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After Drake’s · Autumn/Winter 2021

Yellow Ticking Stripe Cotton Oxford Cloth Button-Down Shirt

The oxford cloth button-down has been part of menswear for about a century, and Drake's treats it as central to its range. This version is cut to a regular silhouette and made at the company's Somerset factory, with single-needle seams and a collar built to roll softly rather than sit flat. In yellow and white ticking stripe it is a casual shirt that also suits a jacket, and it can be worn in most settings.

The original, on drakes.com

In Proper Cloth

Washed Yellow Stripe Lightweight Oxford

We chose a washed yellow stripe oxford because it keeps the yellow and white striped colouring and the textured oxford weave of the original. We set a soft button-down collar, a one-button cuff, a front placket, a single chest pocket, a curved hem and mother of pearl buttons to follow the Drake's details. Proper Cloth's pocket option here is angled rather than a straight patch, and its cuff is a barrel style, so those details differ from the original. The cloth is also lighter than the original's midweight oxford.

A lightweight cotton oxford in 40s yarn. The weaver is not named. It is striped in pale yellow on white and washed after weaving, so it feels soft and broken in from new. It is lighter and more breathable than a standard heavy oxford but keeps the slightly textured surface of the weave.

Composition
100% Cotton
Weight
lightweight
Care
This one also receives a special washing to give it a soft, broken-in feel from day one. Oxford cloth is heavier than business dress shirt fabrics—subtly textured and highly durable, it only gets better the more you wear and wash it. Finish: No Treatment.

Options

Collar
Soft Ivy Button Down
Cuffs
Soft One Button Barrel
Placket
Soft Front Placket
Pocket
Angled Pocket
Yoke
One Piece Yoke
Hem
Medium Curved Hem
Buttons
Mother of Pearl
Stitching
0.2″ Stitching
Sleeve placket
Sleeve placket button
Adjustable cuffs
No adjustable cuff buttons

$145

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