Shaul-Ike Cohen
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Even for black tie, I like the more formal variety of shirts better, i. e. higher wing collar and bib. Is there a way of combining the boiled-shirt look with the ability to move as freely as with a soft shirt? I'm talking about a plain front, not a marcella/piqu?© fabric.
It's been some time since I last dressed white tie, and that time, it was a rented RTW piqu?© bib.
1. If the bib of a regular boiled shirt is large enough to fill the space between (U shaped) waistcoat and lapels even when I move, but not unnecessarily larger, would it bulge or impede my mobility?
2. Would a regular shirt fabric be still too soft even if I generously spray starch on it? I could choose a stronger fabric for bib, collar and cuffs, and have the rest of the shirt made in a cooler fabric. This way I could machine wash it, and it'd be more comfortable. If this makes any sense, do you have any recommendations for the (stronger) fabric?
I'm aware that this would be uncommon - higher and larger wing collar, single cuffs (for links), studs, yet no real cardboard, but I just don't feel like marcella/piqu?© right now - always reminds me of tennis shirts.
Even for black tie, I like the more formal variety of shirts better, i. e. higher wing collar and bib. Is there a way of combining the boiled-shirt look with the ability to move as freely as with a soft shirt? I'm talking about a plain front, not a marcella/piqu?© fabric.
It's been some time since I last dressed white tie, and that time, it was a rented RTW piqu?© bib.
1. If the bib of a regular boiled shirt is large enough to fill the space between (U shaped) waistcoat and lapels even when I move, but not unnecessarily larger, would it bulge or impede my mobility?
2. Would a regular shirt fabric be still too soft even if I generously spray starch on it? I could choose a stronger fabric for bib, collar and cuffs, and have the rest of the shirt made in a cooler fabric. This way I could machine wash it, and it'd be more comfortable. If this makes any sense, do you have any recommendations for the (stronger) fabric?
I'm aware that this would be uncommon - higher and larger wing collar, single cuffs (for links), studs, yet no real cardboard, but I just don't feel like marcella/piqu?© right now - always reminds me of tennis shirts.