A Man's Dress Shirt Design Features

Do you know the basic dress shirt design features? No. Yes. Well, here we go.

As part of a formal wear, a man's dress shirt is designed to be worn with a suit and necktie. In the US, a dress shirt is referred to a long-sleeved, button-down, shirt made of light-weight woven material: linen, cotton or polyester, or a combination of cotton and polyester are the most common.

On the other body, a woman’s dress shirt is called a blouse. Woman sometimes wear a dress shirt and necktie or bow tie as part of a uniform. The buttons on a lady’s dress shirt is found on the left, where as, the men shirt buttons are on the right. A woman’s dress shirt or blouse is normally figure-fitted.

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Important dress shirt design features include:

• buttons
• collars
• cuffs
• placket
• pleats
• and pockets

Dress shirt collars vary. There are different degrees of cuts to compliment the type of suitable tie knots. Common shirt collars are the button-down pointed collars, the rounded collars, the wing collar and the “Windsor” collar—a wide cut away to accommodate the Windsor tie knot.

Barrel Cuff	French Cuff

Have you ever noticed a dress shirt placket? It is the front center-piece where the front buttons and the fabric two sides overlap. The overlapped fabric stops the buttons from rubbing against your skin. The placket is normally used to help put on and take off clothing, but, it is also use as a fashion statement.

Plackets are more often made with double layers of fabric to support the stress placed on them by buttons, zippers or snaps. The buttons on the placket can be designed to be visible or hidden. Plackets can also be found on the neckline of a shirt, cuffs, pants or lady’s skirt.

Where can you find shirt pleats on a dress shirt? I’ll tell you. Pleats are found on the back of the shirt, and where the sleeve joints the cuff. Your shirt or custom dress shirt can have a pleat in the center of the back (double fold), single pleats on both shoulders or an inverted pleat in center of the shirt back.

Some dress shirts are made without pleats. And don’t forget, pleats can be found adjoining cuffs.

Guess what? Dress shirt pocket cuts can vary as well. There are rounded corners, diagonal corners, V-pointed bottoms and rare pockets with flaps.

So, whether you’re searching for readymade or custom tailored shirts in a real store, or online, pay attention to dress shirt design features.

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