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#1 2016-05-04 16:51:00
- Chipper
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Fun Shirts
Is anybody into "fun shirts"? The GTH kind Brooks and others make?
Seems to be a summer thing, and I see them occasionally, but I've never owned one and I am on the fence, myself.
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#2 2016-05-05 06:58:01
- woofboxer
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Re: Fun Shirts
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
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#3 2016-05-05 07:36:15
- Chipper
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Re: Fun Shirts
^ Ha. Yes, that's about what a "fun" shirt looks and "feels" like to me. Too much going on, too lurid.
Like you, I'm fine with madras and tipped polos and the like.
I wonder if it has to do with being more introverted than extroverted. For example, while I like the look of Nantuckets, I'd feel like I'd draw too much attention if I wore them. On the other hand, a fish skeleton belt is subtle enough that I'd feel comfortable with that.
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#4 2016-05-05 08:20:37
- Acton_Baby
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Re: Fun Shirts
The 'Fun' Shirt, not fun and not a shirt I'd wear ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvRkJzVQBP0
"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner
#5 2016-05-05 08:27:52
- Chipper
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Great song. Thanks. And I doubt we'd ever see Iggy in one.
#7 2016-05-05 08:54:54
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^ 
"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner
#9 2016-05-05 09:44:54
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Re: Fun Shirts
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"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"
#11 2016-05-05 10:04:50
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"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"
#12 2016-05-05 10:59:55
- chatsworth osborne jr.
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Re: Fun Shirts
I had that stiped one. It had a tealy green and purple that I wasn't so fond of, but being mostly white it wasn't as jarring as solids or plaid panel stuff.
#13 2016-05-06 12:20:41
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"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"
#14 2016-05-22 00:05:34
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I think Brooks had the fun shirt back for a while. I knew a lot of guys with it. I thought they were all assholes in school and college. I was probably wrong, since I seem to be friends with these people now (somewhat to the horror of my younger self).
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#15 2016-05-22 10:59:07
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Re: Fun Shirts
I saw Brian Wilson in concert this week and Al Jardine appeared to be wearing a non-button down fun shirt.
#16 2016-05-22 19:42:58
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"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"
#18 2016-05-23 01:56:26
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""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#19 2020-06-28 12:53:13
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Re: Fun Shirts
I think this is the only "fun shirt" I've ever seen that didn't make me want to gouge out my eyes. However I wouldn't be caught dead wearing any "fun shirt". https://www.beige-habilleur.com/en/shirts/1417-drakes-poplin-button-down-fun-shirt-multi-colour.html
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Is that a popped collar or are you just happy to see me?
#20 2020-06-28 15:47:45
- Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Fun Shirts
^ Isn't that just as vivid as the old Brooks fun shirts? I love my fun shirts from Brooks, one, long-sleeved, in the classic bengal stripes and one short-sleeve in their more color-blocked wide stripes. I also have a short sleeve classic-style fun shirt from Rowing Blazers. They aren't necessarily weekly wears, but I get a kick out of them.
I sense that, like tassel loafers seem to be here, they are a love 'em or hate 'em item.
"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin
#21 2020-06-29 04:59:07
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Is that a popped collar or are you just happy to see me?
#22 2020-06-29 06:01:42
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The postwoman just brought a parcel from Drake's:
https://www.beige-habilleur.com/en/shirts/1416-drakes-poplin-button-down-fun-shirt-bluewhite.html?search_query=drake%27s&results=43
All in all it's a bit more moderate (and for me, wearable) than the colour block variants. The shirt itself is cut to a slightly more narrow pattern than what you would expect from an US-shirt, but they got all the details right, not that you could spot them with all the camouflage.
#23 2020-06-29 09:02:57
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Is that a popped collar or are you just happy to see me?
#24 2020-06-29 10:41:11
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I didn’t notice that shirt on their site, the orange makes it stand out from the usual patchwork madras you see!
#25 2020-07-03 08:47:33
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Is that a popped collar or are you just happy to see me?