This requires a bit of context first...
Canada has a chain of work-wear stores called Mark's Work Wearhouse. While they carry many international brands they also have their own lines. One of them is "WindRiver Outfitting Co." which is not the same as the clothing company of nearly the same name in the U.S. (and the U.S. company doesn't make what I want...).
I like cotton shirts. I have a slowly diminishing collection of them and have been looking all over for some replacement. Briefly, what I want falls into the following rather general categories:
Office casual
Long sleeve
Button-down collar preferred
100 per cent cotton
solid colour
tuck-in
That may sound like an easy lift, but I haven't found it so. For years Mark's had exactly what I wanted, but now they're courting the office guys who like skinny high-water jeans (or who need jeans with Spandex), fashion plaids, and un-tucked shirts. I'm not impressed. Not my style.
I want a nice comfortable shirt that isn't permanent press or a synthetic blend. I do not want denim shirts because then I show up in a Canadian Tuxedo. Solid colours are good because I often wear wildly patterned bow ties and have a real aversion to mixing, say, paisley with plaid. Something in "office casual" would be good because I do go in offices occasionally but don't like looking like too much of a slob at other times unless I'm working outside on the farm. For that I have another wardrobe.
Anyway, if anyone has possibilities -- which would probably be mail order -- I'll take a look and see if I can find what I want. Canadian stores are my first choice because of sky-high shipping from the US, but I'll consider all options. I've thought of taking a week vacation in Vancouver and hitting up one of the bespoke tailors one finds there, but I'm not that desperate yet.
Thank you!
O.H.
Canada has a chain of work-wear stores called Mark's Work Wearhouse. While they carry many international brands they also have their own lines. One of them is "WindRiver Outfitting Co." which is not the same as the clothing company of nearly the same name in the U.S. (and the U.S. company doesn't make what I want...).
I like cotton shirts. I have a slowly diminishing collection of them and have been looking all over for some replacement. Briefly, what I want falls into the following rather general categories:
Office casual
Long sleeve
Button-down collar preferred
100 per cent cotton
solid colour
tuck-in
That may sound like an easy lift, but I haven't found it so. For years Mark's had exactly what I wanted, but now they're courting the office guys who like skinny high-water jeans (or who need jeans with Spandex), fashion plaids, and un-tucked shirts. I'm not impressed. Not my style.
I want a nice comfortable shirt that isn't permanent press or a synthetic blend. I do not want denim shirts because then I show up in a Canadian Tuxedo. Solid colours are good because I often wear wildly patterned bow ties and have a real aversion to mixing, say, paisley with plaid. Something in "office casual" would be good because I do go in offices occasionally but don't like looking like too much of a slob at other times unless I'm working outside on the farm. For that I have another wardrobe.
Anyway, if anyone has possibilities -- which would probably be mail order -- I'll take a look and see if I can find what I want. Canadian stores are my first choice because of sky-high shipping from the US, but I'll consider all options. I've thought of taking a week vacation in Vancouver and hitting up one of the bespoke tailors one finds there, but I'm not that desperate yet.
Thank you!
O.H.
