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View Poll Results: Button-Down Collars...yes or no?
Yes 40 62.50%
No 16 25.00%
Other/Don't care 8 12.50%
Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-24-2018, 05:22 AM
 
Location: Louisville KY
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Originally Posted by Suburban_Guy View Post
This isn't one of those "is this style in or out" type of threads.

There is a time and place for button down collars, that's all there is to say about this subject.

Men’s Button Down Vs Point Collar | Man’s Guide To Shirt Collars
Thanks to this link; I know what the conversation is about. All I hafta say is; why the kcuf does it matter if the collar buttons or not, it's a trivial non-issue. If it's that triggering just unbutton them and poof, loose collar or whatever. I'm pretty sure some of my button downs have them, I don't find it a problem since I don't walk around with a poped collar. I've never paid attention to it either. I just throw the thing over a graphic tee and roll the sleeves up.
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Old 12-26-2018, 07:09 AM
 
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This doesn't really make sense to me. Buttoned collars are very easy to dress down. More so than non-buttoned down collars imo.
What I mean is, it's easier to dress down a non buttoned down shirt then to dress up a buttoned down collars.
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Old 12-26-2018, 12:36 PM
 
Location: A coal patch in Pennsyltucky
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What I mean is, it's easier to dress down a non buttoned down shirt then to dress up a buttoned down collars.
How about this one?

https://www.ralphlauren.com/s/RalphL...E&gclsrc=aw.ds
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Old 12-26-2018, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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I remember when those were very "in" in the 80's during the Preppy craze. I haven't bought one in years. They also don't work with suits or dressy sport coats in my opinion. They go better with jeans.
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Old 12-26-2018, 01:33 PM
 
Location: A coal patch in Pennsyltucky
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I remember when those were very "in" in the 80's during the Preppy craze. I haven't bought one in years. They also don't work with suits or dressy sport coats in my opinion. They go better with jeans.
The OP didn't specify wearing a button down collar with jeans, suits or sports jackets.

BTW, I recently bought 3 dress shirts for my son for Christmas from Brooks Brothers. All three were button down collars. He typically wears a shirt and tie to work, but no sports jacket or suit.
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Old 12-26-2018, 05:23 PM
 
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What I mean is, it's easier to dress down a non buttoned down shirt then to dress up a buttoned down collars.
Interesting. I totally disagree. A button-collar shirt looks much better dressed down than a shirt without a button-collar.
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Old 12-26-2018, 08:49 PM
 
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Interesting. I totally disagree. A button-collar shirt looks much better dressed down than a shirt without a button-collar.
That's because the button-down collar designed to be "dressed down." It's derivative of a sports look, after all, and the features of a button-down shirt differ in more ways from a dress shirt than the collar buttons.

There really isn't any reason not to own both, unless one only exclusively dresses up or exclusively dresses down.
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Old 12-27-2018, 07:49 PM
 
Location: Middle America
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Bad poll. No way to vote both yes and no, as in my case. I like and appreciate both. Oh well. Get a distorted voting...
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Old 12-28-2018, 09:09 AM
 
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That's because the button-down collar designed to be "dressed down." It's derivative of a sports look, after all, and the features of a button-down shirt differ in more ways from a dress shirt than the collar buttons.

There really isn't any reason not to own both, unless one only exclusively dresses up or exclusively dresses down.
Agreed.
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Old 12-28-2018, 11:49 AM
 
Location: Columbia SC
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Button down collars for more casual wear but spread collar for dressier look.
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