Some contemporary images for ideas:
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Silent valet or valet stand, either one. I got mine at one of the (many) antique stores here in town.
I'd rather have the gentleman's gentleman, though.
Thanks again for stopping by to say hello. It's always a pleasure to meet folks who are as passionate about this as I am. Post some pics of some of the selections next time your wear them - I'd like to see (as I think we all would) the finished product.
And I had a lot of fun, too!
While I didn't specify it as only a 'worker's shirt', it was a broad generalization, to be sure, mainly to indicate the inherently non-formal (and thereby non-dress) nature of the collar.
Point very much taken, all the same. ;)
My issue was with the two totally different styles of dress that would collide. Button down collars are a worker's shirt. Those shirts are supposed to come with a pocket, and they aren't true dress shirts. They are, at best, casual sporting shirts. A proper dress shirt has a sculpted collar, and...
I had a gentleman today ask for a button down collar shirt, but with french cuffs. I found it very odd, personally, and explained how it would be a schizophrenic shirt.
Of course I didn't have any such thing, but when he asked for me to make one, I recommended strongly against it - just...
All advice here, brother -- it's literally what I do. My one and only point was that, in fact, sometimes less is indeed more, especially with the given goal of dressing well. More specifically, rather than a busy square in an obviously competing and similar pattern, go with a plain white linen...
I got curious and walked down the street to the RL store here on King. I tried the jacket in question on, and ehh. This jacket just plain didn't fit. At all. I can't say I'm sorry that they didn't have your size. [huh]
I don't know about period vs. modern cuts, and whether or not people today...
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