that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message t. m. lewin & sons limited type private company industry clothing founded 1898 ; 118 years ago 1898 founder thomas mayes lewin headquarters uk products dress shirts website www.tmlewin.co.uk t. m. lewin store from circa 1900 t. m. lewin shop in jermyn street t. m. lewin & sons limited commonly known as t.m. lewin is a united kingdom based gentleman s dress shirt retailer and former uk manufacturer founded in 1898 . contents 1 history 2 current services 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1898 when thomas mayes lewin t.m. lewin opened his first shop in jermyn street st james s london . t. m. lewin produced shirts and accessories with a history of innovation its founder being one of the first to make the coat shirt a shirt that the wearer put on like a coat fastening the buttons down the front . citation needed this novelty was noted in the london opinion and today newspaper in 1905 . dubious discuss an article by the major in a november 1905 edition of london opinion and today stated that citation needed ... the shirt is shaped very much like a coat and is put on in a similar manner fastening in the front with studs . one of its greatest advantages is that it fits closer than the ordinary shirt . another point is that it has not of course to be put over the head . thus there is no chance of a man who is accustomed to brush his hair before putting on his shirt ruffling his hair in the putting on process . t. m. lewin & sons traded through both world wars and it was during this period that the company became a provider of club colours becoming a supplier to the raf the british army the school tie and the sporting community . in 1979 t. m. lewin & sons was acquired by the mckenna family.in 1980 geoff quinn joined the company from turnbull & asser . the mckennas and geoff quinn took to sourcing the shirts directly from the mills ; consequently in 1983 t. m. lewin acquired asquith brown a shirt manufacturer owned by john francomb who subsequently became part of the t. m. lewin management team . as a consequence of direct sourcing the company grew rapidly in the 1980s . in 1989 t. m. lewin opened its second store in lime street london and in 1993 geoff quinn became managing director following the deaths of both mckenna brothers . during the 1990s t. m. lewin continued to open further stores and expand its product ranges creating the fit out which is used in all stores throughout the uk . it introduced classic suits in 2005 after two years of development . club ties are still a major part of the business with regimental ties for the british army the raf colleges and universities . the ties for the london 2012 olympic bid were supplied by t. m. lewin . in 2012 after making a deal with myer in australia t. m. lewin opened its first store on australian soil on january 30 2012 and now operates as a brand within several myer department stores across australia . current services edit today t. m. lewin has 75 stores in the uk and ireland 38 of them in greater london and eight house of fraser concessions . it also operates several stores across the world and also operates an online shop . t. m. lewin also offers a tailoring service . t. m. lewin s shirts are no longer made in the uk . the company does still provide old school ties for many major british public schools . references edit external links edit official website official us store official australia store retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title t. m. lewin & oldid 741891205 categories clothing retailers of the united kingdomclothing companies based in londonclothing brands of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1898luxury brandssuit makersorganisations based in the city of westminstershops in london1898 establishments in englandhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2009all articles with a promotional tonearticles needing additional references from october 2008all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2011all accuracy disputesarticles with disputed statements from april 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 09 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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