Royal oxford vs oxford

[EliodA]



I am making a royal oxford button-down with the flowers material inside the cuffs.

Why? Is it purely decorative or does it serve a functional purpose?

 

[woolymammoth]



Why? Is it purely decorative or does it serve a functional purpose?

No purpose whatsoever save for I like it; it will never really be seen.

 

[Coburn]

I am making a royal oxford button-down with the flowers material inside the cuffs.

You mean you have commissioned a tailor or do you mean you are actually constructing a shirt? If you are making a shirt, I'd like hear the details.

BTW, to answer the OP from 2008 (if he's still alive) Royal Oxford is a fabric that became practical only with the development of high speed looms in the 1970s. Before that, on the older style of looms, the thin yarn used in Royal would break if you sped up the loom.

I can't see any reason to use traditional Oxford fabric if Royal is available at approximately the same price point.

 

[woolymammoth]



You mean you have commissioned a tailor or do you mean you are actually constructing a shirt? If you are making a shirt, I'd like hear the details.

Commissioned the shirt, yes. Sewing a button is the extent of my constructing a shirt.

 

[woolymammoth]

Royal Oxford pink with pink geometric cuff lining.

 

[Slh]

I found this shirt, out of curiosity, is it plain oxford or royal oxford?

 

[Gus]

The first page of this thread sure has a lot of bickering from the get-go.

 

[Shirtmaven]

Gus
I guess you miss the good old days.


alot more serious opinions back then..

woolymamouth
I have been waiting for several years for that trend to die.
Robert Graham is the king of the Suburban "look at me shirt."

OK the pink on pink is a bit toned down, but why?
so you can roll your cuffs up

 

[woolymammoth]



woolymamouth
I have been waiting for several years for that trend to die.
Robert Graham is the king of the Suburban "look at me shirt."

OK the pink on pink is a bit toned down, but why?
so you can roll your cuffs up

I just like it, no one on planet earth will see it except for me (and I guess the cleaners) as my cuffs are never rolled-up in the presence of others so it's hardly a look at me shirt. And take my word for it, no one ever notices me, ever.

 

[Shirtmaven]



I just like it, no one on planet earth will see it except for me (and I guess the cleaners) as my cuffs are never rolled-up in the presence of others so it's hardly a look at me shirt. And take my word for it, no one ever notices me, ever.

If your clothing fits well, then people will notice.
they may not say anything,

 

[Gus]

Looks like Royal Oxford on my phone.

I like Royal for spread and BD collars. It is rare that I wear a tie anymore so I like my solid shirt fabrics to have a bit more of an interesting weave. End on end is another favorite.

I found this shirt, out of curiosity, is it plain oxford or royal oxford?

 

[AlexE]



I have been waiting for several years for that trend to die.
Robert Graham is the king of the Suburban "look at me shirt."

I do 100% agree ... hate these different material inside the collar / cuffs shirts and the same applies to those with colourful buttons or shiny thread used to sew on the buttons. Kind of funny that most wearers of look-at-me shirts usually wear a rather ill-fitting shirt, which one should not draw attention to.

woolymammoth seems to not fit this type of shirt wearer since he keeps the funky stuff at an invisible spot ... similar to a unusual jacket lining.

 

[AlexE]



Looks like Royal Oxford on my phone.

I like Royal for spread and BD collars. It is rare that I wear a tie anymore so I like my solid shirt fabrics to have a bit more of an interesting weave. End on end is another favorite.

I wear ties frequently and still I do not like poplin shirts unless they are (a) white (b) patterned (striped, checked).

Somehow solid poplin shirts in colors other than white appear a bit dull. For solid colors (which in my case is mainly blue and sometimes pink) I prefer
- for more formal solid-colored shirts: fine twill, fine herringbone, royal oxford, end-on-end, pinpoint
- for less formal solid-colored shirts incl. BDs: more substantial pinpoint, more substantial twills, oxford, linen

 

[woolymammoth]



I do 100% agree ... hate these different material inside the collar / cuffs shirts and the same applies to those with colourful buttons or shiny thread used to sew on the buttons. Kind of funny that most wearers of look-at-me shirts usually wear a rather ill-fitting shirt, which one should not draw attention to.

woolymammoth seems to not fit this type of shirt wearer since he keeps the funky stuff at an invisible spot ... similar to a unusual jacket lining.

I do not ever do the collars with different fabric as I almost always wear button-down shirts sans tie and I am pretty conservative - for my button-down shirts I shift the buttons up a little as I do not fasten the top collar button and don't want the collar flapping around like a playboy. The inside cuff fabric is just whimsy, a rebellion against the staid.

 

[woolymammoth]

Pretty subtle, I think...