[Paul]

I tried to purchase a dress shirt at Nordstrom. They used to carry a pretty good all cotton fitted store brand dress shirt, but now their store brand appears to have morph into a 80% cotton blend label "Tech Smart". It's probable that the other 20% is something similar to coolmax, which means it maybe cooler than most typical cotton/poly blends, but I would have prefer a 100% cotton option. Sometimes when I wear the blend, it feels like wearing stiff cardboard.

I asked if other stores have also stopped carrying all-cotton store brand shirts, but the store associate said he did not know. Has Nordstrom stop selling their store brand cotton dress shirts?

Paul

 

[SG_67]

I don’t know but if I had to guess, I’d say it’s just another line they offer.

 

[jts287]

Website has the 100% cotton variety.

 

[Paul]

Talked to the store person recently, they said the 100% cotton Nordstorm dress shirt (the Smartcare house brand) has been discontinued and replaced by a cotton poly blend, you can still buy the all cotton shirt online until the stock runs out. They claim that the poly blend is not the same old polyester but some sort of tech version with high breathability.

So has anyone try the new shirts .

Paul

 

[blue suede shoes]

The words "dress shirt" and "polyester" do not belong in the same sentence. I have never tried them and never will. I have seen other department stores recently pull the same stunt. For about the same price as a department store dress shirt, one can purchase from a number of quality shirtmakers, including Mercer or Kamakura, or even go made to measure. That will be my next move as I am done with department stores.

 

[derum]

They are probably promoting their non-iron line.
If you do want a non-iron shirt I would go with the poly/cotton blend as opposed to the 100% cotton due to the chemical treatment of the cotton to make it non-iron. (Chemicals include Teflon and Formaldehyde).
It makes me smile that people decry non-iron shirts because of the materials, then smother their cotton shirts in starch which ruins the breathability.
I wear 100% cotton shirts but they never see starch.

 

[paxonus]

The words "dress shirt" and "polyester" do not belong in the same sentence. I have never tried them and never will. I have seen other department stores recently pull the same stunt. For about the same price as a department store dress shirt, one can purchase from a number of quality shirtmakers, including Mercer or Kamakura, or even go made to measure. That will be my next move as I am done with department stores.

I have started using Luxire, and I have no complaints. I have ordered a white, cotton oxford, long sleeve button-down, and a short sleeve, linen camp collar. Perhaps I am not as picky as some about fit, but then I don't expect my shirts to fit like a jacket with perfect drape and no wrinkling. I simply sent in measurements from my best fitting shirts. The result is indistinguishable from a shirt from Brooks Brothers or a similar brand. And I have complete control over just about every imaginable detail.