kat7
08-19-2007, 11:38 PM
There was an article in the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal this weekend about how fashionable it's becoming for American men to purchase British shirts.
As a former professional costumer, I found the differences rather fascinating, not only the actual fabrication of the shirts, but the difference in terminology.
British shirts are cut much slimmer (think David Bowie) and have cuffs requiring links as opposed to the button on most American shirts. The yoke across the shoulders has a seam in the middle for a more comfortable fit in the Brit version as opposed to all one piece in the U.S. Also, they sew their buttons on in a pattern that makes it much more difficult for the buttons to fall off, and the stays in the collars are stiffer and wider.
Whoda thunk it?
As a former professional costumer, I found the differences rather fascinating, not only the actual fabrication of the shirts, but the difference in terminology.
British shirts are cut much slimmer (think David Bowie) and have cuffs requiring links as opposed to the button on most American shirts. The yoke across the shoulders has a seam in the middle for a more comfortable fit in the Brit version as opposed to all one piece in the U.S. Also, they sew their buttons on in a pattern that makes it much more difficult for the buttons to fall off, and the stays in the collars are stiffer and wider.
Whoda thunk it?