Well the shirt is Indian fabric, soft and great colours. The collar is smaller than it looks in the pic, which I could just live with, but the cut does not work with my body shape. I guess I am quite athletic, not six pack or anything vain, but the sleeves are too tight and restrict movement, fits good across the shoulders but pulls tight across my chest leaving the second top button pulling. So, as the fit is terrible it'll go back, shame as the fabric is really nice.

I didn't mean to be rude! I just think that all this forum group thinking can go way to far. Good thing to ignore that.

I tuck it in or leave it untucked whatever I feel is best at the moment...

I can't even think about a "personal rule"... I'd probably wouldn't tuck in anything with Bermuda shorts. But I certainly wouldn't make that a rule or even advice to anyone else.

Of course, Ivy has some "rules", if you think about the features that make this look a specific look. But that's not my point here...

There's also some conventions that might be sensible in general, like not wearing your shirt untucked with a suit... Maybe some guy back in the 50s knew how to break that one successfully... Like wearing a seersucker suit with an untucked polo shirt?

I like it. I think the photos or the blurb don't do it justice but I do see the potential. It's impossible to tell if it's darted or not. If only for the fact that an undarted wouldn't ruin the continuity of the plaid I'd be hoping for a lack of darts but I have to say that I've seen a lot of boom years Madras and Seersucker with darts... that's not to say they are waisted. I also notice a lot of boom years madras shirts have smaller less rolly collars.

I'd say that's how he's holding himself. I'd also suggest the sleeves look bloody ridiculous rolled up.

A Keydge madras would be a wonderful thing.

New to me.

haha!