After Drake’s · Autumn/Winter 2023
Light Blue Stripe Cotton Oxford Two-Pocket Western Shirt
Drake's takes the familiar Western shirt and cuts it in a striped cotton oxford, the cloth more often seen on a city button-down. The result sits between ranch and office: shaped front yokes and twin flapped chest pockets on a plain, everyday shirting. It is made in England and intended for regular wear, the oxford softening and fading gradually over years of washing.
The original, in the Internet Archive
In Proper Cloth
Japanese Light Blue Stripe Sea Island Oxford Button Down
We chose a light blue pencil-stripe oxford in Sea Island cotton because it matches the original's colour, fine stripe and oxford weave on a pure cotton base. We set the Western elements Proper Cloth offers: a Western front, Western yoke, Western chest pockets and a soft point collar with no buttons, plus two-button cuffs to match the barrel cuffs. Where Proper Cloth's options differ, we used its bias-cut Western pockets for the double-point flaps, its squared two-button cuff, and real mother of pearl in place of pearl-look buttons.
A Japanese-woven oxford in West Indian Sea Island cotton grown in Barbados, spun as 40s single-ply yarn. It is a fine light blue pencil stripe on white, listed as heavyweight but meant for wear in any season, with a softer hand and more lustre than an ordinary oxford.
- Composition
- 100% Cotton
- Weight
- heavyweight
- Care
- Finish: No Treatment.
Options
- Collar
- Soft Point
- Cuffs
- Soft Square Two Button
- Placket
- Western Front
- Bias Western Pockets
- Yoke
- Western Yoke
- Hem
- Shallow Curved Hem
- Buttons
- Mother of Pearl
- Stitching
- 0.2″ Stitching
- Sleeve placket
- Sleeve placket button
- Adjustable cuffs
- No adjustable cuff buttons
$295
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