I have a hard time getting button down shirts to fit properly. I’ve been through 3 remakes on a linen short sleeve button down with Hockerty and I still don’t like it. I have polos from them that I do like. Does anyone have any fabric suggestions that might help based on this info? I’m looking at cotton flannel shirts, oxford or twill for the winter. But I’ve also been looking at long sleeve polos. I’m just not sure about the usefulness of long sleeve polos in the business casual environment I’m likely going to be working in 2 yrs from now. I’d be pairing the shirts with tweed pants and I have corduroy sports coats.

I chose a blue basket weave Oxford shirt and built my outfit from there. Blue is the most versatile shirt color hands down, after that comes white and after that comes pink. With these three colors one’s wardrobe choices are virtually endless. The suit I wore is a fancy stripe with a warp and weave of charcoal brown and light grey which reads beige from a distance. I had this suit made in 1996. I also commissioned the Allen Edmonds shell cordovan brogues in a Brittish tan color when I ordered this suit. I was very intentional in ‘95 and ‘96 having made three suits in those two years. One was the medium grey suit I wore last week with a yellow tie, the other one is a true navy herringbone I wore to a gala a couple of weeks ago. These thirty-plus year-old suits have served me very well in many ways since the styling is perpetual: 3/2 buttoned coat, the dart-less single vent and the double forward pleated and cuffed trousers. Not only is the styling classic but the colors are as well. Since I already owned the most versatile color of suit one can own- an off the rack charcoal grey Southwick suit which I still have, and once I settle in on weight and dimensions will have the moth holes rewoven, in the 1990’s, I decided to complete my suit wardrobe with the medium grey suit, and then the navy followed and then one year later the basic wardrobe was completed by the tanish color (the suit I have on today). The point of all of this is to prove how, while expensive at the time, these colors and style choices were very intentional and have served me very well for a long time. Accessories: argyle brown socks 1940’s Earnest Borel watch Reversible wool pocket square Silk printed Paisley tie