Yep, the were certainly made exclusively as the leaflet says "to our specification in the USA".

Don't for the life of me remember where the name G S came from - I'm sure John himself would be happy to tell all.

Colour options were in 6 stripes and 5 solids, with the blue stripe a lovely deep blue. No, not a ginkgo fueled memory, but just like Jim, I dug out the leaflet I had tucked away.

Nice shirts they were, although I seem to remember the collar was a just ever so possibly a touch short....?

Even JS and the boys were fairly dismissive of the Geoffrey Scott. The collars were too stiff and the body shape not generous enough. I've only ever heard the JS posse talk positively about 2 shirtmakers/retailers - Brooks Brothers and Troy Guild. Though I think it's fair to say that they felt the golden age of the look was in the mid 60s and that no manufacturer post 60s did Ivy style clothing with the same level of verve or imagination. Ivy was once for young, attractive, aspirational people, not reactionary, nostalgic grumps, as can often be the case today (present company excepted of course...)

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Compared to today they're not so bad perhaps. Back in the day I saw them as the 'entry level' US made BD at JS & The Ivy Shop. Ian at The Ivy disliked the stiffness of the placket as I recall.

The collar is kind of meagre, but it is in proportion to the body of the shirt I think which is also on the skimpy side. The quality of the cotton is fine, but it's the construction of the collar, placket and cuffs that is the 'problem' with the shirts - Ironically they are all over-constructed. Less would have been more. Great stripes and solids though in colours which weren't all that easy to get even back then from other makers.

BCN - Any idea who the model was for the glossy leaflet which came with the mail-shot I quoted from? A Pro or a mate of John's? Great flatfronts (Halrin?) and Steerhide belt (Canterbury?).

Hartfords are lovely - I'm trying to get NOS BDs in Paris as we speak. The new stock I've seen over there has all be in the English semi spread collar style pretty much. Same great stripes, but not that lovely soft BD.

Not that the BD is the be-all-&-end-all as we have noted before.

As they've been mentioned - bump.  Very few (if any) seem to have resurfaced for the potential secondhand buyer to weigh them up. 
Troy Guild were difficult to buy secondhand by the time I first posted on here circa 2008.
Just like Frosty to have a couple of GS tucked away in his attic, hiding amongst the other 498 examples.

Shocking examples on the bay - these certainly weren't commissioned by Mr.Simons! Great label though - love that pseudo-Greek font - alluding, perhaps, to the classicism of the traditional Ivy syllabus to reinforce connections with the traditionalism of the Ivy wardrobe.

I bought a few from Ivy Shop Richmond, one was a lovely half sleeve pink OCBD the other was a white long sleeve. I put on a bit of weight once I became a father, I think it's called "fat Dad syndrome".
I gave the shirts to my Dad. I asked him if he still had them a few years back, he said he got rid of a lot of clothing to charity, and that the shirts were probably part of the clear out.

The funny thing is he owns a few LLB's OCBD's which he loves, so I was surprised he binned off the Geoffrey Scott's.

There are a couple going for next to nothing on Ebay.  No international shipping is offered, however.