Today Is The Day You Buy A Grown Man's Shirt For The Price Of A Chinese Ripoff

I'd be lying to you if I said I was a fan of John Kerry; as the son of a Vietnam veteran, I don't respect Mr. Kerry's numerous evasions, exaggerations, and outright lies regarding his own service. Nor do we have much in common on a personal level, although I have to respect Kerry's unsentimental actions with regards to marrying into $1.2B of fortune and $60M worth of personal residences. That's the real pimp game right there.

Alas, the handsome (and handsomely privileged) Senator and I have one thing in common: we're both bespoke clients of Turnbull&Asser, the English shirtmaking house notorious for its three-button cuffs. The cheapest custom T&A shirts are $600, with the most expensive more than twice that. The good news is that they wear like iron; I have one T&A shirt that I've worn on a relatively constant basis since 2003 and it's still in passable shape. You don't get that same kind of longevity from a Brioni or Kiton shirt --- believe me, I know.

If you want to join the fraternity of T&A fans, so to speak, now's a good time to do it on the cheap. Today the firm is putting an extra 15% vig on its seasonal sale. Which means that you could get an everlasting dress shirt of impeccable quality for about $130. Here's the link. This is not an affiliate link, by the by. But it will take you to a neat and tidy listing of sale items that you can then filter to find what you want.

With regards to fit: I have a 48" chest and a 39" waist, and the standard fit for their 17.5/36 is pretty decent for me. If you are thinner than I am, congratulations! Also you might want to try the slim fit.

Every man should have a few things in his wardrobe that he can wear to any potential occasion, knowing that he won't be under-dressed or obviously poorer than everybody else in the room --- regardless of the room in question. And don't worry if you're a committed Republican --- the list of T&A clients also includes Ronald Reagan, George Harrison, Miles Davis, and the Prince of Wales himself.