Button Down Shirt Question

[bslo]

I'm considering commissioning one or more oxford button down shirts. I'm hesitating though because I like spread collars and longer collar points. Are these features incongruent with a button down collar?

Thanks

 

[oldog/oldtrix]

Brooks Bros have varied the spread of their oxford cloth button down and the length of its collar points over the decades. This one as worn by Fred, if unbuttoned, would be a moderately wide spread, long point collar.

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I've had button downs in the past (but not recent past) that were even more spread than this example, and with a full roll and sufficient room between the lapels of the coat with which they are worn, they were quite attractive. The roll, however, is crucial. Absent that, it's just a spread collar with extraneous buttons at the points.

 

[bslo]

[sufficient room between the lapels of the coat with which they are worn, .[/quote]


Thanks for the helpful post. I'm not sure what you mean in the above quote, though.

 

[bowtielover]

NO, most button down collars will be constricted with the collar lenght and widths. If you like spread and point collars you willn ot like button down ones.

 

[anon]

I really like spread collars and find my buttondown collars to be as comfortable and useful to wear. They're definitely my two favorite collars.

We far as buttoning down a spread collar, I suppose it can be done, but I don't see the point -- my spread collars always stay put nicely. Buttoning them would really be unnecessary.

 

[bslo]

Originally Posted by anon

We far as buttoning down a spread collar, I suppose it can be done, but I don't see the point -- my spread collars always stay put nicely. Buttoning them would really be unnecessary.

Thanks. I suppose I see the buttons as serving more a fashion role than a functional one.

 

[anon]

Originally Posted by bslo

Thanks. I suppose I see the buttons as serving more a fashion role than a functional one.
well, the buttondown collar was actually designed for a purpose. I don't know if yours are the same, but I tend to have a pretty stiff interlining in my spread collars and they don't flop around. Without the buttons, my buttondown collars would flop around a good bit.

 

[oldog/oldtrix]

Originally Posted by bslo

[sufficient room between the lapels of the coat with which they are worn, .


Thanks for the helpful post. I'm not sure what you mean in the above quote, though.[/quote]

There is a raging international debate regarding whether one's coat lapels should/should not cover the points of one's shirt collar. I'm suggesting that if the coat's lapels cramp the points of a button down collar, the collar's roll could be spoiled.

 

[bslo]

Originally Posted by oldog/oldtrix

Thanks for the helpful post. I'm not sure what you mean in the above quote, though.

There is a raging international debate regarding whether one's coat lapels should/should not cover the points of one's shirt collar. I'm suggesting that if the coat's lapels cramp the points of a button down collar, the collar's roll could be spoiled.[/quote]

Thanks, that's what I thought you meant. I like for my lapels to cover the shirt's collar points, so I guess that's another reason not to get button down shirts.