Source for short-sleeve button-down pullovers?

[Dewey]

I'm looking for a specific kind of casual hot-weather shirt and cannot find it in RTW. This is not an urgent but an idle want of mine these days.

Is anyone selling short-sleeve button-down pullovers, preferably with a square tail? I have a old one by Fairway and Greene; I checked and they do not have them in their current catalog.

For an idea of what I'm looking for add a chest pocket, maybe a longer, four-button placket, and imagine traditional cotton summer shirting fabrics while looking at this shirt from Reyn Spooner:

Plenty of good short-sleeve buttondowns out there but I'm not finding non-Aloha-shirt pullovers and it's been a while since I've seen one.

 

[Cary Grant]

The April issue of Details has a feature on them. Pg 83, "The Half button Down"
With examples from Gant, Michael Bastian, Steven Alan and Hamilton 1883.

Ah- it's online too.

Go to Hamilton 1883 for the short-sleeves.

These were big in the early 80's along with Vans.

 

[robin]

Check out Engineered Garments.

some examples:
http://odinnewyork.com/search.asp?Mo...ProductID=1616
http://odinnewyork.com/search.asp?Mo...ProductID=1617
http://odinnewyork.com/search.asp?Mo...ProductID=1600
http://odinnewyork.com/search.asp?Mo...ProductID=1601

Made in the U.S. too.

 

[HRoi]

Thom Browne makes an awesome one. has some non-traditional details, fits very slim and is not cheap....but 100% awesome.

 

[Dewey]

Nice leads. Thank you Cary Grant, robin, and HRoi. The Hamilton 1883 are super close to just what I was looking for.

 

[romafan]

dewey - i asked the same ? a couple of weeks ago (had been looking at hamilton 1886) and had mercer & sons recommended to me. they have a lot of choices and are better priced. i think they add on a $15 surcharge for popovers....

http://www.mercerandsons.com/

 

[Dewey]

thanks romafan. i will follow up with mercer & sons. i think i was missing the word "popover" when i searched. maybe we could have a popover Appreciation thread soon ...

 

[Cary Grant]

 

[Dewey]

^ my wife makes the most delicious popovers ... I think that is why i have trouble remembering that the pullover buttondowns are called popovers too

 

[Cary Grant]

Until this threak I had NEVER heard the shirts referred to by the buttery, flaky oh so... uh... name....