It may be considered the quintessential dress shirt today, but the button-down collar shirt actually traces its history to the sport of polo. As the story goes, in 1896, John Brooks, grandson of ...

Q. What is your take on button-down collars? I find them to be a lot more casual but I wonder why companies that make nice dress shirts continue to make them. Am I correct in assuming you cannot wear ...

Please send your questions for the Gentleman Scholar to [email protected]. (Questions may be edited before publication.) If my shirt has those little button dealies on the collar, meant ...

With the line between working and working from home continuously blurring, untucked button-down shirts might be the new videoconferencing uniform. They’re comfortable and keep you from having to push ...

A button-up shirt is one staple every woman’s wardrobe needs. It’s the kind of chameleon piece that confidently transitions from workday to weekend, all depending on how you style it. For more formal ...

If your dress shirt has some form of spread or point collar — which, if you’re wearing a tie, it almost certainly does — then you’re not wearing a button-down shirt at all. You’re actually wearing a ...

First of all... why have them? I've bought two shirts before, same brand, same style, same size, one white, one other solid color. The white one always has those collar buttons while the colored one ...

Planning on flexing your sartorial muscles in the blog arena? You’ll need to come packing. And no, we’re not referring to your pocket square game. Every week on The Eye, we’ll cover a basic term you ...

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