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A dress shirt, button shirt, button-front, button-front shirt, or button-up shirt is a garment with a collar and a full-length opening at the front, which is fastened using buttons or shirt studs. [1]

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Aloha shirt

The Aloha shirt, commonly referred to as a Hawaiian shirt, is a style of dress shirt originating in Hawaii.

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Batiste

Batiste is a fine cloth made from cotton, wool, polyester, or a blend, and the softest of the lightweight opaque fabrics.

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Bespoke

The word bespoke has evolved from a verb meaning "to speak for something" to its contemporary usage as an adjective that has changed from describing first tailor-made suits and shoes, and later, to anything commissioned to a particular specification (altered or tailored to the customs, tastes, or usage of an individual purchaser), and finally to a general marketing and branding concept implying exclusivity and appealing to snobbery.

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Black tie

Black tie, occasionally known in the English-speaking world by its French name cravate noire, is a dress code for evening events and social functions derived from British and American costume conventions of the 19th century.

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Blouse

A blouse is a loose-fitting upper garment that was formerly worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children.

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Bow tie

The bow tie is a type of traditional necktie.

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British English

British English is the standard dialect of English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom.

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Broadcloth

Broadcloth is a dense, plain woven cloth, historically made of wool.

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Brooks Brothers

Brooks Brothers is the oldest men's clothier in the United States and is headquartered on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.

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Button

In modern clothing and fashion design, a button is a small fastener, now most commonly made of plastic, but also frequently made of metal, wood or seashell, which secures two pieces of fabric together.

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Chemise

A chemise or shift is a classic smock, or a modern type of women's undergarment or dress.

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Cigarette

A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing tobacco that is rolled into thin paper for smoking.

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City of London

The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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Clothing sizes

In clothing, clothing size refers to the label sizes used for garments sold off-the-shelf.

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Coat (clothing)

A coat is a garment worn by either sex,Oxford English Dictionary.

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Collar (clothing)

In clothing, a collar is the part of a shirt, dress, coat or blouse that fastens around or frames the neck.

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Collar pin

A collar pin (closely related to the collar bar and collar clip) is a piece of men's jewelry, which holds the two ends of a dress shirt collar together and passes underneath the knot of a necktie.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Cuff

A cuff is an extra layer of fabric at the lower edge of the sleeve of a garment (shirt, coat, etc.) covering the arm, at the wrist.

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Cufflink

Cufflinks are items of jewelry that are used to secure the cuffs of dress shirts.

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Detachable collar

A detachable collar is a shirt collar separate from the shirt, fastened to it by studs.

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Dress for Success (book)

Dress for Success is a 1975 book by John T. Molloy about the effect of clothing on a person's success in business and personal life.

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Edward VIII

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year, after which he became the Duke of Windsor.

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Edwardian era

The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history covers the brief reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910, and is sometimes extended in both directions to capture long-term trends from the 1890s to the First World War.

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End-on-end

End-on-end (also fil-à-fil) is a type of closely woven, plain weave cloth created by the alternation of light and dark warp and weft threads, resulting in a heathered effect.

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Formal wear

Formal wear, formal attire or full dress is the traditional Western dress code category for the most formal clothing, such as for weddings, christenings, funerals, Easter and Christmas traditions, formal balls and banquets with dancing, as well as certain horse racing events.

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Formaldehyde

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Government Accountability Office

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is a legislative branch government agency that provides auditing, evaluation, and investigative services for the United States Congress.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Informal attire

Informal attire, also called international corporate attire, Western business attire, business/office wear or tenue de ville is a dress code, typified by a suit (and a necktie for men).

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Ironing

Ironing is the use of a heated tool (an iron) to remove wrinkles from fabric.

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Jacket

A jacket is a mid-stomach–length garment for the upper body.

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James Bond

The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections.

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Jermyn Street

Jermyn Street is a one-way street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster in London, England.

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Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.

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Mad Men

Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television.

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Made to measure

Made to measure (MTM) typically refers to custom clothing that is cut and sewn using a standard-sized base pattern.

