Thoughts about Band Collar Shirts

[element02]

What is the general consensus of band collar shirts?

I found this eBay auction for a Michael Bastian shirt band collar shirt with a white contrast collar and cuffs.

It's got a vintage look and I think it would look good with selvedge denim though I'm not sure about which shoes. Maybe Tricker's Stow or Alden Indy's?

 

[element02]

I guess nobody likes this style?

 

[Redwoood]

No, I kinda like it.
It's the only stylish look for those who want to take over the world.
But beware of British secret service agents....

 

[summej2]

I had a bunch of casual shirts with collars like that around 15 or 20 years ago. I can't say I'd ever buy more, though I thought they looked fine. They were quite the thing at the time. I think we owe them largely to the whole Mao jacket thing happening in the early 90s.

 

[amplifiedheat]

There are two options:
1)Wear, open-necked, with high-rise suspendered jeans or canvas trousers, with a farming implement slung over one shoulder.
2)Do not wear.

 

[Frodo]

It will look like you're trying, and you should always try to avoid looking like you're trying. It's a man's shirt, basically, without the extra starched collar. Historically that's where it comes from. So it's an incomplete, detached, slovenly look. It looks affected, but then so does most of what passes for hip.

 

[bearsfan172]

Originally Posted by amplifiedheat

There are two options:
1)Wear, open-necked, with high-rise suspendered jeans or canvas trousers, with a farming implement slung over one shoulder.
2)Do not wear.

This

 

[element02]

Thanks for the feedback. Looks like one to pass on.

Granted, I do love a hand sewn collar and the band collar reminds me of a bygone era.

 

[MyOtherLife]

If you must, limit yourself to 1 or 2 in your wardrobe and only if you can pull it off.
Men who are young, slim-bodied, tanned or darker skinned can pull of this look best.
I'd wear that shirt (sleeves rolled half up) with linen pants, deck shoes or loafers and a panama hat.
Wear near water, an outdoor cafe or a walk near a beach or boardwalk; anything outdoors.
You could wear a linen jacket in pretty much any colour with it.
The shirt collar will provide minimal protection to the jacket collar from perspiration.
That's about it.

 

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by element02

Thanks for the feedback. Looks like one to pass on.

Granted, I do love a hand sewn collar and the band collar reminds me of a bygone era.


It's a hard line to walk: honoring the past, versus nostalgia, versus costume.

 

[vincerich]

Looks like something that a vampire would wear.