good buys on tattersall shirts

**MacCathmhaoil** · 17th September 13, 05:58 AM

Here is another vendor (Canadian) that has a very good product and a great sale on right now!

http://www.justwhiteshirts.com/store...22/201/Shirts/

**OC Richard** · 19th September 13, 06:17 AM

Sorry, I posted a link to one page of the site linked to in the OP, but I see that their site is set up to redirect everything to that introductory "sale" page.

There are a number of nice shirts on their "country check" page.

I just bought the top shirt of this pile of three from this Ebay seller. I hope the quality is decent (I'm no "shirt snob" for sure, decent will be fine)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tattersall-C...item41728c9398

**Grizzly** · 19th September 13, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

I just bought the top shirt of this pile of three from this Ebay seller. I hope the quality is decent (I'm no "shirt snob" for sure, decent will be fine)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tattersall-C...item41728c9398

Um...... I dont want to rain on your parade but I have the exact same shirt Richard. Apart from the fact that mine is bigger. I will be interested to hear your views when you receive it. In my view it is ok but not brilliant. After a few washes it gets a bit fuzzy and the collar is a bit limp, but then it is relatively inexpensive, so for the money I shouldn't really have a gripe. That said it has outlasted a Peter England tattersall which cost 3 times as much.

I never thought I would become somewhat of a clothes horse as being a non standard size I was always happy getting anything that fit me, but since being kilted I have found that I am becoming more particular about the level of acceptable quality, especially in these days of the t'internet where the world has become a big shopping mall.

**creagdhubh** · 19th September 13, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Lime

I think that their cut is a pretty standard English classic Jermyn Street type cut which is generous in length and body; it makes for a very comfortable and good looking shirt. You would get similar cut if you went to, say, Thomas Pink, Roderick Charles or Turnbull & Asser although you can of course go bespoke and have it made to your measurements.

p.s. I have no connection to Charles Tyrwhitt; I just like Jermyn Street shirts.

Me too.

**TheOfficialBren** · 20th September 13, 01:43 AM

Van Heusen has some decent tattersalls and windowpanes. I picked up a blue check similar to a tattersall a while back. Love it. Looking forward to the occasion to wear it. Too hot now.

**OC Richard** · 20th September 13, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by Grizzly

I dont want to rain on your parade but I have the exact same shirt Richard... In my view it is ok but not brilliant.

I half-expected as much. It's nice to be able to see and feel a shirt at a shop, but I've scoured our local California malls and discovered that shirts of that style are scarce as hen's teeth. The people who work in the Mens Department never have even heard of a Tattersall shirt, or a Country Check shirt, or anything of the kind.

The check shirts I find invariably have long pointy button-down collars, and usually have short sleeves. I pretty much gave up trying to find shirts locally.

**AKScott** · 20th September 13, 07:06 PM

Can us n00bs to tattersall see more pictures please? (Thanks Kyle) There is a clearly a bit of an art to this... After matchy-match I graduated to constrast and co-ordinate, next level - tattersall.

I have been watching for tattersall shirts for a few months, but really haven't the foggiest notion what would and would not do with my clan tartan.

Anyone have a snap of HRH Prince Charles in tattersall for instance?

**OC Richard** · 22nd September 13, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by AKScott

After matchy-match I graduated to constrast and co-ordinate, next level - tattersall.

I have been watching for tattersall shirts for a few months, but really haven't the foggiest notion what would and would not do with my clan tartan.

Anyone have a snap of HRH Prince Charles in tattersall for instance?

There was a very nice thread a while back featuring photos of Prince Charles in Highland Dress. He seems to favour plain light blue shirts with tweed, though there were some photos of a young Charles wearing a plaid shirt (sans jacket or waistcoat) with kilt.

I too am a Tattersall newbie! I'd not heard the term until I joined XMarks. You can take a boy out of the hills... you know the rest. Now I have a couple of these shirts and I love the way they look with kilts and tweed.

As best I can see, the classic true pure shirt has a two-colour check pattern on a white or cream background, the checks being equally spaced and equal in width. Common are strong colours such as royal blue, yellow, and wine.

The shirt itself is longsleeved and the collar is neither button-down nor pointy, but a right angle collar, or a spread collar.

Here we are!

There traditionally seems to be no notion of matching or co-ordinating the shirt's colours with the colours of anything else. The shirts are what they are.

**Jock Scot** · 22nd September 13, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

There was a very nice thread a while back featuring photos of Prince Charles in Highland Dress. He seems to favour plain light blue shirts with tweed, though there were some photos of a young Charles wearing a plaid shirt (sans jacket or waistcoat) with kilt.

I too am a Tattersall newbie! I'd not heard the term until I joined XMarks. You can take a boy out of the hills... you know the rest. Now I have a couple of these shirts and I love the way they look with kilts and tweed.

As best I can see, the classic true pure shirt has a two-colour check pattern on a white or cream background, the checks being equally spaced and equal in width. Common are strong colours such as royal blue, yellow, and wine.

The shirt itself is longsleeved and the collar is neither button-down nor pointy, but a right angle collar, or a spread collar.

Here we are!

There traditionally seems to be no notion of matching or co-ordinating the shirt's colours with the colours of anything else. The shirts are what they are.

Well done OCR! A classic tattersall shirt. For those venturing into the new world of tattersall shirts keep this shirt pattern(there are better makes) in mind. Yes, the cris cross lines may be of assorted colours(often three coloured lines), but it is the basic white/cream background that is the safest choice to start with. What needs to be avoided is the "lumberjack" shirt look. I know many will not agree, but button down collars are best avoided too, if you are trying for the "Classic look". Slighty larger and slightly smaller checks than OCR's shirt are fine too.

If you google "tattersall shirts" and then click onto "images" you will see dozens of pictures of tattersall shirts, you will see all sorts of patterns and I think you will see that "OCR's" choice works well. YES! No attempt to match the shirt to anything is the way to go and if a colour does match (as in OCR'S shirt and tie do(ish) in the picture) then that is more by luck than judgement.

**OC Richard** · 22nd September 13, 05:23 PM

Thanks Jock!

That sort of shirt is virtually impossible to find here in the USA, at least in physical brick-and-mortar shops. I've scoured malls etc and it's discouraging. We Yanks always get something wrong: the shirt will have everything else right but have a buttondown collar and/or have short sleeves and/or have something goofy going on with the pattern... ugh!

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