Favorite type of dress shirt fabric?

[scooter]

I'm looking to get a concensus on what are the favorite type of dress shirt fabric here.  Also include what you really like and really hate and which is best for which occasions.

 

[Alexander Kabbaz]

Dear Scooter,

Your poll is interesting except for the following:
Broadcloth and Poplin are the same fabrics in two different languages - American and British, respectively.
Pinpoint is a broadcloth made with a bulkier yarn
Woven twill? Is there a non-woven twill?

Perhaps a bit of research on your part (that would be a search, not a poll) through the thousands of posts on this subject might be in order before actually asking members to particpate in an uninformed poll?

Cordially yours,
Alex Kabbaz

 

[scooter]

Dear Scooter, Your poll is interesting except for the following: Broadcloth and Poplin are the same fabrics in two different languages - American and British, respectively. Pinpoint is a broadcloth made with a bulkier yarn Woven twill? Is there a non-woven twill? Perhaps a bit of research on your part (that would be a search, not a poll) through the thousands of posts on this subject might be in order before actually asking members to particpate in an uninformed poll? Cordially yours, Alex Kabbaz

hmm, they are all seperate categories at this shirtmaking site here: http://www.execshirts.com/dress-shirt.htm I knew twill are all woven, which is why I used the term woven twills. I have been doing some research on shirt fabrics, but very little comes up as far as preferences- which is why I started this poll.

 

[imageWIS]

I can't really choose one, although I did vote for Oxford, because it is less conventional than standard poplin, while not being a bit too bold as herringbone is. I am using solid colors as my reference however, patterns are different altogether.

Jon.

 

[Luc-Emmanuel]

uh... Oxford is considered casual, for farmers if I may ...

.luc

 

[familyman]

uh... Oxford is considered casual, for farmers if I may ... .luc

The livestock and I voted oxford. For obvious reasons.

 

[STYLESTUDENT]

My royal oxfords seem to fray less quickly at the cuffs than do the end-on-end cloths, which, coupled with allegiance to farmers, is a reason why I prefer them.

 

[imageWIS]

My royal oxfords seem to fray less quickly at the cuffs than do the end-on-end cloths, which, coupled with allegiance to farmers, is a reason why I prefer them.

Ditto. FARMER FOREVER.

Jon.

 

[spatten]

I choose the woven twill because I enjoy having a little texture to the fabric.

Scott

 

[ATM]

Can someone explain the origin of the farmer jokes that often appear here? I'm guessing that someone once used it as an insult.

 

[regularjoe]

Can someone explain the origin of the farmer jokes that often appear here? I'm guessing that someone once used it as an insult.

Search the forum on the username ernest.

Let hilarity ensue.

 

[j]

My personal favorite is 'pinpoint oxford' (more pinpoint than oxford), which has a bit of texture and drape but isn't so heavy and farmerish. I don't think oxford really makes a proper dress shirt anyway - it really requires button cuffs and a soft (probably buttondown) collar, IMO. And of course, suspenders, a brown suit and a pitchfork.

But for other occasions I like end-on-end blue broadcloth as well. I generally dislike plain white broadcloth, though there are exceptions.