I got my first American button-down shirt in 1966 from a great local Ivy shop, Caboodle, in Leigh-on-Sea. They sold a range including Wren, Enro, Lion of Troy, Carlyle, but we all felt that the Wren shirts were the best. Austins and The Squire Shop didn’t sell them, but a small place called Roger Roger on the corner of Brewer and Wardour Street stocked them. Whilst this “Cake and Ale” shirt appears very synthetic, they generally had a fabulous soft collar roll. The role(!) model for many was Dr Rossi in Peyton Place he was always in a shirt and tie displaying a perfect “parabolic” (as we would say..) Ofcourse, we would go to the Kwintner and Simons’ Squire Shop for our Rodney Harrington G9 Windcheater but the shirt influence was Dr Rossi’s. I feel the finest button-downs now,are from Maine’s David Mercer (though I have still to try John Simons’ new shirts) Peter
I’ve been wearing weejuns since high school ( graduated in 1960). I wear them every day. Still love them as much as when in college. I wish the leather heel would come back. Also would like for Bass to have a recondition shop, cannot get a cobbler to install the thin sole.
I got my first American button-down shirt in 1966 from a great local Ivy shop, Caboodle, in Leigh-on-Sea. They sold a range including Wren, Enro, Lion of Troy, Carlyle, but we all felt that the Wren shirts were the best. Austins and The Squire Shop didn’t sell them, but a small place called Roger Roger on the corner of Brewer and Wardour Street stocked them. Whilst this “Cake and Ale” shirt appears very synthetic, they generally had a fabulous soft collar roll. The role(!) model for many was Dr Rossi in Peyton Place he was always in a shirt and tie displaying a perfect “parabolic” (as we would say..) Ofcourse, we would go to the Kwintner and Simons’ Squire Shop for our Rodney Harrington G9 Windcheater but the shirt influence was Dr Rossi’s. I feel the finest button-downs now,are from Maine’s David Mercer (though I have still to try John Simons’ new shirts) Peter
I’ve been wearing weejuns since high school ( graduated in 1960). I wear them every day. Still love them as much as when in college. I wish the leather heel would come back. Also would like for Bass to have a recondition shop, cannot get a cobbler to install the thin sole.
Ken