Cuffinks?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Just who are you, you scoundrel, and what have you done with Rathdown??

Never fear, Rex, it is I. However as my postillion was recently struck by lightning I have had to tend to those tedious tasks one usually delegates to others. For example: I had failed to notice that today was a day of Holy Obligation and that the obscure Order of Belgian Nuns who launder my shirts and small clothes would quite rightly be otherwise engaged. However, having followed this thread with baited breath I decided to investigate the efficacy of purchasing a ready made shirt of the sort worn by those in my employ. Having done so, and worn said garment, here follows my review: For a shirt made in Honduras, by Honduraneos, it's not bad. The cuffs are a trifle tight, but other than that it did what new shirts are supposed to do, i.e., it managed to provide the perfect landing spot for a drop of an indifferent claret on the right cuff, and there also seems to be a port stain on the plaquet, under my tie. Three or four more outings and it should be ready to wear to the club.

[ozone]

Thanks for some of the links for french cuff shirts follks! NOw, to be even MORE picky, anyone seen french cuff shirts with button-down collars rather than the spread collars? I don't wear ties and the spread collars tend to spread quite wide by the end of the day...leaving me looking rather rumpled. So, any more ideas? Bring 'em on!

PS I have several Brooks Bros. Shirts, They are nice, but not for $80....that's a ripoff for any shirt IMO. Especially when you KNOW they manufactured and shipped the shirt from Thailand, Vietnam or wherever for about $5 (including shipping). JUst 'cause it says brooks bros, doesn't mean it was hand made by highly trained tailors in SF, NYC or wherever....no, in this era of globalization, it's made in the former places mentioned and they make a good profit. I just dislike participating in them making a sick profit ($80) off of me. Come to think of it, I am wearing a BB shirt right now and I only paid about $30 at an outlet for it....and it fits very well.

[jordanjm]

I do like cuff links. I am going to start looking for French cuff shirts.

[Clockwork John]

Dang... I may have to get a french cuff shirt just so I'd have an excuse to get these: http://www.hauntyourhome.com/browse....&cat=CUFFLINKS

I already have a matching belt buckle.

[Bugbear]

Ok, I was frugaling through a new Good Will store in the area, and found a very nice looking shirt with french cuffs. It also has button down collar ends.
Here's the part I'm not too sure about. It is a white shirt, but in the front, on either side of the buttons, there are thin, vertical, decrative gray and black lines where the pleating might be on a tux shirt. A flap also covers the buttons.
Should this shirt only be worn with a bow tie, or can it be worn with a regular tie?

[JerseyLawyer]

I admit I'm having a little trouble picturing the shirt in question. If the buttons are covered, that's referred to as a French front, and while that looks good with a bow tie, it is not itself determinative. The pinstripes (or whatever) aren't over the whole shirt? Just over the front?

I'll go out on a limb and say that there's really no such thing as a shirt meant to be worn only with a bow tie. There are styles of four-in-hand ties that you can wear with even a wing collared shirt.

I still can't picture this shirt, though.

[Baysideboy]

Thanks for some of the links for french cuff shirts follks! NOw, to be even MORE picky, anyone seen french cuff shirts with button-down collars rather than the spread collars? I don't wear ties and the spread collars tend to spread quite wide by the end of the day...leaving me looking rather rumpled. So, any more ideas? Bring 'em on!

Finding shirts with French cuffs and button-down collars will be difficult. French cuffs are considered "dressy" and are usually paired with dress spread collars (think "high business" or formal dress). Button-down collars are more informal.

[Bugbear]

I admit I'm having a little trouble picturing the shirt in question. If the buttons are covered, that's referred to as a French front, and while that looks good with a bow tie, it is not itself determinative. The pinstripes (or whatever) aren't over the whole shirt? Just over the front?

I'll go out on a limb and say that there's really no such thing as a shirt meant to be worn only with a bow tie. There are styles of four-in-hand ties that you can wear with even a wing collared shirt.

I still can't picture this shirt, though.

It is an interesting looking shirt, with french cuffs, Baysideboy. Looking at it again, it does not have a button down collar.

The Pinstripes are only on the front of the shirt where a cummerbund would bee... The pinstripes have a slight endention or you can feel them, but there aren't any other stripes on the shirt.

Looking at it again, the part with the pinstripes on either side of the opening is a strip of fabric sewn onto the shirt starting at the top, but not going all the way to the bottom of the shirt. It is as if instead of putting pleats on the front of the shirt, a strip of fabric with pinstripes had been sewn on in their place.

This is difficult to describe I guess. I hope it will be alright with a regular tie...

[Frank McGrath]

I bought a shirt on the internet with convertible cuffs so I could wear my masonic cufflinks. I have just started a cufflink collection. I now have 2 shirts that take cuff links. I tux shirt and a dress shirt (with a 19 in neck). I think i only paid about 11.00 US and shipping. I am sure that I got what i paid for.

[Bugbear]

Well this shirt only has the slots for cufflinks, that's not really an issue for me. I'm just trying to find out what kind of shirt this is with the pinstriped front like I described before.

As far as cost, the shirt looks good, it fits well, and I needed white shirts. Same goes for the white buttondown collar shirt I bought along with this one. Good shirts, very little cost. It was Good Will half off sale.