Gitman Bros

About Gitman Bros

Gitman Bros. is one of the last shirt makers still manufacturing in the USA, based in Ashland, Pennsylvania. The business began in 1932, when Max Gitman, a Brooklyn native, moved his family there and set up the Ashland Shirt & Pajama Company, making shirts to the exacting standards once set by the US military. His sons Alfie and Shelly later ran the cutting and finishing sides of the factory. The Gitman Bros. label itself launched in 1978, taking the shirts direct to market. It remains a boutique operation rather than a mass producer, with a made-to-order programme covering shirts, ties and trousers in a range of fine fabrics.