French Cuff shirts

**cim_can** · 12-06-2009, 01:11 PM

I concur with the point or spread collar. I like the Brooks Brothers ones a lot. My favorite are the Hackett french cuff shirts with a spread collar.

**Doc4** · 12-06-2009, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Bill Smith

One thing french cuff shirts should have a point or spread collar (I'm partial to spread collars), do not get button down collar, it is too casual a look.

+1, but ...

... do any manufacturers out there actually DO that?

**Austin** · 12-06-2009, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by Doc4

... do any manufacturers out there actually DO that?

I've never seen one on the shelf but I saw one on a hipster at one of the local watering holes. Some of the young folks wear french cuffs without a tie and most cases without a jacket.

**blackfoot** · 12-07-2009, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by Bill Smith

One thing french cuff shirts should have a point or spread collar (I'm partial to spread collars), do not get button down collar, it is too casual a look.

+1, although I've never seen it. I refuse to wear a button down collar of any kind, even casual. I do not know why, but I do not like them.

**Obsessed** · 12-07-2009, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by Bill Smith

One thing french cuff shirts should have a point or spread collar (I'm partial to spread collars), do not get button down collar, it is too casual a look.

Originally Posted by Doc4

+1, but ...

... do any manufacturers out there actually DO that?

Originally Posted by Austin

I've never seen one on the shelf but I saw one on a hipster at one of the local watering holes. Some of the young folks wear french cuffs without a tie and most cases without a jacket.

I'll confess to sometimes wearing french cuffs without a tie (like today), primarily because my supply of business casual shirts has dwindled through attrition and I haven't replenished it yet. The idea of a french cuff shirt with a button-down collar, however, is too horrifying for words, and I wish it had never been brought up.

**blackfoot** · 12-07-2009, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Obsessed

I'll confess to sometimes wearing french cuffs without a tie (like today), primarily because my supply of business casual shirts has dwindled through attrition and I haven't replenished it yet. The idea of a french cuff shirt with a button-down collar, however, is too horrifying for words, and I wish it had never been brought up.

I have a couple of French Cuff shirts that are primarily for casual use. Or at least they are to me. They would be fine for dress, I suppose, but do not feel right to me.

**Cuttingboard** · 12-07-2009, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by blackfoot

+1, although I've never seen it. I refuse to wear a button down collar of any kind, even casual. I do not know why, but I do not like them.

Same here!!!

**StylinLA** · 12-07-2009, 03:39 PM

Banana Republic has for awhile been pushing a line of somewhat dressy shirts with french cuffs.
(They sell them with regular buttons in them as a "place holder' for the cufflinks.)

They are mostly not a style one would consider wearing with jacket and tie.
At least I wouldn't.

I think the old Custom Shop shirtmaker out of New York might have sold button downs with french cuffs, but I don't know that I've ever seem them.

**Cuttingboard** · 12-07-2009, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by theperfectstorm

They ship most shirts from NYC. $7.95 flat rate shipping.

That is one of the reasons why I purchase from them.

Mine are shipped from London for $10.95.

**TravelingMan82** · 12-29-2009, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by persco

+1 on Charles Tyrwhitt (ctshirts.co.uk). I just bought 4 french cuff shirts for about $50 each. They're really great quality, too.

s.

I'm going to order a couple of shirts from them. They seem to have some nice prices and the quality looks very high.

**sigman** · 12-30-2009, 05:20 PM

I like Brooks Brothers and Ralph Lauren. But I like MTM shirts even more. Don't like the price of course.

**Bill Smith** · 12-31-2009, 08:54 AM

I got two shirts on sale at http://www.tmlewin.co.uk/ at $40 per shirt, that's a pretty good deal.

**Tobacco** · 01-02-2010, 12:10 AM

http://www.hamiltonshirts.com

Very excellent shirts, if you can stomach the price. Not as bad pricewise as SOME though.

**SRock** · 01-02-2010, 02:42 AM

There are lots of good options out there. There is also a great deal to be said about having your clothes tailored to fit. This doesn't just apply to the ultra-slim or buff crowd either. Regardless of your body type a properly fitted shirt will make you look/feel like a million bucks.

**saltypete** · 01-02-2010, 02:48 AM

As a student there is no way I can afford bespoke shirts. However I will go and buy a good quality shirt (Gloweave are my current favs) and take them to a shop that specializes in alterations. The lady there alters my shirts to make them fit better. It works out at less than $100AUD for the shirt and alterations.

Pete

**Bill Smith** · 01-06-2010, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Bill Smith

I got two shirts on sale at http://www.tmlewin.co.uk/ at $40 per shirt, that's a pretty good deal.

Both shirts arrived today, tried them on and they fit perfectly.

**Stormin** · 01-06-2010, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by blackfoot

+1, although I've never seen it. I refuse to wear a button down collar of any kind, even casual. I do not know why, but I do not like them.

+3

I can't stand a button down collar.

And I can't wear a shirt without a pocket. I write to much during the day and I need to have a pen handy. My shirt pocket gets to showcase my finest pens.

**Fraser** · 01-06-2010, 12:10 PM

I only buy French cuff shirts. Look great with a jacket and I just roll up the sleaves if I'm not wearing one.

+4 on not wearing any buttondowns either.

**bigstick** · 01-16-2010, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by Hreafn

I wont wear a short sleeved dress shirt or one with out a pocket. No pocket i cant carry my nice pens.

I'm trying to wrap my head around french-cuff short-sleeve shirts.

**StylinLA** · 01-16-2010, 06:17 PM

I've pretty much got a shirt AD and recently tried Charles Tyrwhitt on a suggestion from Doc4.

Their Sea Island cotton is on sale for $115US and is the best bang for your buck I've run into in a long time of buying shirts.

I've got shirts by Zegna, Armani, Brooks Brothers, Ricci, Behar, Brioni, Frey and many others. I've had custom made in past as well.

The CT Sea Island shirts are clearly very high quality cotton. Like "oh wow" quality. Only the Ricci and Frey are better quality cotton in my shirt wardrobe imo. You don't want to know the price of the Ricci (but I did get it way marked down).

If that $115 seems too pricey, buy one CT instead of two of something lesser and see for yourself.