Marc aka the Fabricateuralist—one-time guest on my bi-annual podcast—who has made a name for himself by creating reviews of shirts, pants, jeans, and more all using a scoring system that never adds up to an even 10 or 100 (but always 27 or 0.1) is going live with a product today at 6pm EDT on wolfvsgoat.com that is worth a look.
He’s sourcing Albini group’s staple Oxford cloth fabric—what he says has been used by Brooks Brothers in the past as the benchmark Oxford cloth—and making it in Italy with quality markers that if he were to review it himself would earn high marks. E.G. 21 stitches per inch sewing, side gussets, etc.
Design-wise I think it’ll be pretty good. Good long collar points with a lightweight lining, curved cuffs, box pleat back, and after I saw the prototype he was wearing at Pitti in January I insisted on a correctly wide front placket. (His prototype’s was too narrow; an OCBD placket should be 1.5 inches and the final design features one that width.)
The shirt goes on sale via the group buy/preorder section on Wolf vs Goat’s site here at 6pm EDT today.
Why Wolf vs Goat? It’s a collaboration between the two, with Mauro from WvG helping Marc find the right factory and nail the details.
Since the product page doesn’t exist yet, here it is (units in inches):
