Req: Essential 30s-40s Dress Shirt Pics

[Zach R.]

I need some detailed pictures of exactly what a '30s or '40s dress shirt should look like, especially some pictures of the long, pointy collars.

I'm going put Mycustomtailor to the test and see what they can do.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Look at Marc's recent "Oviatt's" thread. Lots of pics of such shirts ...

I have a couple waiting to be uploaded, but that thread is best:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=8676&highlight=oviatt%27s

bk

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Zach,

If you do get them to do this for ya, the dimensions are the really important part. The 70s did some pretty good repro of this style shirt collar, but the thing they got consistently wrong was the dimensions. The collars were always so damn HUGE. The 30s/40s shirts i've come across have (can't think of a good word) slim-line collars.

I'm preparing a template that i'll post here. This will obviously have the measurements from one of my shirts on it. I hope others will take it and post the measurements from their shirt collars. I suspect there will be a simple arithmetical relationship between collar size and collar dimensions ...

bk

 

[Zach R.]

Thanks for your help. :cheers1:

 

[Benny Holiday]

Hope this helps, Zach:

From the Japanese 30's-style website:

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Okay, here's my template. The numbers are for a size 15 neck from a mid 30s Arrow attached-collar dress shirt. I'll be able to post another by the end of the week with size 14.5 collar (in the mail). Anyone with larger neck sizes - Marc, i'm looking at you -, please help Zach out by taking this image and adding your measurements ... Equally you could just list the measurements A-D in a post ...

Zach, are you also interested in non long-pointy collars fro this era? If so, just take a modern collar and reduce the dimensions.

bk

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Here's a vintage 1930s dress shirt that just sold on eBay. It's from the latter half of that decade:


http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Shirt-N...421507439QQcategoryZ52387QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



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[Baron Kurtz]

An auction photo of one i just got on eBay ...

bk

 

[herringbonekid]

here's some 40s european shirts....

 

[Wild Root]

Saw this on the bay, just about died! It came with the gift box and a tie as well! I believe this is from the early 30's... check it out yo!

Have to love the Art Deco Christmans box!!!

=WR=

 

[Marc Chevalier]

More images of '30s point collars: from conservative to extreme. You're right, Root: the blue silk one is from about 1930. (Maybe even the late '20s!)

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Marc, that bottom one is the coolest collar/cuffs i've ever seen ...

Any collar measurements?

bk

 

[Marc Chevalier]

That one was from New Zealand. (It's not mine.) Where do you see the cuffs on it? I don't. There is an extra collar, though.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Oh, an extra collar. Dumb me. I thought that was the cuff of the arm folded under.

cheers for the correction ...

bk

 

[BellyTank]

Hey!

That Brown Wool Gab Pendleton one's mine- it's not from New Zealand.
Hijacked from the 'shirt collars' thread or something.

Where's the one with the "coolest collar/cuffs i've ever seen ..."

>OH! it just appeared... I see.

B
T

 

[Baron Kurtz]

the bottom one

bk

 

[Baron Kurtz]

this one

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I said that the shirt in the bottom photo was from New Zealand. The striped shirt with the extra collar.

 

[BellyTank]

When I was looking- that picture was not apparent- and then it was.
Mine was the bottom pic- to me- if you see...

Never mind.

B
T

 

[Baron Kurtz]

'tis a cool collar though, eh?

bk