Goddamn. You've just finished shaving, shaking on the talc etc. etc. and walked into the bedroom. You open the wardrobe door and begin making your selection. Which u.s. shall it be? The B.D. Baggie. That ought to do it. It's Friday, you need to take a trip into town to do a few errands. Nothing heavy. Then you notice something you've noticed before about B.D. Baggie shirts. It's beginning to look horrible round the back of the neck. To be fair, some of your Brooks shirts have done it too, but Baggie, for some reason, seem especially annoying. No need to sandpaper these collars. The answer: don't buy any more Baggies. And with Brooks? Mmm. Tricky, very tricky. Now, fraying gently I can live with. But bursting wide open - no.
brooks seem to be the worst as far as holding up. roughly 40% of the ones i see are horribly frayed.
Made in USA I will still wear if 100% cotton. Have no fear. Us Brooks wearers would rather die than quit.
i have a rather frayed bb makers small graph check shirt. it has frayed rather gently, thus, i've decided to wear it until it falls apart completely.
If your hairstyle allows it, have the back of your neck shaved where it rubs against the collar.
Or, if you are obsessive and know a decent seamstress/tailor, have the collar turned.
Or if you're JS wear 'em frayed & dig it!
Ralph Lauren are now selling fake aged BDs with great success, btw. Had a nice chat with a lovely young lady from there over the weekend too...
Of course they cost more than the ordinary ones...
... & have no logo...
I don't mind the gentle fraying. It's the violent bursting I object to.
I always have the problem of elbow blow-out before collar can fray enough to worry...
Seems like when you get the fraying/blowout of a collar you can fix it by fliping the collar.
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The upside of this, however, is that I'm able to justify time and money spent on searching for/acquiring more Makers.