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chambray shirt options: educate me

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I just bought the Gap chambray from the fall line and it's actually really nice. It's surprisingly slim and the details are nice. Tab collar, nice buttons, side gussets.
 

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I would recommend not wearing chambray shirts, because they are ugly, and will make you look ugly. Also, if you disagree with that reason, I assure you I have many other, much more convincing reasons (which I have yet to share.)
 

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As an echo to previous replies, the difference is in the details. When you compare a JCrew shirt to a Sunny Sports shirt, the difference is obvious. the buttons, the fabric, the fit, the tacting is all better, even beautiful. My wife was appalled when I splurged on a Sunny Sport shirt, but when it came she even had to acknowledge the beauty and craftmanship of the garment. The JCrew is nice, has selvage highlights, MOP buttons, chin-strap, etc...but its just a Toyota to the more expensive bimmer now to get excited about, but certainly something to enjoy wearing.

As an aside the EG shirt is somewhere in the middle, both in price and quality. That being said it is my favorite. You can wear it and not worry about breathing on it. The Sunny Sport shirt are so expensive you can't help but baby them and they are meant to be worn-they're work shirt for shites sake
 

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I was under the impression the J.Crew shirt has plastic buttons, not MOP buttons?
 

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mytailor.com offers chambray as an option (see their "end-on-end" selection) and they're reasonably priced. Lots of choices to be had for pockets, sleeves, collars, etc. I have no idea bout their customer service and finished product quality, however, although I feel that a search on the forum would turn up some stuff.
 

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Originally Posted by seany
I was under the impression the J.Crew shirt has plastic buttons, not MOP buttons?
white plastic buttons, not MOP. and the plastic is pretty glossy which annoys me. goign to get them switched out on mine at some point as it bugs the heck out of me.
Originally Posted by CharlieAngel
mytailor.com offers chambray as an option (see their "end-on-end" selection) and they're reasonably priced. Lots of choices to be had for pockets, sleeves, collars, etc. I have no idea bout their customer service and finished product quality, however, although I feel that a search on the forum would turn up some stuff.
I've ordered a end-on-end MTM once and tried to replicate a chambray workshirt. Wearable shirt but IMO a failed experiment. Just comes off too dress shirty. Really not comparable. Maybe one day in the future after I've worn and washed it a few hundred times.
 

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I like the Red JCrew Chambray though I agree, the Buttons kill me.
I've got a Red Chambray already from RRL, and a WWM Chambray from last fall.

All three are favorites of mine, though I like the hidden collar buttoning on the Crew one!
 

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Originally Posted by Whiskey
they have some nice shirts. any experience with that company?

All Saints fits small for me, so size up. At least that used to be the case for me. Haven't bought any in a while though.
 

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http://sartoriallyinclined.blogspot....-chambray.html "Tipped off by GQ, I headed over to Target's website to investigate arguably the cheapest chambray shirt of all time. Converse One Star's chambray shirt does in fact exist (in blue and grey) and it costs roughly less that 26 cups of noodles. That's not bad considering it has a tab collar and asymmetrical breast pockets, which are hallmarks of chambrays about 8 times as expensive. Big ups to Converse and Target for banding together and hooking up all the stylish, poor kids like myself. I think I'm going to buy 50, rip the labels off, sew on some J. Crew ones and sell 'em out of the trunk of my station wagon for 75 bones. Kidding, kinda..."-SI
 

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