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Srs BDness: Comparing Seven Button-Down Collars

July 5, 2016

Srs BDness: Comparing Seven Button-Down Collars

StyleForum member BIllax has a nice comparison of seven different button-down collars. By seeing different shirts on the same person,…

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I Bought a Hawaiian Shirt

June 27, 2016

I Bought A Hawaiian Shirt

Despite their rich cultural history and associations with surfing, most of us think of Hawaiian shirts (known as Aloha shirts…

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How to Make a Turnbull & Asser Shirt

June 24, 2016

How To Make A Turnbull & Asser Shirt

Ever wanted to make a shirt? We found this great step-by-step guide in an old Turnbull & Asser book from…

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Playing with Shirt Colors

May 16, 2016

Playing With Shirt Colors

It’s been said that Italians are more experimental with their jackets, whereas the English are more adventurous with their shirts….

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Talking Shirt Fabrics with The Albini Group

April 4, 2016

Talking Shirt Fabrics With The Albini Group

If the Scots are known for their tweed and Americans known for their denim, then the Italians are often credited…

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Hands-On with Brooks Brothers’ New OCBDs

February 8, 2016

Hands-On With Brooks Brothers’ New OCBDs

Brooks Brothers announced last month that they’re now returning to their original oxford-cloth button-down collar design – taking out that…

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The Knitted Dress Shirt

January 20, 2016

The Knitted Dress Shirt

A new company called The Uniform recently loaned us a sample of their knitted dress shirts, which basically combine the…

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Q & Answer: Darts vs. Side Seams

January 4, 2016

Q & Answer: Darts Vs. Side Seams

Ken writes to ask: I know you can slim a shirt down by either taking it in at the sides…

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These Phones Are Horribly Dated; These Shirt/Tie Combinations Are Not

August 10, 2015

These Phones Are Horribly Dated; These Shirt/Tie Combinations Are Not

If we’re considering this 1987 GQ spread a cultural artifact, we have to assume that in the 1980s, business was…

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Bringing Back the American Button-Down

May 21, 2015

Bringing Back The American Button-Down

The arrival of a new custom-shirt company is hardly anything to write about (they pop up more often than raw…

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The Best Laundry Stain Remover

May 11, 2015

The Best Laundry Stain Remover

America’s Test Kitchen recently tested seven top-selling laundry stain removers to see which is the best. Which came out on…

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Casual Dress Shirts for Spring

May 7, 2015

Casual Dress Shirts For Spring

Good shirts form the backbone of any tailored wardrobe. We recommend getting most of your shirts in whites and light…

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Brooks Brothers Changes Shirt Fit Names from Words That Mean Something to Words That Don’t Mean Anything

April 6, 2015

Brooks Brothers Changes Shirt Fit Names From Words That Mean Something To Words That Don’t Mean Anything

I must’ve missed this when it happened a couple of months ago, but Brooks Brothers has changed what it calls…

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“The Roll of the Collar Is the Most Important Thing”

March 11, 2015

“The Roll Of The Collar Is The Most Important Thing”

From Ivy Style, here’s a nice excerpt from an 1983 issue of Esquire, in which John Berendt opines about the button…

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The Denim Dress Shirt

March 9, 2015

The Denim Dress Shirt

Dress shirt fabrics are pretty straightforward. Most are plain weaves, twills, and oxfords. Some are end-on-ends. In solid colors and…

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