good buys on tattersall shirts

[California Highlander]

Thanks Jock!

That sort of shirt is virtually impossible to find here in the USA, at least in physical brick-and-mortar shops. I've scoured malls etc and it's discouraging. We Yanks always get something wrong: the shirt will have everything else right but have a buttondown collar and/or have short sleeves and/or have something goofy going on with the pattern... ugh!

I actually picked up a grey/black tattersall spread color from Nordstrom Rack, $39 US. Also got a couple of other similar shirts with small check patters, also spread color. The other two are not really tattersall, but close enough. All three are no-iron cotton. And they had my size 18/35.
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The caveat: this are "slim fit" but I'm definitely a big guy. They just aren't super baggy like a traditional cut, so they make me look thinner. The thing I don't like is they have no pocket. But at that price point....

[mookien]

Nice catch. I can imagine how good that would look with a black Argyll. Uh, oh! Matchy, matchy.

Maybe with a Lovat green Argyll or a tweed jacket.

[AKScott]

Working the search button, I found this "old" thread by CMcG that pretty much lays out the selection parameters "Tattersall eye for the Carhartt's Guy". I will freely admit everything I know about men's clothing (other than solids and camo) I learned here on Xmarks.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...l-et-al-60866/

EDIT: solids, camo and shirts with writing on them. Everything else I learned on Xmarks.

NB: Carhartt's makes work clothes. I own I don't know how many pairs of the flannel lined trousers made of cotton duck shell. I know I have green, khaki, black and grey, the stain resistance does not extend to silicone caulking... http://www.carhartt.com/webapp/wcs/s...3865&langId=-1

[OC Richard]

I actually picked up a grey/black tattersall spread color from Nordstrom Rack, $39 US.

Score!

I've scoured the Nordstrom Racks but no bueno.

[AuldAlliance]

In my humble opinion, your shirt is absolutly perfect when you were your jacket and your waistocoat, but the check are perhaps a little too large without jacket...

[creagdhubh]

In my humble opinion, your shirt is absolutly perfect when you were your jacket and your waistocoat, but the check are perhaps a little too large without jacket...

Well, then we shall agree to disagree. And they are two different shirts; the first is brown and navy and the second is red, yellow and olive.

Cheers,

[TheOfficialBren]

Score!

I've scoured the Nordstrom Racks but no bueno.

I'm telling you, man...Van Heusen. Decent quality shirts, many offerings.

Tattersalls and windowpanes.

The Donald also has some" trumped up" (pardon the pun) shirtings to offer as well. In all seriousness, though, they are quite nice shirts.

[MarkEvv]

So I thought, why not order some shirts from C. Tyrwhitt and see what we get. I ordered them the 16th and just got them today (the 25th). Very prompt. And everything was packaged quite nicely. I tried on on one shirt (slim fit) and it was nicely done indeed. But as I'm just home for a quick lunch, I'll have to try the others after work. Oh boy. Clothes to look forward to when I get home!

[TheOfficialBren]

I have taken notice of the tattersall shirt whilest oot and aboot.

I have observed that it is becoming a more and more common shirt style here in the US. Not the most common, certainly, but some of our fashions seem to be swinging that direction as of late (probably because it's technically Autumn).

In fact, I literally just a moment ago saw a news anchor on Faux News wearing one; it looked quite smart.

[frank_a]

Mine came yesterday and fit great. One has a fairly large check, not necessarily obvious on the web site. The other is similar to my first tattersall shirt, a Savile Row I got off ebay. On close examination, the sept is different. The care for these shirts, based on the tag included with each, means they will only be worn with the kilt. I also got a "free" tie.

By the way, these are Charles Tyrwhitt shirts I ordered right after this thread started. They took a while because I added pockets and needed the sleeves shortened.

Frank

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