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My Kingdom for Good Shirts

DekabalDekabal Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm looking to purchase some new shirts as I currently own a grand total to 4, count em, 4 shirts. However, I am very picky about my shirts (ocd ftl). I ahve found a style that I like but I can't find them anywhere else:

http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/36062?from=SR&feat=sr

I like them because they a kind of heavy and have a nice cloth feel to them. Right now, I pretty much on wear button up short sleeved shorts (unless an occassion calls for otherwise) and I won't really where anything else. Anyone know where I can get more shirts like the one in the link or does anyone know of some really nice button up shirts?

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    What are you willing to spend per shirt?

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  • kaliyamakaliyama Left to find less-moderated fora Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Can't go wrong with brooks brothers. Oh. Short sleeved? Why?

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    kaliyama wrote: »
    Can't go wrong with brooks brothers. Oh. Short sleeved? Why?

    This. With button down shirts, long sleeves rolled up look a million times better.

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Yeah, good shirts cost good money. Short sleeve dress shirts are acceptable in 2 cases:
    1. You're in Miami and we're talking linen
    2. You're an engineer... in the 1950's.

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  • kaliyamakaliyama Left to find less-moderated fora Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Also if your friends are doing an office-space themed Halloween group or party. I would wait for a sale for brooks bros - you can usually get 3 shirts for 140-160 on sale.

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  • ManofSteelManofSteel Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    5.11 Tactical makes a polo that looks sharp, feels broken in the first time you wear it and stands up to such a severe beating that even I have been unable to destroy one. Always worth the money in my opinion.

    http://www.uscav.com/productinfo.aspx?productid=7703&tabid=548&cm_sp=ItemBanners-_-FeatureCat-_-548-_-7703

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  • DekabalDekabal Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I'm mainly wearing these shirts casually. Ya know, when hanging out with friends or going to class. Places you wwould want to be comfortable.

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    If you like the llbean ones, why not just buy those? $30 isn't that much for a shirt if you like the fit and everything.

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  • EggyToastEggyToast Jersey CityRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Because it's only a few colors and you tend to get sick of wearing exactly the same thing every day (or every time you go out with friends).

    Gap.com has a good variety of short sleeved shirts, and their chambray long-sleeve shirts are comfortable. They also mix up their fabrics and styles pretty frequently, unlike LLBean, so you can get new shirts that look different from your old ones.

    They have more variety online than they do in most stores, so you may want to go to a store and see if you like the fits and fabrics.

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Esh wrote: »
    kaliyama wrote: »
    Can't go wrong with brooks brothers. Oh. Short sleeved? Why?

    This. With button down shirts, long sleeves rolled up look a million times better.

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    EggyToast wrote: »
    Because it's only a few colors and you tend to get sick of wearing exactly the same thing every day (or every time you go out with friends).

    Gap.com has a good variety of short sleeved shirts, and their chambray long-sleeve shirts are comfortable. They also mix up their fabrics and styles pretty frequently, unlike LLBean, so you can get new shirts that look different from your old ones.

    They have more variety online than they do in most stores, so you may want to go to a store and see if you like the fits and fabrics.

    I completely agree with you, but the OP asked where he could get shirts just like the ones in his link.

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    if you're down with polos, go to your nearest banana republic outlet. They have good ones cheap.

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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    schuss wrote: »
    Yeah, good shirts cost good money. Short sleeve dress shirts are acceptable in 2 cases:
    1. You're in Miami and we're talking linen
    2. You're an engineer... in the 1950's.

    3. You are Dwight Schrute.

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  • ahavaahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    from female perspective.

    love love love the LLBean shirts. Love them. They look good on a man, they feel good to touch and they last a long while.

    and that's pretty much any LLBean shirt, not just the ones that the OP posted.

    I will say that Old Navy also has some very nice shirts as well. We ended up emergency shopping for Ecco at PAX last year because the airline lost his luggage for a day or two.

    so very happy with the Old navy shirts.

    but again, this is coming from a female POV with the thought of sex and sexiness and attractiveness in mind. So, take that for what it's worth.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    lonelyahava wrote: »
    from female perspective.

    love love love the LLBean shirts. Love them. They look good on a man, they feel good to touch and they last a long while.

    and that's pretty much any LLBean shirt, not just the ones that the OP posted.

    I will say that Old Navy also has some very nice shirts as well. We ended up emergency shopping for Ecco at PAX last year because the airline lost his luggage for a day or two.

    so very happy with the Old navy shirts.

    but again, this is coming from a female POV with the thought of sex and sexiness and attractiveness in mind. So, take that for what it's worth.

    I can tell you that every girl I know (and my friends are 90% women) would react like a vampire to sunlight at those shirts (and not the sparkly Twilight kind). This is from someone who hangs out with some serious fashionistas. So, take that for what it's worth.

    If you don't mind spending a little money, Ben Sherman has some very stylish short sleeve shirts. Make sure you pay attention to the fit chart though.

    I'm not sure if the OP is so much looking for fashion advice more than just "where do I get these exact sort of shirts at".

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  • RikushixRikushix VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Esh wrote: »
    kaliyama wrote: »
    Can't go wrong with brooks brothers. Oh. Short sleeved? Why?

    This. With button down shirts, long sleeves rolled up look a million times better    .

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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    My lime wasn't good enough for you, Rikushix?

    :P

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  • oldsakoldsak Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    You haven't said how much you're willing to spend, so I'm just going to throw this out there.

    I had some shirts made last year. I have to say, it's definitely the way to go.

    It was around $100 a shirt for me, but I got to choose everything about each shirt. They're designed to fit your body alone so they fit perfectly.

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  • stormbringerstormbringer Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    oldsak wrote: »
    You haven't said how much you're willing to spend, so I'm just going to throw this out there.

    I had some shirts made last year. I have to say, it's definitely the way to go.

    It was around $100 a shirt for me, but I got to choose everything about each shirt. They're designed to fit your body alone so they fit perfectly.

    I actually do this quite a bit, I must have 10 custom dress shirts, they cost a bunch but they last forever if you take care of them. Nordstrom's make a decent custom and can do short sleeves around 100-125$ with very very good fabric

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  • RikushixRikushix VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    My lime wasn't good enough for you, Rikushix?

    :P

    Haha, I completely missed your post.

    I'm sure Esh won't mind having two limes.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Rikushix wrote: »
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    My lime wasn't good enough for you, Rikushix?

    :P

    Haha, I completely missed your post.

    I'm sure Esh won't mind having two limes.

    It's true! I don't!

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