Comments on: 10 Things to Know About: Wearing Button-Down Shirts

By: Someone

Someone — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:24:58 +0000

DB above is correct.

The 11th thing to know about button-down shirts is what they ARE…the ones with buttons to fasten the collar points down. The fashion world seems to have forgotten this. What you are discussing are button-FRONT shirts.

By: carissa

carissa — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:31:39 +0000

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By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:09:41 +0000

R&D shirts are typically in the $150-200 range but I’ve seen some go down to $80 on sale.

As for those talking about underarm sweating, I find it also has to do a lot with the fabric. 100% cotton makes me sweat a lot less than anything with synthetic fabric. Even 2-4% spandex or some other synthetic seems to make me sweat twice as much in the underarm area.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:07:57 +0000

re the underarm sweating, i’ve also found it’s worse with these shirts, i think it’s because they’re tighter / closer to the skin in that area. My advice is to put on something like “certain dry” the night before, or just try to buy ones that are a bit bigger in the underarm area.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:38:59 +0000

To Kathleen or anyone else – what do you mean by blouse? I cant picture what you are referring to.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:34:58 +0000

How much do the R & D shirts run?

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:20:19 +0000

Thanks for the tip! I got a great pile of stuff at the sample sale, which is going on until Christmas. Oh, how I love a good sample sale….

By: Maria DeLatour

Maria DeLatour — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:01:46 +0000

I adore my shirts from Rebecca & Drew. They are sized by bra size and height and fit damn near perfectly. And they have a customizable shirt which allows you to choose the sleeve, collar, fabric, etc. Really changed work dressing for me. http://rebeccaanddrew.com/

PS: If you are in NYC, they are having a sample sale next week. I think tuesday- Thursday.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:53:33 +0000

@Samantha: It looks pretty when you leave a shirt with higher sideseams untucked! Don’t bother going to the tailor. It has a way of elongating legs visually.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:50:59 +0000

I bought some Brooks Brothers short sleeved non-iron shirts and would like to wear them untucked on top of pants for a more casual look. They seem to be cut with coattails though (longer in front and back than sides) so it doesnt look so good untucked. I think I remember reading that coattails always means tucking in, is that the rule?
Or should I get my tailor to make the seam even?