Ironic premise

Tony -- I don't see how the BD collar, esp. in the 2nd of the two Newman pics, is different at all from what you'd find today on a Brooks RTW collar (and the strictly unlined MTM collar looks even more of a match).  It's just that, today, it would so startling to see someone like Newman wearing something like this.

My first (and I'm pretty sure) only venture into British BD collars was bespoke Harvie & Hudson.  Don't have them now, but I even had them add pockets to the shirts, which they found a bit odd I guess, but hey, I guess I was an American and the dollar was strong and who were they to argue?  Nice yellows and blues back then, as I recall.

I've bought some New & Lingwood RTW stuff in the "wilder" checks lately that I like, in whatever their standard sort of semi-spread collar is.  I like this one as well.

^ Very good shirt collar. I like the hair in that shot & the belt too.

And there it ends.

But that is one HELL of a BD roll - Brave post!

j.

^ Ditto the belt. I am thinking of getting future belts made by a local cobbler.
They would be a nice, heavy leather, with a decade of wear & tear built in.
(Much better than the cheap stuff available in stores.)

TV

And Sonny Rollins...

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