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Fashion: A Shirt Tale
How the dandy shirt stormed the menswear world
Jack Bettridge
From the Print Edition:
Andy Garcia, Mar/April 2004
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With the bold palette, awning stripes and Jermyn Street collars firmly in place, it seems only logical that further adventures in the shirt realm are in store. Certainly many avenues are open. The collar is an obvious point of departure, with contrasting color like the ones Lee Iacocca brought to fashion in the ’80s being one option. Then Robert Talbott has been making a selection of rounded, pinned and tab collars that hark to when collars detached with buttons to allow replacement throughout the day. The cuff is another place for exploration, with choices such as two and even three (the Turnbull & Asser trademark) buttons, as well as French cuffs. Cuff links, almost de rigueur in London, are slowly making a comeback here, both with new styles and antique collectibles. Of course, you could get with the hip look of wearing the cuffs of a formal shirt unfolded with no link as first seen in the stylish remake of Ocean’s Eleven. Then again, that might be a little too much fashion for us guys.
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