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130s Italian burnt orange sea island

Geneva has an awesome selection of Alumo now. They have some really nice end on ends and some patterns that have a slight hint of a satin/sheen stripe to them - hard to explain but very nice

Are you able to order it yourself somewhere? I've done this at geneva and then end product is a pretty good value price wise

are there any linens that aren't so sheer? I've never tried an OTR linen shirt that I liked. Perhaps there are better options @ geneva.. this spring I'll look into it

The best I have seen is the DJ Anderson's Lino 130. It only comes in white, and it is a bit sheer, so perhaps not what you are looking for. Cotton and linen blends are better if you want something with just a little texture. The C-L blends seem to me to require ever so slightly larger a cut, as they are not all that flexible.

Acorn linen is not that sheer. However, I wouldn't wear it for work purposes. Acorn also makes a bamboo-linen which is very cool and airy; and very "Green". It also isn't sheer but I wouldn't wear that to the office either. Cotton-linen isn't as cool as it could be because the cotton seems to blot up some of the natural pores in the linen.

Yeah, C-L blend may be a better alternative. I'll look into them around March.

Acorn makes a "ocean" linen which isn't bad - kind of a blueish purple. doesn't look too sheer from what i can tell.i dont see the bamboo in my spring/summer 2007 book.

I'm looking at a few alumo cotton/linen 2x2 170s that are nice.

three are stripes (of white and blue variations) and one solid blue and one solid white. the white is pretty sheer though. but these look like a good option.

I did the white linen and the navy. Get some swatches sent to you of the bamboo. I think it's fantastic. Acorn may add some linen-cotton blends too. Cotton-linen is beautiful fabric on its own. However, I am not sure that it makes a good shirt. Besides the "feel" problems, there is the sense that the fabric makes too forward of an announcement which gives me a negative reaction. Irrespective, I would caution against solid white for cotton-linen because they look "dingy" and sheer.

FTFY.

In a half-arsed attempt to bring this back on track: earlier I disclosed my penchant for oxford cloth. I have been considering a tab collar lately, as a change from button downs. The question is, Can oxford cloth take a tab collar or vice versa?

Ta.

I think it looks too rough for a tab collar. I also wonder how well it would work. Tabs can be hard enough to do up as it is. With really thick cloth, it might be very hard to fasten.

Thanks, I suspected as much, but it was worth a shot.

I struggle with broadcloth. I just find it too boring. I like the body of twill, but sometimes the sheen is too much, so I end up at oxford, but it seems I can't use it for much :-(

Just don't iron your cotton shirts, and be sure to twist-dry them.

Ta-daa! Instant linen texture!

Have you considered pinpoint oxford?