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Recommend casual button-down shirts for sale in NYC

Spacelegoman — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:28:20 -0800

Please recommend good quality button-down shirts for sale in NYC for a slender guy - I'm looking for something casual that can be worn tie-less and untucked if I'm in the mood, but still well made with good fabric and cut, i.e. at the level of Thomas Pink or w/e but casual. Priced up to around let's say $200 a shirt, although if it's less that's even better. Thanks!

Casual (but stylish) clothing blogs for aging hipsters?

MeatLightning — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:20:05 -0800

Casual (but stylish) clothing blogs for aging hipsters? I'm looking for some blogs that feature cool clothes that you can actually buy. Like HYA meets Etsy but for stuff beyond Ts and hoodies. Whatup green!?

I give up... I can't find any clothes I like. I've been digging for ages now. Occasionally I'll find a shirt or two from the usual suspects (Urban, AA, H&M, etc) every now and again... but my success rate is low. Like 75% of the crap I end up with doesn't fit right or is boring or both.

I'm looking for some blogs that I can frequent to find cool clothes. Like HYA but for stuff beyond Ts and hoodies.

For style background, I'm basically looking for stuff built from solid fabrics (I love seeing the weave - like linen or canvas) in earth tones with some kind of flair (like cool buttons or epaulets or interesting cuts.... nothing crazy). Sort of one part military, one part Marxist, one part haute couture... Does that even make sense?! Fsssh... no sense at all... maybe that's the problem. Ugh!

Anyway, help!

Please?

How should I manage these garments?

Baby_Balrog — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:42:45 -0800

Is my brother right about caring for these Brooks Brothers non-iron shirts? Help! I've recently acquired a half dozen lovely new Brooks Brothers non-irons (blue tag). I need to wear one tomorrow morning but they're kind of wrinkly from being recently purchased.

My brother swears that the best method for caring for them is to wash them cold and let them hang dry. This seems crazy to me because the nice lady at Brooks Brothers says to just wash and dry them like normal because the heat from the drier activates the resin that releases the wrinkles. BUT maaaybe she's just saying that so I go through the shirts faster by wearing them out! Thus necessitating the purchase of additional marvelous BB non-iron shirts!

1. Is my brother wrong?
2. To get one in working shape for tomorrow could I throw it in the dryer?

Long sleeve shirts for a small guy

sjl7678 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:44:30 -0800

Where can I find long sleeve, casual, button-down dress shirts for a small guy? Lot's more information inside. I've been looking for some new clothing recently and it's not going very well. I like how I look in long sleeve dressy-ish shirts. The problem is that I'm a fairly small guy. I'm around 5'6" and weigh between 120 and 130 pounds.

All of the size 'small' dress shirts I try on in stores are definitely too big; the sleeves go to my knuckles and the rest of the shirt falls partway down my thighs. I've resorted to using dress shirts from the boys' section for work. The ones I wear are about a size 18 in boys'. The sleeves are slightly too short but I deal with it. Unfortunately they usually only come in black, white, or some ridiculous striped pattern that's not really my thing. Help!

I'd like to find shirts that fit me, aren't just black or white, and would look good untucked with jeans. I'm not looking for really flashy or gaudy patterns; I like muted colors and more subtle patterns. I know I'll probably have to shop online to find what I need and that's fine with me.

A bit more background: I'm a fairly experienced swing and blues dancer and have started tango recently. That means that I usually roll up my sleeves to around the elbows pretty often. That also means they get sweaty and need to be able to be washed in a regular washer (I can't afford constant dry cleaning). As an aside, if anyone has tips for rolling up sleeves so they 1. stay rolled up and 2. don't look absurd, they'd be appreciated too!

I know you might be thinking "Why bother with long sleeves rolled up? Just get short sleeves!" I have tattoos that sometimes need to be covered (for work) so short sleeve shirts are not really an option.

One thing I've considered is tailoring. There are a bunch of tailoring places in my neighborhood; if I bought shirts that were too big for me and brought them there could they tailor them to fit me, or do most tailoring places only deal with suits and the like? If so, how big should I buy so that they have enough to work with? I'm pretty clueless when it comes to that kind of thing.

As for price range, now that I have a full time job I'm more flexible than I was in college, but keeping it under $40 would be wonderful. Less is even better.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me! If there's anything I left out just ask and I'll reply as soon as I can.

Cult or Not?

jpburns — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:42:59 -0800

I just saw a group of folks at the cafeteria in the DeKalb Farmer's Market in Atlanta, and I'm trying to figure out... are they a cult? A group (maybe 10) of men and women, with children and teens. Mostly white but one black woman. The weird thing that caught my eye was they they were all wearing hempy-natural-fiber looking simple shirts or long dresses over t-shirts and "normal" clothing.

I shoulda walked over and asked, "Pardon me, are you a cult?," but something told me that might be rude.

So... were they?

Thanks in advance.

Need help finding a specific shirt & pants

wfrgms — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:36:59 -0800

Where can I find a shirt like this (except white with blue trim), and pants like these (except black), either online or in the Chicago area between now and July 1st? These are for a wedding in July. The company I was going to order from tells me they can't get the shirt & pants to me before the wedding date.

At this point I'm not concerned about a custom fit I just need something that will help me fit with the other groomsmen.

Thank you for any suggestions!

How do I find dress shirts that will fit me and stay tucked in?

jeffderek — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:46:03 -0800

How do I find dress shirts that will fit me and stay tucked in? I'm very much a tshirt and jeans kind of guy, but I work in government and I have to wear dress shirts or sweaters and khakis or dress pants. I've been doing this for a few years now but I'm having trouble looking "good." I buy nice clothes from Banana Republic/Gap etc, but its still not working for me.

