Most European tailors will not do this, as it is simply too expensive and too long.

Camessi has over 2000 fabrics in stock from the best manufacturers, including their own, the mythical Madras. The options are endless.

An OCBD shirt and a slightly special jeans shirt

For this review, we wanted to see two fabrics: an oxford and denim one. We are not disappointed! The fabrics are really impeccable.

The OCBD is very smooth and has a beautiful sky-blue shade. It is perfect to wear in a dressed-up outfit, but it is just as suitable for more casual outfits.
For a total casual look, the denim shirt is a must. Here, rounded chest patch pockets, mother-of-pearl buttons, and a generously proportioned collar are the best answer in acquiring style and nonchalance.

You will have understood it by now...”Made in India” does not rhyme with low quality, indeed, Camessi is the epitome of this.