Required collar roll, definitely yes - I wouldn't buy without. I know each store is different but worth a look in case they are there and of interest.   It's the thrill of the chase to see what of any interest is in there.

They sometimes have items online too.  I checked three of the stores in east Midlands (new Netherfield one, Nottingham, Loughborough) and they are full of good RL shirts at present in their various sub-labels.  I also picked up two white cotton poplins and three different blue end-on-ends (light blue, mid-blue, blue bengal wide stripe).    There was a good madras jacket by them too but I couldn't see myself wearing one.

I find these lots from labels come in batches and then are gone.  It was Gant before and Hackett before that.

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I have a few green BD shirts of different shades and brands. I've never found it difficult to match it up with other clothes. I would post pictures if I could to illustrate my point. Think Robin Hood! Olive (Harrington) , grey (not shoes) white (t shirt under) beige, fawn (desert boots, strides) etc. I'm  no expert on colour coordination and the colour wheel used to give me a headache but I do occasionally get noted for my sense of colour.

going to have to experimnet with my green makers shirt now after all this - will have your colour palette in mind, RobbieB!

Oh, yes, and the denim has quite a decent roll to the collar: a charge that cannot always be laid at the door of RL.

Over the course of my career in Ivy I have made three purchases of the supposedly infamous green oxford button-down. Old mods and Ivyists were always going on about the bloody Milestones cover and 'that shirt' so I felt obliged to sign up to their neurotic obsessions and signal full membership of the club with a purchase - a green Brooks, green B.D.Baggies and green Kamakura Vintage Ivy have all been purchased over the years and they've all proved themselves completely unwearable. Certainly can never be worn under a jacket. Perhaps on its own on a warm day in May with white Levis and desert boots. Miles was a young, pretty black man on the sleeve of Milestones. He is professionally photographed in a mid-century chair with a flattering burnt orange backdrop behind him. Utterly absurd that a bunch of pasty Brits thought they could channel such exotica but I guess that's the nature of aspiration/inspiration/desperation.

2RS - ‘ Utterly absurd that a bunch of pasty Brits thought they could channel such exotica but I guess that's the nature of aspiration/inspiration/desperation.’

Pardon me, but I don’t come here to feel the harsh winds of reality!

At one time I owned 3 peach Makers BDs - one colour I could not wear under any circumstances. Even hidden under knitwear. And I certainly tried. I got rid of all 3 in the end.

I bet I could manage a green BD though. Not too dark nor too light. With jeans or flannels it would work for me. Maybe with chinos in the original US army shade of very light brown.

Yuca's comments on 'peach' strike me as sensible enough.  I wouldn't go out of my way to buy one if periwinkle, white or one of the several university/candy stripes were on offer at around the same price.  Not, however, that I need any more shirts of any description.

Mint green 6-button makers with a navy blue (demi-boat neck) shetland and raw demin today - I take back everything I said, green shirts are definitely wearable. Not super flexible, but still, don't know why I hadn't worn it in so long!