dress shirt help

[warrior1]

I only have 2 dress shirts. One that is white and one that is blue from Gap. i don't work currently b/c I am still in school. I also buy lot of sweaters from banana republic and usually like to wear a dress shirt under the banana republic sweater b/c it looks good... the gap ones.

I am giogn to buy some BR dress shirts and want to know which ones are good for the casual wear and which ones are good for work wear. I see on their site shirts labeled

Fitted Oxford Dress shirt
Slim Fit Stretch Poplin

Fitted French Cuff shirt
Slim fit french cuff shirt

Premium Twill Dress shirt


So my questions are:

1. What is the difference between fitted dress shirt, slim fit poplin (not sure what this word means), french cuff and premium twill?

2. which of these shirts i should wear the shirt under the sweater where i show the 2 collars?

3. Which of these shirts look the best when just wearing the shirt and a blazer over it?

4. Why does everyone say don't wear french cuffs b/c I heard its inappropriate? I want to know if french cuff shirts look good wearing under a sweater and also if its good to wear under a blazer. Err i think i am making these questions connected with the 1st two but i hope you get what i am saying.

thx for any insight.

 

[penkitten]

there is another shirt thread on anything else right now. go look at it, it has some responses already.

 

[seanchai]

Wearing French cuffs under a sweater would be bizarre and uncomfortable. French (or double) cuffs are bigger and bulkier than barrel cuffs and require the use of some kind of cufflink. I wouldn't recommend French-cuffed shirts to you at all.

Poplin is a fabric. The shirt you highlighted is a simple, not-very-slim stretch poplin shirt with a spread collar... boring and simple as it comes. It would be fine for work, but lots of my customers bought them for more casual events.

Twill refers to the weave of the fabric, denim is a twill fabric. The weave looks like your jeans, only more refined. BR twill shirts have a slight sheen to them because of it.

It's impossible to tell you what shirt you should wear under a sweater none of us have seen. It's like asking a blind man which way to turn. What color are your sweaters, what color shirts will you buy, are there patterns, what's the knit like, etc. Honestly, the collar of your woven shirt is the least of your worries when it comes to matching a shirt and sweater.

Good luck.

 

[warrior1]

hi sean thx for the reply. When i mean sweaters, i usually mean those banana republic sweaters. For example, this is a banana republic sweater i have that is shown on by a ebay seller. They dont have it anymore on the banana republic site anymore.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NWT-Banana-Repu...484QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220090707739

So poplin is the best for this i assume? I already wear a White gap stressfree poplin shirt under this like the one shown in the picture. Would a premium twill be bad choice along with sweater? Also what i found weird is that when i bought 2 gap dress shirts, the white and the blue... the blue had those "pins" to make the collar look right whereas the white shirt did not have it nor can you even put pins in it maybe b/c it was poplin and the blue was not? Not sure if you understand what i am saying here.

 

[seanchai]

I think wearing collar stays or "pins" with an argyle sweater is a little too much, so it doesn't really matter either way. Collar stays don't do anything you can't do with a good iron and some spray starch, if that's what you're after. The stretch poplin would be fine but for a knit like that I would try and find a sturdier fabric, like twill, or oxford!

Good for you for trying.