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Best white dress shirts around $100

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#1 · (Edited)
Best non iron white dress shirts around $100

I'm sure this subject has been beaten to death but I still haven't found a winner. What is the best dress shirt for around $100? I want a shirt that has a good slim cut, I can machine wash, and resists wrinkles well. What's my best bet? Also, what's the prevailing thought on collar spread, is wider most fashionable these days?
 
#9 ·
Brooks Brother's offerings will provide all the white dress shirts, in terms of design features and quantities that one might ever need. I also rather like O'Connell's offerings, but be advised, they do tend to be a bit blousy in their design(s). Don't overthink issues such as this, as it will leave you with a splitting headache and...still no shirt(s)! ;)
 
#10 ·
Although I am not the biggest fan on non-iron shirts, I agree with the BB suggestion - good non-iron option at the price point you're targeting. I also like LL Bean's non-iron pinpoint oxfords.

Based on personal experience, however, I would steer clear of CT non-iron shirts. Good shirts at often great prices to be sure, but I have not found their non-iron shirts to be, well, non-iron. At least for me, they don't hold a crease at all. I much prefer their must-iron shirts even though they require more effort; they simply hold a crease much better. Best of luck!
 
#11 ·
Based on personal experience, however, I would steer clear of CT non-iron shirts. Good shirts at often great prices to be sure, but I have not found their non-iron shirts to be, well, non-iron. At least for me, they don't hold a crease at all. I much prefer their must-iron shirts even though they require more effort; they simply hold a crease much better. Best of luck!
Isn't the whole point of a non-iron shirt not to hold a crease?
 
#15 ·
The creases to which I referred were on the sleeves, folks. Sorry for the confusion.
Ah. I prefer my sleeves without creases and never understood the appeal of creases on the sleeves. I understand they go better when there are pleats in the sleeve so they can match the crease, but most of my sleeves have shirring rather than pleats.

Do BB's non-iron shirts have permanent creases in the sleeves?
 
#18 ·
I figured you were talking about the sleeve creases rather than starting a fashion trend. I was just needling you a little bit.
Duly needled...

I do like the look of the "sleeve creases"; I guess, to me, it just makes the shirt look more finished. I appreciate the insight that English shirts don't typically have those creases (didn't realize that), and that certainly explains the absence of them on the CT shirts. Thanks, folks!
 
#21 ·
If you want a non-iron shirt and are willing to spend up to $100, I don't see any reason not to get the BB ones. They have a wide variety of collar splays, a good variety of fits, and they make a very solid non-iron shirt.

The CT ones are decent, but they are not on the same level as the BB offerings: most notably, the interfacing in the placket tends to rumple and is devilishly difficult to flatten out, even with starch. (At least, that's my experience with the must-irons; maybe the non-irons avoid that.)
 
#22 ·
I bought 8 non-iron BB shirts last year and I've been positively surprised. I still iron them but they are remarkably easier to iron than a normal shirt. I could even get away with not ironing them at all... ironing them is just a personal preference.

Now, what chemicals they are filled with to provide this ease of use, I cannot say...
 
#24 ·
I like Tyrwhitt non-iron shirts. They fit well because they come in extra-slim, slim, and regular cuts. The non-iron feature really works. In the fall the Washington, DC store had a 3 for $100 sale. That was nice. I get their emails and they have constant sales.