Mad secondhanding skilz
Got a chance to stop into the best Good-Will store in my area, with the stated intent to find button down shirts. I have stopped looking for the pretty colors first; now, I begin with neck size, since mine is small for menswear. If I find anything in my size, then I look at the color etc, which means– sometimes I leave with nothing.
Today, I got four dress shirts; dark moss green smooth cotton, with an actually tight collar!
White broadcloth with a tailer’s label from Hong Kong– the kind that has the client’s name (D Rhenn, I think) and the date (Sept 1992)!
OMIGOD beautiful dark cream silk broadcloth with wonderful vintage-looking details and a Paris label! It had after-the fact darts in the back, which I have pulled out; luckily they were sewn with a ball-point needle that didn’t chop into the fibers.
And a Liz Claiborn mens-styled (left over right buttoning, that is) soft seablue in a silk linen blend, also with some nice extra detailing! I don’t know yet how it will look because it had been starched stiff as a board. it’s being abused by my washing machine as I type this.
I put back the spectacular formal shirt with french cuffs made from a rich heavy Egyptian cotton. I teared up a little as I did so, but I know that I would look like a girl wearing my boyfriend’s shirt, because it was too loose in the neck. Love hurts.
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Pics?
+1 for pix!
Aaaaaaa sartorial envy! That’s just the sort of thing I like too! With same problem of lovely shirts that fit all wrong. Someday will figure out how to get clothes altered or made for me.
yep… Gotta start with the collar size, I’m telling you! if yuo get that right, the shoulders can be overlong, and the shirt will still look like you meant it like that..