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#1 2008-08-16 07:15:49
- Taylor McIntyre
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Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
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#3 2008-08-16 09:23:45
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
http://www.jpressonline.com/shirts_patterned_detail.php?ix=3
http://www.jpressonline.com/shirts_patterned_detail.php?ix=0
http://www.jpressonline.com/shirts_patterned_detail.php?ix=6
#4 2008-08-16 10:20:00
- Kingstonian
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
I would never wear a tattersall with a button down collar.
It does not look right.
#7 2008-08-17 11:35:06
- HL Poling & Sons
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
EGF,
Being the unimaginative Yank that I am, I've always thought automatically of BD collars on tattersall shirts. If I'm wearing them as a sport shirt, without a tie, I'd put a BD collar on them (I just don't like straight collars worn open at the throat). But if I'm wearing them with a tie, then the thought of a straight collar intrigues me! How would you do it? No collar stays, giving the collar a slightly floppy, fly-away appearance (I like that)? Or add a bit of incongruous dash and wear a collar pin (NOT bar)?
Also, as to the Mercer, "slim-fit" option: is this the method people have discussed "over there" whereby they order their usual collar size but specify a size (or two) down in the body?
Best,
HL
#8 2008-08-17 11:52:54
- Kingstonian
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#9 2008-08-17 23:37:33
- laxplayer
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
#10 2008-08-18 01:15:28
- heikki k
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
i have a barbour bd shirt from their 2006 summer range and i quite like it, with a n ice collar roll and all. however, the shirt i've got (actually wearing it now) is rather a plaid check one than a tattersall one and the material is lightweight cotton, it being a summer range shirt.
#11 2008-08-18 01:45:09
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
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#12 2008-08-18 06:23:47
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
Otter : Take it easy, I'm pre-law.
Boon : I thought you were pre-med.
Otter : What's the difference?
#13 2008-08-18 06:59:13
- Kent Dorfman
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
In the UK, tweed jacket, tie, and straight collar tattersall shirt are absolutely the basics of “countrywear”. (To the point of being cliché) Peruse a copy of The Field to see what I mean. I have at least a half dozen shirts from Tyrwhitt and Lewin in nice nappy cotton or cotton/wool blend (I’m wearing one now). Mine all have pockets for collar stays. I love everything about these shirts, except for the stiff interlining sewn in the collars. I have one nice Viyella tattersall button-down I bought at the House of Bruar in Scotland. Very nice tattersalls can be had from Cordings, but they want an outrageous 35 pounds to post an order to the States, and I refuse that sort of extortion.
I’m not a button-down purist anymore, and frankly have been going through a distinctly British period. But I have been pining lately for tattersalls with soft button-down collars. Those Mercers are attractive except for the price. Brooks Brothers used to carry thin, almost sheer, tattersall button downs, but not any more (I still have one I bought from a Trad Forum member, and I value it highly). I really miss those, and will probably try a J Press model (as linked above) to see how it stands up to my memory.
Flounder
Oh boy, this is great!
#14 2008-08-18 07:50:14
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
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#16 2008-08-18 11:48:46
- HL Poling & Sons
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
Thanks for the info, EGF and DB.
Of course, the British wrote the book on the tattersall-tie-and-tweed look and I like it. However, by "straight collar", I guess I had in mind something different than what was shown in the video. What I had in mind was a slightly longer collar with narrower points and with much less spread between the points. Something more like the old Brooks "tennis" collar. Now, that would be fun with a tie and no stays, or with a pin.
HL
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#17 2008-08-19 11:53:50
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
^ Wonderful, creative stuff - Very 30's I suspect & therefore right at the roots of Ivy as soon as Ivy was called Ivy.
Top!
#18 2010-05-13 07:26:59
- Big Tony
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
"What sort of post-apocalyptic deathscape is this?"
"I don't want to look like a cock hungry sailor after all !!!"
"When it comes to infidelity, broken families, and reckless fatherhood, the underclass are amateurs."
#19 2010-05-13 08:30:58
- Taylor McIntyre
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come on baby light my trad -
try to set the trad on fire -
#20 2010-05-13 09:22:38
- The Thin Repp
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http://www.etsy.com/shop/NewtonStreetVintage Classic Vintage Ivy League Clothing on Etsy.
#23 2010-08-02 01:00:05
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
Decent ones seem difficult to get hold of, in any form. I'm always on the scout. They seem fairly durable around the collar.
#24 2010-08-02 02:37:32
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Re: Autumn Ivy #5: The Button-Down Tattersall Shirt -
Yes, a BD with a good collar roll would have a nicely 'alien' look to it and be perhaps slightly more adaptable. Being a tad conservative at fifty I do tend to wear mine with cords. But I still want to avoid that 'Tim Nice But Dim' Sloaney look at all costs.