HOF: What Are You Wearing Right Now - Part IV (starting May 2014)

[Bill Dlwgosh]

Looks semi-spread to me, but I'm no stitchy...

What does Dom Draper wear?

 

[9thsymph]

What does Dom Draper wear?

I have no clue who that is.

 

[Bill Dlwgosh]

I have no clue who that is.

(I guess those would be forward point, non Claghorn approved)

 

[9thsymph]

(I guess those would be forward point, non Claghorn approved)

Dude, that's "Don" Draper. Not "Dom" Draper (See your query and watch the typos, buddy).

 

[Bill Dlwgosh]

Doh!

 

[Academic2]

Spandexter's collar is more in keeping with what I picture myself in and I wonder if that's a semispread or forward point? I won't post in this thread again until I rectify the fact that none of my few shirts collar points end under the jacket [...]

Whether or not the points fit under your lapels depends on the angle and length of those points, not what a particular manufacturer calls the collar. There’s no industry standard here (who could enforce such a thing?)—what one maker calls ‘semi-spread’ another might call ‘spread’ or something else entirely. These are largely marketing terms at this point, with the names proliferating over the past few years, so we now have ‘English spread’, ‘Windsor spread’, ‘American spread’, ‘Medium spread’, ‘Classic spread’, and god know what else.

What matters is the geometry, not the name.

Cheers,

Ac

 

[Bill Dlwgosh]

... (who could enforce such a thing?)...

A man with 12 blue sport coats, that's who.

 

[EliodA]



What matters is the geometry, not the name.

Cheers,

Ac

Ah, as with women then

@Bill Dlwgosh OTOH, if you would post here, people can give you advice which collar to get to make the points fit under the lapels.

 

[Academic2]

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@Bill Dlwgosh OTOH, if you would post here, people can give you advice which collar to get to make the points fit under the lapels.

Or even better, the GNAT thread, which was created precisely for questions like that:

http://www.styleforum.net/t/375309/...roving-a-business-wardrobe/26595#post_7970987

Indeed, a shirt discussion over there might be of interest to many of the usual suspects.

Cheers,

Ac

 

[Koala-T]

Whether or not the points fit under your lapels depends on the angle and length of those points, not what a particular manufacturer calls the collar. There’s no industry standard here (who could enforce such a thing?)—what one maker calls ‘semi-spread’ another might call ‘spread’ or something else entirely. These are largely marketing terms at this point, with the names proliferating over the past few years, so we now have ‘English spread’, ‘Windsor spread’, ‘American spread’, ‘Medium spread’, ‘Classic spread’, and god know what else.

What matters is the geometry, not the name.

Cheers,

Ac

I'd say more than geometry, it's length, though geometry definitely plays a part. All my collars that stay under my lapels are at least 3".

 

[Academic2]

Looks like Dom's wearing a point.

Quote:

Huh? Length is part of geometry, as I said.

Cheers,

Ac

 

[Caustic Man]

Shall we say angle v. distance?

 

[Academic2]

Shall we say angle v. distance?

No, angle and distance (length).

Cheers,

Ac

 

[Caustic Man]

Yes, but I meant the difference between what you two were talking about. Not all the elements involved.

 

[Academic2]

Yes, but I meant the difference between what you two were talking about. Not all the elements involved.

I was talking about both from the beginning. From my initial post (q.v.):

"Whether or not the points fit under your lapels depends on the angle and length of those points." [emphasis added,]

Cheers,

Ac