History & Location
Mercer&SonsTM began cutting its traditional Oxford cloth button-down shirt in an 18th-century warehouse across the street from Boston Garden (now the Fleet Center) in the late ’70s. At that time, the primary maker of men’s traditional button-down shirts began to compromise its product with uneven quality and skimping of materials.
In response, Mercer&SonsTM designed our own shirt pattern, traditional in every way, from offset cuffs and six-button plackets to our trademark 3 7/16” button down collar which we cut, turn, trim and point by hand, without lining or fusing, to guarantee its distinctive full roll. We sourced the finest yarn-dyed, two-ply oxford cloth available (our famed BulletproofTM Pima Cotton Oxford) and began manufacturing button downs for men who rely every day on their shirts for fit, comfort, quality, and traditional good looks.
Since then, we have broadened our shirt line to include the finest Italian and English patterns and offer the best straight-point tennis collar and modified spread collar available today. A traditional short-sleeved sports shirt and custom-size options were later added to our specialty.
In 1988, our offices moved from Boston to Adamsville, part of Little Compton, Rhode Island, a small seaside fishing and farming community in the shadow of Rhode Island’s historic textile industry and near the highly respected Textile Department of UMass Dartmouth. In 2003, we moved to Yarmouth, Maine, where we continued growing Mercer&SonsTM with quality and integrity.
Our offices now operate out of Bozeman, Montana, which we are lucky to call home. We remain true to our original mission to manufacture a high-quality traditional cut dress shirt in various classic patterns and fabrics.