I wear it daily. Haven't found anything with a comparable feel.

I had the knit boxers stretch and stopped wearing them but not the briefs.

Yeah, i've always skimped on under garments too. As long as they're cotton, who really cares. l'd rather pay $20 for a pack of undies than pay $45 for a pair that's probably not much better. That's the only piece of clothing l scimp on.

Dear Marc:

that'd be great.  It'd be nice too for you to link to those jackets you posted on another forum (I cannot recall the name now). I saw them and really liked most of them very much.   They were conservative and looked well-made.  Timelessness (or as near to it as possible) is the most desirable thing to me).

My wife just bought a digi-cam and I'm going to try, when I get some free time, to pull out some old Trad stuff and take photos of it.  Some of my older shirts from Troy Guild, etc.  I've also found a small shirtmaker in the USA who does an _exact_ replica of a Troy shirt.  Only one I've found.  Some of the Trads (albeit lurking) will dig it.  Maybe throw an old Harvard Coop blazer up.  What the hey.

Also -- I want to take a pic of a suit I had made in an admittedly amateur attempt to replicate the cut of the Cary Grant suit in North by North West.  Unfortunately the grey is a lot darker than his, but I think I got the cut of the jacket correct.

Also maybe some picks of the old weejuns, nannie reds, and Liberty ties.  Show these kids how it was done!

edit:  which is not to say that Liberty ties aren't an embarrassment now, nor were they then!

Last edited by Horace (2006-03-27 23:48:54)

I do like the Zimmerli stuff, but don't love the price. 

I have to echo the comment about Target.  I think the Merona stuff is a great value.

BTW FNB, thanks for setting this board up.  Looking like a great place to visit!

My wife just bought some of the Zimmerli t-shirts.  Maybe they have different grades of cotton but
I wasn't impressed by the feel of the cotton next to my Sunspel t-shirts.  They were a bit nicer
(but not a heck of a lot) than the fine-knit American Apparel stuff.  There's another company I'm
going to try that was recommended on styleforum.net by one of the knowledgeable people there.
So, I'll report back.

Last edited by Horace (2006-04-03 21:53:25)

The best stuff I have found so far is Adam+Eve. It is on the expensive side, but lasts forever and feels incredible. I have had some of their shirts for two years now and they still look quite good, even the dark colors like black and navy.

I've had a few newer pairs of Zim. shirts for the last 6 months or maybe 9 months now.  In addition to some Sunspels.  Probably 20 washings each, each worn maybe once a week or some once every other.  The Zim's are a better fit -- esp. on the chest for me (size L -- I take a 42 jacket).  Also just the right length.  And they don't "bag" on the stomach the way some of the Hanes brands used to do.  But after 20 washings each (delicate wash on warm with tide), I've found that the fabric has begun to almost "pill" near the chest on the Zims, whereas the Sunspels still maintain an amazingly smooth and silky "hand" to the fabric.  If I could find a sunspel shirt in a Zim cut, that'd be the ticket.

Brooks t-shirts (the two different types -- Supima and their Mercerized Egyptian cotton) are on sale and I'm going to try those I think.  They're made in Canada.  I was also delighted to see that Brooks is also offering Made in England properly sized merino wool socks.  At 55% off, tomorrow only, if you buy 6 pair.

Brooks cotton pajamas continue to be horrible, I'm afraid.

Last edited by Horace (2006-12-26 03:06:56)

do you, buy the underwares, from, the Malindi?

Just bought 3 additional pair, now my collection consists of 10 altogether.

Great stuff.

The equivalent of drinking Pellegrino, but as underwear.