I get up and down all the time in my job, and by about noon if I'm wearing a sweater, its several inches above the line of my pants and the undershirt is showing. If I'm wearing a dress shirt, at least part of it is untucked, and the undershirt is entirely untucked and up inside the dress shirt bunched around my stomach.

From the top of wear my pants sit (above my hips) to my armpit is 14 inches. From the top of my pants to the point on the back of my neck is 20 inches. I'm 5'8", 170lbs, and wear medium shirts. I tried a few large shirts but I just end up swimming inside of them.

Do I just have a long Torso? Do I not know how to wear shirts appropriately? Do I need a tighter belt? If I have a long torso, where do I find shirts that will do what I want?

I want to have tailored shirts

reenum — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:21:52 -0800

I want tailored shirts. Where can I find a good tailor? I currently live in Kansas, but would be willing to make a trip out to one of the coasts if needed. I have a few questions:

1. How much can I expect to pay?
2. How long do the shirts last?
3. Is it worth it to have a local seamstress make them for me?

I saw this thread about tailored clothes, but that one didn't have enough shirt specific info

Where to get paisley shirts?

Brian James — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:00:11 -0800

Where can I find button-front casual shirts in paisley or paisley-like patterns, like the one worn by Peter Gibbons in Office Space? I'm interested in where to get this specific shirt, or shirts of a similar pattern. I rather like the busy pattern in muted colors.

What is this type of shirt style called?

worker_bee — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:51:17 -0800

Clothing filter. Looking for help in finding a particular style of mens dress shirts I have no idea what these are called, but they are long-sleeved dress shirts, and when you roll the sleeves up there is a small tab that attaches to a small button on the sleeve itself (above the elbow) to keep the rolled up sleeves in place in a nice tight fashion. Anyone have any idea WTH I am talking about? This would be a Christmas present for a family member so I hope someone can help.

Also in the same filter anyone know of a good online store where you can buy classic-style Ben Sherman shirts (button down collar, pleated backs, etc) relatively inexpensively?

Shirtless In Manhattan

kaizen — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:21:55 -0800

I have to buy 8 identical ( different sizes ) dress shirts for the groomsmen in a wedding, along with 8 ties. The color required is a little out of the ordinary ( cream ). Where is a great place for men's dress shirts and ties in NYC / Manhattan. I don't need anything bespoke like Thomas Pink, but it should be good quality. Help the groomsmen look good in Manhattan.

Please help me find shirts which are interesting not just for their pattern!

dance — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:45:33 -0800

It would be great if people could share their favourite suppliers/retailers/tailors for affordable, quality shirts. I'm talking about shirts which are either interesting, different or vintage. I'd be especially keen on those with detachable collars - this was in fact the reason for my asking the question. I've been looking around at Vintage Shirt, and what they have is wonderful, including all the related paraphenalia, but it's very expensive. Surely they are cheaper vendors of the same thing? I'm not averse to eBay. I'm in the UK and would appreciate UK retailers (or others - with a focus on international sales!) Thanks very much, I appreciate any help.

Help me find sites like www.threadless.com

destro100 — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:56:25 -0800

Help me find sites like www.threadless.com Basically looking for cool, original, design inspired shirts. If possible - on the low end of the pricing spectrum.

Any suggestions?

Hong Kong Bespoke

subtle-t — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:36:29 -0800

Your experience with Hong Kong Tailors. Please share your experiences with Hong Kong Tailors, who do you recommend? Who should be avoided? Is someone better at one thing (shirts) than another (suits)? What should I know before going in? I'll be there this summer, and thus am not just looking for someone who does US tours for measurements and ships the work back.

I did search Askme, it seems that although it's been mentioned several times, it's always been tangential to a general bespoke question, or a HK tourism question. Thanks!

Out, damned spot!

josh — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:29:17 -0800

Help me get a horrible ink stain out of my favorite shirt! The shirt is a really nice dress shirt with multicolored, rather broad stripes. Right in the middle of the shirt--on the placket, about two buttons down--there is a small but very dark stain that, I'm pretty sure, came from a fountain pen. (I have no idea how this happened, btw.)

Unfortunately, it's already been through the wash; I didn't notice it until I got it back from the cleaner's. Is there anything I can do to get the stain out?

What cool t-shirts use American Apparel?

matildaben — Thu, 05 May 2005 11:19:41 -0800

Where can I get more cool designs printed on t-shirts from American Apparel? I have one from spamusement.com (the Cabinet Sanchez shirt that is no longer in stock), one from Achewood, and one from the Decemberists (not the shirt shown but a green one with the same design). I love how soft and comfy the shirts are, and as a big girl, the men's XL fits me perfectly. I would be happy if I could just wear them every day. The AA store just opened in Seattle but I like shirts with stuff printed on them so I was just wondering if the cool folks here could offer some suggestions of other places on the web (or RL in Seattle) where I can get these comfy shirts that would also be cool and interesting.

Best undershirts?

kdern — Tue, 03 May 2005 10:37:17 -0800

Any advice on the best men's undershirts to buy? I recently got hooked on white short sleeve undershirts and wear them under polos or button down shirts every day. I've tried Old Navy and Fruit of the Loom, but they shrink in the drier, stretch out in the neck, and the sleeves are sometimes a little too short or tight. Any advice on what better brand to buy?

Shirts in Melbourne

jedro — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:56:09 -0800

Where can I find nice, simple casual shirts in Melbourne, Australia? Everything seems to have a stencil on it these days.