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#1 2008-04-18 09:22:00
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
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Gingham Shirts!
Any other fans?
Ivy, Moddy, SkinStyle, Anglo, French, even "Trad" if you walk that way.
Brooks & Press have stocked them on & off since I've known the companies.
Great dressed down, great dressed up.
Any sized check.
... A 'Vichy' check they call it in France, I learned last week...
I'm wearing a lot of them just now: Press, Bean, Arrow.
A perfect Spring / Summer shirt IMVHO.
What say you?
J.
Last edited by Russell_Street (2008-04-18 09:46:25)
#2 2008-04-18 09:24:13
- mike
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
Their ok but not my favorite. i'd rather wear a university stripe. Gingham always reminds me of tablecloths but now i've proly put you off with my low talk.......sorry mate
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#4 2008-04-18 09:34:28
- I Should Be Working
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
Gingham checks are the most versatile shirts short of solid white or blue IMO.
#5 2008-04-18 09:35:40
- longwing
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
I picked up the red and the blue gingham dress shirts from Press recently. Very nice. And I do feel a little like a walking table cloth in the red.
lw
#6 2008-04-18 09:43:35
- Archie
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
I also picked up the blue gingham from Press a month or so ago. It's probably my favorite patterned shirt. Looks great with a knit tie. Can be dressed up or down. Loads of color options--I'd like to have a yellow one, personally.
Archie
#7 2008-04-18 09:59:01
- Film Noir Buff
- Dandy Nightmare
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
I always liked gingham shirts from the tiniest sort to the very large checks. I like them on a white backgroundwhere the checks are blue, from navy to a sky color, red, pink, lilac or purple. Grey looks bad and black has very limited uses (maybe as a formal shirt's bib front.)
I like em on broadcloth, also in 2 color schemes on a white background, pink/blue etc.. I even like the "tonal" ones that have hotter pink on a paler pink background.
#8 2008-04-18 10:31:42
- Brownshoe
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
I love gingham shirts and sort of collect them. I also like the red and blue ones from Press. The red looks great with a black knit tie.
I'm looking around for a blue with a larger scale, but not too large...tricky.
#9 2008-04-18 10:50:50
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#10 2008-04-18 11:06:04
- Film Noir Buff
- Dandy Nightmare
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
^ Thats the epicenter classic one from whence all other variations are derived.
#11 2008-04-18 11:07:01
- Yale Cameron
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
love them. One of my favorite shirts is a double gingham i got from Paris Custom Shirts. Its a light blue double gingham on a white background.
#12 2008-04-18 11:32:37
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
Nice ones from Harvie & Hudson...
http://www.harvieandhudson.com/product.phtml?id=25
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#13 2008-04-18 12:39:21
- formby
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
I like checks a lot but I prefer the more sophisticated (read complicated) ones, mainly for the same reason as Mike, but many people in the UK love them and they are a bit of a classic over here
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#15 2008-04-18 15:10:31
- formby
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
Last edited by formby (2008-04-18 15:17:24)
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#16 2008-04-18 15:40:45
- Moose Maclennan
- Ivy Inspiration
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
Another fan of gingham here. Such a fresh look. Multicoloured, oversize ginghams can look particularly smart.
Apart from the classic blue micro-gingham, I've never been brave enough to pair them with a tie though.
#20 2008-04-19 06:13:30
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
Kinda Interesting:
http://histclo.com/mat/mat-ging.html
#21 2008-04-19 07:08:08
- Ziegfield
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
Gingham for me too. Mostly blues but I would not mind a pink version.
#22 2008-04-20 06:39:24
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
I quite like the thought that Tattersalls are for Autumn/Winter & Gingham is for Spring/Summer along with the usual suspects (Madras/Seersucker).
... I must do a Tattersall thread in the Autumn!
#23 2008-04-23 05:50:17
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
Saw these today:
http://www.landsend.com/pp/ShortSleevePatternSeersuckerShirt~170195_59.html?bcc=y&action=order_more&sku_0=::VWT&CM_MERCH=SRCH_00001&origin=search
Seersucker Gingham checks. Functional, trashable stuff for the Summer.
And they do a Yellow for Archie.
Last edited by Russell_Street (2008-04-23 05:51:22)
#24 2008-04-23 06:00:31
- Moose Maclennan
- Ivy Inspiration
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
^
The 'white' gingham looks intriguing.
They do seem to have dropped the 'small' sizing on their shirts, which is a bit of an annoyance.
#25 2008-04-23 06:06:11
- Suitedbooted2000
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Re: Gingham Shirts!
I have a love,Hate relaship with Gingham shirts as i do love wearing them but as it already been said i do feel some time like i'm a walking table cloth.
My favorite shirts is my big black and White S/S Gingham 60's Brutus.
Lewis
Last edited by Suitedbooted2000 (2008-04-23 07:14:07)