Wow, all this while I thought the Singaporeans were more sophisitcated than us Malaysians. The conversation about shirts here is embarassingly Neanderthal.
On lowyat.net and now on thekerbau.com, people are ordering cut lengths of shirtings from Acorn in Cumbria and Thomas Mason. They are specifying non-fused collars and cuffs, high density stitching, and talk about sufficient back width for full range-of-motion and enough chest width to avoid the shirt showing too much of the contours of the body. Also the correct shoulder slope and tie space and such.
I am horrified at the shirts shown here. Godawful fabrics (are you wearing them to work or to a disco?), stupid contrast buttonholes, and what is this craze with lawn print on the collarbands?
A gentleman's shirt is always classic and understated. It is the opulence of the fabric and the just-so fit that elevates the wearer, not gaudy details.
Also, I find it astonishing that there is no mention here whatsoever of currently the best tiemaker & haberdasher in the region, based in Singapore. You people are wretchedly bad sartorialists. My Singaporean friend makes these throughbred ties by hand. He also sells the most desirable shirting mother of pearl buttons in the world. He's at vandafineclothing.com. I mean, dude, I'm Malaysian and I know this and while you people muck around with pathetic shirtmakers.
