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The Proportions of Shirt Collar, Tie and Lapel Widths

The proportions of the shirt collar, tie, and lapel converge at an often overlooked and poorly executed intersection of men’s dress. There’s usually a crash of widths, where we see the mismatch of a skinny shirt collar, a wide Windsor knot on a slim tie, and a medium-width jacket lapel, or some similar disconnect.

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Smart Dress Shirts from Paul Fredrick

As nice as some of them can be, most inexpensive dress shirts are sized in the very general small, medium, large, extra-large and even double-extra categories. Some purveyors have refined slightly further with slim fits. This is all fine if…

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The Man in the Hathaway Shirt

Though I wasn't born yet when advertising legend David Ogilvy created "The Man in the Hathaway Shirt" in 1951, I have a vivid memory of his iconic image. When I was a kid, I would go with my dad to…

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