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Men's dress shirts for work and formal occasions. Below: which brands AI assistants name when US shoppers ask about dress shirts.
This market is updated monthly, on the first Monday of each month. The results below are from the latest published update, so between updates you see the previous one.
Ranking, Week of Oct 19, 2026
Share is the percentage of sampled answers in which the brand was recommended. Showing the top 15 of 18. Change appears once a second update exists.
| # | Brand | Share of answers | Avg. position | OpenAI | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proper Cloth | 3.2 | 80% | 40% | |
| 2 | Charles Tyrwhitt | 2.2 | 40% | 60% | |
| 3 | Mizzen+Main | 3.8 | 20% | 60% | |
| 4 | Uniqlo | 1.3 | 40% | 20% | |
| 5 | J.Crew | 5.0 | 40% | 20% | |
| 6 | Eton | 1.0 | 20% | 20% | |
| 7 | State & Liberty | 1.0 | 20% | 20% | |
| 8 | Brooks Brothers | 3.5 | 20% | 20% | |
| 9 | Van Heusen | 4.0 | 40% | 0% | |
| 10 | Spier & Mackay | 4.5 | 20% | 20% | |
| 11 | J.Crew Factory | 1.0 | 0% | 20% | |
| 12 | Calvin Klein | 2.0 | 0% | 20% | |
| 13 | Kamakura Shirts | 2.0 | 20% | 0% | |
| 14 | Lands’ End | 2.0 | 20% | 0% | |
| 15 | Thomas Pink | 2.0 | 0% | 20% |
With 10 answers, one answer moves a brand by about 10 points, so treat gaps of a few points as ties. Position is the order of first mention in an answer (1 is first). Read the methodology.
Sources the assistants cited
Domains cited most often across the answers for this category, by number of citations.
- charlestyrwhitt.com5
- macys.com5
- propercloth.com4
- amazon.com3
- fashionbeans.com3
- nimble-made.com3
- etonshirts.com2
- factory.jcrew.com2
- jcrew.com2
- nordstrom.com2
The questions we asked
Every month we ask AI assistants these 5 questions, written the way shoppers type them.
- What are the best men's dress shirts? Best overall
- best wrinkle free dress shirt under $70 Budget
- best dress shirt, $150 or more Premium
- best dress shirts for a broad athletic build Specific need
- alternatives to Brooks Brothers dress shirts Alternative
Cite this
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Dopbot Index, Dress shirts, Week of Oct 19, 2026, dopbot.com/index/dress-shirts
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