Workshirts

[rnrswitch]

Why doesn't anyone tuck in their workshirts in like they were originally designed for? IMHO it looks odd seeing guys buying vintage inspired work shirts and then being slaves to modern fashion and not wearing them tucked in. Call me old school but that's why I prefer vintage Hercules or Oshkosh shirts over the over priced Japanese repro work shirts. Nothing like wearing an American Union made work shirt.

I wear my shirts tucked in. I just think it looks better, especially if it is a blue colored shirt with blue denim. The brown belt is a break so there isn't too much blue going on. I have found that the problem with the Japanese repros is that they are typically too short and will come somewhat partially untucked throughout the day. I would buy vintage American made work shirts, but I like to put my own wear and tear into them.

[Shorty Long]

I'm a "tucker."

[Happy Hooligan]

I feel the same Crown...

Wear it like it was intended. I always tuck in.

It's like that thing where they tuck in the front of a t-shirt and let the back hang out? I think that looks about as "special needs" as it comes.

[rnrswitch]

I think many "tailed" shirts intended for tucking in look decent when left unbuttoned and untucked with like a white t-shirt underneath, like you just got home from a long days work and need a beer... quick.

[erk]

I usually go by this simple rule.

If it has tails, tuck. if its square at the bottom, don't tuck.

I hate the look of shirt tails stickin out the bottom of a jacket or something, so I'm a pretty regular tucker.

[zissou]

I think I probably tuck almost all the time. If it's a flannel or overshirt, I almost never do.

[rnrswitch]

Zissou, will your tailor produce a shirt of fabric that I could supply him? This might have been asked before, but I am laaazzzzy.

[zissou]

^the short answer is: Probably not. For some reason, he really doesn't like to do this, which is unfortunate.

[drz]

I tuck my shirt in on some occasion and for shirts that have long tails like this one I found at ebay for like $20 something

the seller advertise this as a made in usa, but they aren't

but the fabric is somewhat decent, imo

[glimmertwins]

Why doesn't anyone tuck in their workshirts in like they were originally designed for? IMHO it looks odd seeing guys buying vintage inspired work shirts and then being slaves to modern fashion and not wearing them tucked in.

...but weren't they slaves to fashion then too? I mean there was no rule saying they couldn't wear them untucked to begin with - they (like us) just did it because everyone else did too. The only functional reason for tucking it in is if your working with dangerous machines(or maybe fire) where you wouldn't want something dangling over a gear and it catching and pulling you in with it. If you tuck it in because you saw a photo of a guy in a factory in the 40s doing it that way with his workwear, aren't you just a slave to fashion driven nostalgia if you don't work in a factory?

FWIW, I don't necessarily equate workshirts specifically with being tucked in - definitely it was part of the pre-60s era, but I don't specifically see it as a workshirt thing. My family has a pretty blue collar background(mechanics, factory workers, farmers/ranchers) and to my memory if someone left with their work shirt tucked in, they normally returned at the end of a long day with it barely tucked in or untucked all together. Again, this is in Texas so the heat plays a part in that too, but I'm just saying.

And for the record, I'm an untucked or loosely tucked in guy mostly because it breathes a little better that way...but even I will tuck in if the shirt has a tail or if it's really cold(and you don't want a draft going up through your shirt).

[Happy Hooligan]

I guess the name Work Shirt should probably give away this this shirt was used for well... work.

And if we're talking the 20's-30's.. work was a tough business with the mentioned open gears, belts, moving metal parts and the like...

Having a loose flap of fabric at your waist was like asking death to take you early.

Plus, people back in the day were fashion minded in sense of they didn't want to look like bums. People work the best they owned to go to town and church. Men wore suits if they had them. Complete with tucked in shirts, ties and a light polish on what ever footwear they had.

During the depression, you didn't have much and what you did, you tried to make look as best you could.

So it depend what you're going for. If you buy a vintage inspired work shirt to have the vintage look then yes, tuck it in. If you buy it to look modern, then wear it loose.

[Doug C]

I do both, right or wrong doesn't matter to me BUT I will say that it's easier to leave the modern repro ones untucked because they do not tend to be as wide where the tails are as all the vintage ones I've had do. They've been soo wide and loose at the tails that I always felt it looked goofy not to tuck. Not so with the slimmer cut modern ones.

[crownzip]

Not sure if this is prison chambray or a later USN chambray shirt. My guess is the collar design and lack of gussets would date it to the 60's?

If it is an old prison shirt those dudes at least had some cool shirts to wear!

[Happy Hooligan]

^ that's not a prison shirt but a military one because of the "DSA" number.. I believe it's from 1966-1977

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

that's a beautiful shirt.

[the_state]

I just ordered on of these, crazy expensive but I couldn't resist.

post o'alls is off the fucking chain. i saw this piece in person in red, it's made of a really felt-like flannel material - really interesting, wish i had $275 to drop on a shirt!

[crownzip]

Thanks HH, good to know.

[daveo]

crownzip, where'd you find that chambray? It looks great (jealous)!

[crownzip]

Thanks. Found this one on ebay. If you're patient usually some nice shirts that pop up now and then.

[fre-co]

post o'alls is off the fucking chain. i saw this piece in person in red, it's made of a really felt-like flannel material - really interesting, wish i had $275 to drop on a shirt!

The blue one is melton wool, it really is super nice fabric. It is ridiculously expensive, but on the bright side cheaper than Mister Freedom, Iron Heart and Buzz Rickson's melton wool shirts.

No photos yet because I'm too lazy and there is no daylight here!

[riff]

My "decent" camera is recharging, so please excuse the poor quality pics... Some shots of my Evisu workshirt, which I purchased at Evisu in Tokyo last year...

[Aries]

The blue one is melton wool, it really is super nice fabric. It is ridiculously expensive, but on the bright side cheaper than Mister Freedom, Iron Heart and Buzz Rickson's melton wool shirts.

No photos yet because I'm too lazy and there is no daylight here!

Damn you fre$co, I'm so close to pulling the trigger myself now too, I love melton wool.

I'm just wondering about ordering the M or L.

I'm 6'2, 190lbs. My chest is pretty much dead on 42'.

I want a "fitted" look, but not too slim or tight. Which size would you recommend?

For reference a McCoy chambray shirt in size 16 fits me tight, and I want it looser than that.

[fre-co]

Get an M for sure. It's cut pretty generous. I have an XL buzz rickson chambray and the L post o'alls has more room in it. The only issue you might have is if your arms are long.

[Aries]

Cool thanks mate.

[ThisSunday]

Here's my MTM blue-green chambray. Thanks for making this happen Zissou. Sorry for the shitty pic

[the_state]

anyone here have the post overalls c-post chambray work shirt?

[Medine]

Got this for my dad for xmas: RRL..

Elbow detail..

Selvedge placket..

[beatle]

that's a pretty cool gift ****

[rnrswitch]

There are some nice lookin details on that shirt. Is that selvage on the placket? The wash on it looks pretty good as well.

[Medine]

yea slevedge on the placket and on the bottom too (idk what its called) i only wish they had it in my size