Simonnot Godard Chambray

[dopey]

Originally Posted by brescd01

Minus the decorations, that is it I am pretty sure.

That is awfully sheer for a shirt. I have those same squares and I can't imagine them for a shirt unless you did a double front and limited it to summer.

 

[Manton]

I have swatches of the chambray and several of the squares. Definitley not the same cloth.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Welcome back, poker player.

 

[dv3]

Originally Posted by dopey

... limited it to summer.

They are perfect for the summer. I have a few and couldn't make it through the hottest days without sweating through shirts (I have a bit of walk to work) if it wasn't for fabrics like this.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by dopey

If you need a squire, I work cheap.
Obviously you'll work for Fresco

 

[Kent Wang]

Originally Posted by brescd01

If someone could clarify for me what chambray is, I might split a roll, if that is accurate, 50 m makes 20 shirts.
Depends on the width of the fabric. If it's 60", then it's usually 1.7 m per shirt. 45" wide, 2.3 m per shirt, 21 shirts.

Are you thinking of white or blue? How much does it cost?

 

[tutee]

Dr. Bresch

chambray is form of a plain weave effect as noted above by DV3. it is in classic 1 up 1 down yarn and the effect is produced is yarn dyed. For practical purposes, this fabric is reversible because face / back characteristics are mirror images of each other. All that applied to plain weaves usually applies to chambray. Even though it is a plain weave it is often somewhat loosely woven. below is a picture of what it looks like (the first picture is from a tailor's website don't know who)

then in closeup

and finally magnification of weave and yarns

warp yarns in vertical and filling horizontal. However, note that there is NO way of telling (which is which) that just from a picture by it self unless you know the selvedge direction.


regards

 

[Despos]

The PS pictured is not chambray. I carry SG squares and think I have few in chambray, could check tomorrow. I will also email them and see if they will sale fabric alone.
I would not say chambray is elegant or dressy for shirting. What is it that makes this so appealing to you? Are you familiar with batiste? Similar fabric.

 

[brescd01]

Okay Manton, would you be willing to surrender your bitterness over the famous magazine article and scan those swatches?

Remember, my "favorite shirting fabric" may or may not be chambray, or resemble Simonnot chambray.

 

[Baron]

Originally Posted by Kent Wang

Depends on the width of the fabric. If it's 60", then it's usually 1.7 m per shirt. 45" wide, 2.3 m per shirt, 21 shirts.

Are you thinking of white or blue? How much does it cost?

Maybe you ought to get a roll. I'd take a shirt or two.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by Despos

The PS pictured is not chambray. I carry SG squares and think I have few in chambray, could check tomorrow. I will also email them and see if they will sale fabric alone. I would not say chambray is elegant or dressy for shirting. What is it that makes this so appealing to you? Are you familiar with batiste? Similar fabric.
It's just one of the vunder cloths on here along with mohair and fresco. Like the bathroom stage, you hope people get over it. I can see a chambray shirt with a poplin or seersucker suit in the dead of summer but otherwise it has a slick look to it. I wouldn't recommend a double fronted voile for most people in an American city but I would recommend it over a chambray. Of course, for casual a chambray can be nice.

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by brescd01

Okay Manton, would you be willing to surrender your bitterness over the famous magazine article and scan those swatches?

Remember, my "favorite shirting fabric" may or may not be chambray, or resemble Simonnot chambray.

What is the likelihood that this is an effective way of getting the response that you want?

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

I can see a chambray shirt with a poplin or seersucker suit in the dead of summer but otherwise it has a slick look to it. I wouldn't recommend a double fronted voile for most people in an American city but I would recommend it over a chambray.

Of course, for casual a chambray can be nice.

Chambray's look is nothing close to "slick." It is dry and slightly nubby, a bit rough looking (though not feeling).

In any event, I am curious how you can think that something that looks "slick" is innappropriate for a dress shirt but fine for casual?

EDIT: I see the question has already been answered:

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

... Black crepe de chine silk is better. .... WHich is why I prefer a black suit with say a black shirt ground with white stripes to a solid black shirt.

The same shade concerns apply if you wear a black knit under a black suit which is why cashmere (preferably from a quality manufacturer) works best. For tshirts, you want a hand finished one out of a nice mercerized cotton...

Last time I wore a black suit I wore one of the Acorn Chatsworth floral shirts and it looked good.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

It's just one of the vunder cloths on here along with mohair and fresco. Like the bathroom stage, you hope people get over it.
.

Does anybody other than me actually have a shirt made from this stuff on here? I hardly think it is popular, but I do love it for sport and dress shirts.

 

[Film Noir Buff]

Originally Posted by iammatt

Does anybody other than me actually have a shirt made from this stuff on here? I hardly think it is popular, but I do love it for sport and dress shirts.
I've actually got a relatively dark blue with white collar and cuffs but I cant remember the last time I wore it. It's more like a 100s quality not the extra fine semi-sheer stuff youre talking about here. It's alright as a sports shirt, doesn't it have it's origins as a work shirt, like denim? A standard chambray has that frosted look which kinda captures a shimmery summery feel and offsets a light, dry suit. You know, one blue one maybe one pink or that reddish-pink for when it's 100 degrees but this isn't a shirt to make a meal out of. And chambray usually looks better in colors not white. Although I'm not advocating this either, on the occasions where one would wear a white chambray shirt, I would prefer to wear a white crepe de chine silk shirt or a white linen shirt over the white chambray which, like white linen/cotton, looks dingy against the skin. In the finer types of chambray that you're discussing, some of the grassroot texture of the fabric gets stamped out but it then has too fancy a look for here. Maybe in Italy, Switzerland or the cote D'azur where voile is also very acceptable. But a lot of things that are acceptable there test as slick here. So you take your chances.