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Men's Dress Furnishings Association

The Men's Dress Furnishings Association was a trade association based in New York, New York which promoted men's fashion accessories with a primary focus on dress shirts and neckties.

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Morning dress

Morning dress is the formal dress code for day attire, consisting chiefly of, for men, a morning coat, waistcoat, and formal trousers, and an appropriate gown for women.

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Nacre

Nacre (also), also known as mother of pearl, is an organic-inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it also makes up the outer coating of pearls.

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Necktie

A necktie, or simply a tie, is a long piece of cloth, worn usually by men, for decorative purposes around the neck, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat.

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Onyx

Onyx is a banded variety of the oxide mineral chalcedony.

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Oxford (cloth)

thumb Oxford is a type of woven dress shirt fabric, employed to make a particular casual-to-formal cloth in dress shirts that may be called Oxford shirts.

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Permanent press

A permanent press is a characteristic of fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape.

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Piqué (weaving)

Piqué, or marcella, refers to a weaving style, normally used with cotton yarn, which is characterized by raised parallel cords or geometric designs in the fabric.

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Placket

A placket (also spelled placquet) is an opening in the upper part of trousers or skirts, or at the neck or sleeve of a garment.

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Pleat

A pleat (older plait) is a type of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and securing it in place.

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Pocket protector

A pocket protector is a sheath designed to hold writing instruments and other small implements, such as slide rules, while preventing them from damaging the wearer's shirt pocket (e.g., by tearing or staining by a leaky pen).

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Polo

Polo is a team sport played on horseback.

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Polyester

Polyester is a category of polymers that contain the ester functional group in their main chain.

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Poplin

Poplin, also called tabinet (or tabbinet), is a strong fabric in a plain weave of any fiber or blend, with crosswise ribs that typically give a corded surface.

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Power dressing

Born in the second half of the 1970s and developed in the 1980s, power dressing is a fashion style that enables women to establish their authority in a professional and political environment traditionally dominated by men.

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Ramie

Ramie is a flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to eastern Asia.

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Ready-to-wear

Ready-to-wear or prêt-à-porter (often abbreviated RTW; "off-the-rack" or "off-the-peg" in casual use) is the term for factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition in standardized sizes, as distinct from made to measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular person's frame.

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School uniform

A school uniform is a uniform worn by students primarily for a school or otherwise educational institution.

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Shirt

A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body (from the neck to the waist).

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Shirt stud

A shirt stud is a decorative fastener that fits onto a buttonhole on the front of a pleated shirt, or onto the starched bib of a stiff-front shirt.

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Shirtdress

A shirtdress is a style of women's dress that borrows details from a man's shirt.

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Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.

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Starch

Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds.

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Suit (clothing)

In clothing, a suit is a set of garments made from the same cloth, usually consisting of at least a jacket and trousers.

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Tattersall (cloth)

Tattersall describes a check or plaid pattern woven into cloth.

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Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).

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Trousers

Trousers (British English) or pants (American English) are an item of clothing originating in Asia, worn from the waist to the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, and dresses).

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Turnbull & Asser

Turnbull & Asser is a gentleman's bespoke shirtmaker, clothier and tie maker established in 1885.

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Tweed (cloth)

Tweed is a rough, woolen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven.

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Twill

Twill is a type of textile weave with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs (in contrast with a satin and plain weave).

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Villard (imprint)

Villard, also known as Villard Books, is a publishing imprint of Random House, one of the largest publishing companies in the world.

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Voile

Voile is a soft, sheer fabric, usually made of 100% cotton or cotton blended with linen or polyester.

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Warp and weft

Warp and weft are terms for the two basic components used in weaving to turn thread or yarn into fabric.

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Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, commonly known as Wedgwood, is a fine china, porcelain, and luxury accessories company founded on 1 May 1759 by English potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd (established 1948), often shortened to W&N or Weidenfeld, is a British publisher of fiction and reference books.

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White tie

White tie, also called full evening dress or a dress suit, is the most formal evening dress code in Western high fashion.

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dress_shirt

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