Over the years, we've clicked through many a menswear website. Most don't offer a clear advantage over actual stores and many are so profoundly confusing we had to surf our way out of there. Here is our definitive list of sites that offer something extra, whether it's hard-to-find brands, a custom service, or the ability to get a clean pack of boxers to your door in no time. You may never enter a department store again.



1. Huckberry

We're big fans of Huckberry, a men's gear and clothing deal site out of San Francisco. The cleverly arranged site organizes goods into constantly refreshed shops, making it easy both to find basics like boxers and grooming supplies and to discover new, worthy brands while searching for your next field watch or pair of jeans.

2. Harry's

The shaving company Harry's made a big splash when it arrived on the scene earlier this year and began offering high-end razors at low-end prices. The company's German-engineered blades – available via an auto-refill program for $1.88 a pop – are crafted in a Gothic Arch pattern, meaning that each of the four razors in every cartridge are sharpened at different angles. Set on a rubber hinge that moves to the contours of your face, the variation in shape attacks the hair at different angles, leaving nothing but smooth skin in its wake. The handles are made to feel agile, like paintbrushes, with a zinc alloy core and smooth polymer coating.



3. The Clymb

This Oregon flash-sale site sells the spectrum of outdoor gear, from brands like Patagonia, High Sierra (pictured), and CamelBak, at huge discounts. The fun is in the grab bag of items for sale each day. At last check: multitools from SOG, dry suits from Immersion Research, and New Balance 1080s, all half off. [theclymb.com]



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4. Inventory Stockroom

After hip fashion digest Inventory magazine sold briskly in 2009, editor Ryan Willms launched a site to sell the kind of ultracool wares he was pimping on paper. The thread uniting the spare offerings is attention to detail. The company now has a very small, very hard to find store in New York, but its site continues to do a brisk business in tightly tailored flannel and chunky knits. The operation is Canadian – not that there's anything wrong with that – and it feels it.



5. Beckett Simonon

The brain child of Colombian designers fed up with seeing their goods marked up in stores, Beckett Simonon sells shoes that would be priced at around $300 in a Macy's for a little over $100 online. The company, which launched this year, already offers brogues, loafers, and Chelsea boots, each made with a startling attention to quality. The creatively styled double monk straps are particularly attractive – a great choice for men looking to jazz up a more conservative look or their Combatant Gentlemen suit.

6. Proper Cloth

Proper Cloth allows men shopping for custom shirting to choose from an incredible array and select specific fabrics, collar, cuff, and button styles. But the site's major accomplishment has everything to do with tailoring. Send them a shirt you like and they'll copy the cut. If you don't love the results, they'll remake it for free.



7. Sid Mashburn

The cheerful, handsome Sid Mashburn website provides online shoppers with the opportunity to while away an hour or two building their ideal wardrobe for work and play. The Atlanta-based retailer features a particularly strong tailoring range: exactingly fitted suits, topcoats, and dress shirts, but this is also a prime spot to pick up extras like Musgo Real soap, a shoe care kit, or a hard-to-find LP.



8. 20Jeans

The mantra for this L.A.-based retailer is simple – premium denim jeans from $25 that offer all the quality of designer brands costing nearly 10 times as much. Give its slim, straight cut in dark denim a trial run.



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9. Jack Erwin

Want the look of bench-made without the bench-made price? This New York City purveyor offers shoes in five models. Its hand-stitched, single-monk-strap calfskin shoes look like they cost $500 but go for less than $200. [jackerwin.com]



10. Mr Porter

Mr. Porter is online menswear's luxury pinnacle, carrying designers like Band of Outsiders, Lanvin, and Dolce & Gabbana. Shoes aren't just sorted into boots and sneakers but into types you didn't know you needed, such as driving loafers, espadrilles, monk straps, and derbies. But for all its high-fashion cred, Mr Porter also offers free U.S. ground shipping and returns, top-notch customer service, and a wealth of editorial and style advice tackling questions from how to get a proper suit fit to "Will I look like the Prince of Wales if I wear a double-breasted jacket?"



