About Us
Black-and-white footage from a studio photo shoot: models pose and walk in front of paper backdrops wearing Mizzen+Main pieces — dress shirts, short-sleeve prints, and knits — while lighting rigs frame the set. Background music plays; no dialogue.
Classic Style Meets Modern Performance
Over a decade ago, we created the first performance fabric dress shirt. Today, we make classic, high-performing, long lasting styles that always look great and quickly become go-to garments that men can wear their way, every day.
Our Story
It all started with a simple idea—a better dress shirt.
At the sight of a sweat-drenched D.C. staffer running into a meeting, the same thought that sparked a democracy also rattled around in our founder’s head: there has to be a better way.
Close-up shots show people walking and running on a sidewalk in business attire. In an office, a man sits at his desk looking uncomfortable; he tugs at his stiff collar and the fabric of his dress shirt while working. Later, standing inside a dry cleaner, he watches a television news segment featuring a professional golfer. He looks struck by an idea and runs out of the shop, discarding a plastic-wrapped shirt. In a home workshop, the man sketches on a laptop, cuts white performance fabric, and uses a sewing machine. He smiles as he inspects a completed white button-down shirt. Dress shirts in various patterns float against a blue sky with clouds. The man walks confidently down a city street wearing a flexible, navy blue dress shirt. The video concludes with the text: Mizzen+Main, Creator of the performance fabric dress shirt. Background music plays throughout; no dialogue.
After that, well, the rest is history.
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With the invention of the performance fabric dress shirt, Mizzen+Main is born and a new era of men’s workwear begins.
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After creating the world’s first performance fabric dress shirt, we perfect it with the product you know and love today—The Leeward.
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No longer just a dress shirt company, our first iteration of pants provides the same comfort and performance, now for your lower half.
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Born and raised in Texas, we open our first store just a few miles from our corporate office in West Village.
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Our high-performing shirts deserve a blazer to match and the Lavelle Blazer is our re-engineered version of this classic with lightweight, breathable fabric.
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With Wholesale partners and retail locations across the country, it’s easy to find somewhere to try on Mizzen+Main for yourself.
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We started by re-imagining what the classic dress shirt could be. Now we’re taking that same drive and creativity to every style in your closet. Stay tuned...
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Re-Engineered Classics
The difference is in the details
Our custom blend of performance fabrics combined with classic and modern silhouettes results in clothing that feels just as good as it looks. Be careful when you try something on. You may never want to take it off.
Black-and-white footage inside a fabric mill: spools of yarn feed fine threads into a circular knitting machine while a technician tends its needles. Close-ups follow the machinery at work before finished performance fabric glides smoothly through the line. The video has no sound.
Our North Star
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Provides both premium quality and classic style that can be worn again and again.
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Designed with the end use in mind to create clothing that solves a problem.
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Uses the best fabric for the job—both tried and true innovation and modern technology.
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Every single detail is considered and every thread serves a purpose.
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“Every style is carefully designed to be worn today, tomorrow, and for years to come no matter what your next step looks like.”
Don't take our word for it.
Fits perfectly. Easily dresses up and dresses down. Will wear all the time.
Most comfortable pants I’ve ever owned. Work, golf, hanging out on the couch. Hard to grab any other pants. Thankfully I have 6 pairs.
This dress shirt is my new favorite! Great fit, perfect fabric. Ditch the time and money of having shirts dry cleaned.
These 7” length shorts hit just right. Oat color was a perfect addition. I own every color.
