rjc149
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I posted another thread a while back about how happy I am with CT's non-iron twill dress shirts for office wear, particularly at the price point.
I now own 6 CT dress shirts (spending $198 total), two of which are French cuffed. I like French cuffs since cufflinks add another dimension of the outfit and there's no buttons to wear out. In my industry sprezzatura is more acceptable, and the no-tie French cuff look is almost becoming an unspoken dress code.
However, one sticking point with the CT French cuffs is that they are quite large and bulky -- noticeably more so than any of my other French cuffed shirts. They are out of proportion with the shirt. They snag when putting on or taking off a suit jacket, and essentially form the jacket cuffs into bell-bottoms when wearing them.
My suits are mostly bespoke with working buttons (which I wear with one button undone on each sleeve), but I don't see undoing another button as a "solution."
Anyone concur here? Can this be "corrected" by a tailor, or do I simply avoid CT's French cuffs from now on?
I now own 6 CT dress shirts (spending $198 total), two of which are French cuffed. I like French cuffs since cufflinks add another dimension of the outfit and there's no buttons to wear out. In my industry sprezzatura is more acceptable, and the no-tie French cuff look is almost becoming an unspoken dress code.
However, one sticking point with the CT French cuffs is that they are quite large and bulky -- noticeably more so than any of my other French cuffed shirts. They are out of proportion with the shirt. They snag when putting on or taking off a suit jacket, and essentially form the jacket cuffs into bell-bottoms when wearing them.
My suits are mostly bespoke with working buttons (which I wear with one button undone on each sleeve), but I don't see undoing another button as a "solution."
Anyone concur here? Can this be "corrected" by a tailor, or do I simply avoid CT's French cuffs from now on?