11. East Dane

Launched in fall 2013, East Dane is the male counterpart to the hugely successful Shopbop for women. This website comes to you from the smart people at Amazon (Amazon Prime members can transfer their benefits), which brings customer-friendly service like free three-day shipping and returns, Saturday delivery, and global shipping that's either free or extremely reasonable in cost. Like Shopbop, East Dane offers a complete range from basic to trendy to higher end, with brands like Rag & Bone and Converse, all efficiently sorted.



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12. Need Supply

Based in Richmond, Virginia, Need Supply nails it in terms of diversity, stocking up-and-coming independent designers and well-known brands at reasonable prices. You'll find shoes by Vans, Alden, and Common Projects, denim by Levi's, A.P.C., and Rogue Territory, and more shirts than you can shake a hanger at. There are a lot of hipster trends on display, so it may take a bit of patience to find the good stuff. Fortunately, the deals are worth it.



13. Alex Mill

Alex Mill was founded by Alexander Drexler (son of J.Crew executive Mickey Drexler) in 2012, but the brand just launched e-commerce for its Spring 2014 lineup. While it can be nice to access tons of designers at one website, it's even nicer to find one designer that serves your everyday needs. Built around the idea of a man's perfect uniform, the Alex Mill range includes staples like well-crafted and fitted button-downs, sweatshirts, and chinos (plus a parallel boys' lineup to make father-son shopping a breeze).



14. Bench & Loom

Bench & Loom doesn't carry a huge variety of items, but the site does have some truly cool stuff. (Currently, we're liking the Fjallraven down shirt and the Chapal roadster jacket.) And if you're the sort who can't be bothered to keep track of your toiletry supplies, Bench & Loom offers a sign-up Basics service that will send you the undershirts, shaving gear, and other personal necessities of your choice at regular intervals.

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15. Stag

The website of Austin's best menswear destination is nearly as well stocked as the brick and mortar store. Cult-favorite international brands share space with tried-and-true American favorites, so whether you're looking for a standout suit, a specific sunglass style from Garrett Leight or Randolph Engineering, a vintage Levi's jean jacket, or an obscure magazine, Stag's your place.

16. Combatant Gentlemen

Vishaal Melwani and his brother Mo hope to corner the everyday suit market with Combatant Gentlemen, an online retailer that sells aggressively priced, boardroom-ready apparel. In order to create a more affordable suit without sacrificing quality, the Melwanis have traveled the world and created a unique supply chain. They found wool in Italy, cotton in Turkey and India, and a factory in China where they began training seamstresses.

Most run-of-the-mill suits from unknown or lesser labels cost at least $500; Combatant Gentlemen sells its goods for $160. Vishaal explains the cost differential by pointing out that everyone in the clothing industry is always fussing about branding. He says that he spends his time focused on making "corporate essentials" more efficiently, instead of trying to build the cachet of his brand.

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17. Uniqlo

The Japanese retail giant Uniqlo has an increasing number of brick and mortar outlets stateside, which is why you probably own some of their basic t-shirts, briefs, or socks. Though it isn't a strictly online retailer, Uniqlo makes this list because the company sticks to its sizing, meaning that you can stock up on basics with a few clicks of the mouse. We think it's a better experience than walking into one of its alarmingly colorful outlets, but that is up to you.

18. Unionmade

San Francisco-based Unionmade is strong on craftsmanship and well-chosen American classics, with brands like Tellason denim, Crescent Down Works, Golden Bear, New Balance, and Shinola. Whenever we're trying to track down a hard-to-find brand or item, we find our way here.

19. Parker Dusseau

Vaughn Brown, a former ad exec and singer, named his up-and-coming active lifestyle brand Parker Dusseau after his uncle, who skied, sailed, biked everywhere, and founded the San Francisco Fly-Fishing Club. The company's mission: Supply men with clothes that are good for all seasons and all activities. Parker Dusseau recently started taking orders for its handsome, locally manufactured chambray shirts and slick, abbreviated biking trousers. The collection is designed to provide options for men who want to transition seamlessly between work, horseback riding, cooking, hiking, sport shooting, race-car driving, and mountain climbing. Brown says he plans to start manufacturing breathable merino sweaters as soon as he can.