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#1 2022-04-01 09:54:00
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'Hunt Club' Madras Shirts
These are pretty good shirts for the money. I bought the first last year, from a seller in the USA - breaking a rule, really - and am wearing it as I type. L/S, USA-made, pretty strong colours. It won't bleed but plenty of washing ought to fade it. Just bought a second, from someone here in the UK, for £8.99. Again, USA-made and long-sleeved: more subtle in its colouring: blue and green.
Now: a heresy: I don't really rate the John Simons popover I bought last year. The fabric and pattern are okay but the sizing is peculiar. Heaven knows what the M must be like (this bugger is XL!).
#2 2022-04-01 10:02:00
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I think they have/had something to do with J.C.Penney. Their clothing used to turn up in 'Wild' (Nottingham) about fifteen to seventeen years ago.
#3 2022-04-01 10:08:15
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Certainly better than a Gant I had recently, which went to a charity shop. Awful shirt as it turned out.
#4 2022-04-01 10:12:23
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Only just off-topic: there used to be a lovely piece on Madras shirts on the original John Simons website, invoking Coltrane and travelling into Europe to hear live music: probably in the first half of the 1960s. TRS would know.
#5 2022-04-01 10:30:56
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That was a piece written by JS recalling a trip to Juan Les Pins for the Jazz Festival in '62 I think it was. He recalled madras popovers being ubiquitous, and Zippo lighters, and the whole event was described as a magical moment, which I can well imagine it was!
#6 2022-04-01 11:44:44
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'62 sounds spot on, TRS. Thank you. Fond memories.
#7 2022-04-02 00:12:52
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Some might regard these as what JFM used to refer to as an 'entry level shirt'. Balls. Madras shirts ought to be cheap, cheerful and plentiful for summer - 'ubiquitous', in fact, as TRS, quoting The Guv'Nor, says above. Those 'Bleeding Madras' offered by Ralph Lauren are not exactly honest but will do in a pinch, I suppose. 'Hunt Club' and the likes of Neil Martin are slightly more under the radar.
#8 2022-04-02 01:59:41
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‘Now: a heresy: I don't really rate the John Simons popover I bought last year. The fabric and pattern are okay but the sizing is peculiar. Heaven knows what the M must be like (this bugger is XL!).’
Yes. I have a couple from different years.Half sleeves which are slightly long. Not much room in the body and I am not carrying excess weight. In fact the shirt would be better as a straightforward full button shirt. The convenience of a polo shirt just isn’t there.
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#9 2022-04-02 02:37:46
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I have a few popover shirts in Madras. When I was trim they looked ok but I still found them a hassle to put on and take off. Now I've started to develop a paunch they are not so good looking. Don't think I will be buying anymore in a hurry. I also prefer a polo shirt nowadays.
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#10 2022-07-13 05:04:13
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Re Ralph Lauren 'Bleeding Madras'... is this a little like the fish and chip shop offering bread and 'butter'? I mean, the buggers are never going to bleed (or even fade in a big hurry), are they? Or am I missing something?
There was a Madras shirt in the window of a local charity shop this a.m. I was only mildly curious.
#11 2022-07-13 05:09:02
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Glad I bought a third Hunt Club (here in the UK). A few are available in the USA; nothing more (on Ebay).