Van laack shirts

I like the styling of Van Laack shirts, but both their styling and quality pale in comparison to the top tier Italian (Brioni and Attolini for similar styles) and French (Charvet in particular) shirtmakers. Of course, Van Laack shirts are at a lower pricepoint. But for the money, I would go with Barba for business and evening use and with Richard James (yes, I've heard all the complaints about the *non-bespoke* Savile Row houses from this forum) for casual occasions.

http://www.barbanapoli.com/index.htm Very nice site, in Italian but the pics speak quite nicely. FWIW Barba is considered to be one of the trimmer Italian shirtmakers... I know most don't want to do it, but I wouldn't mind having a shirt taken in if necessary...

Barba's shirts are very similar to Gucci's in that the collars all tend to be a high spread collar. Van Laack is a Northern European company that is of average quality. However they did have a fine tuxedo shirt with embroidered detailing. I believe they use sewn in collar stays. Jacques Britt is a better maker. Joop's shirtings are made by him I recall.