What do you want in a shirt?

Longer sleeve length option.
Size by collar, not S/M/L
Tailored, but not restrictive.
Not boxy and huge.
Long tail.
Cuffs that allow the sleeve to be rolled up.
A soft fabric, not stiff and rough on the neck.
Doesn’t shrink or fade in 30 degree wash.
Moleskin for autumn/winter.
Cotton for summer.
Decent collar - not button-down.
Colours other than olive drab and brown.
 
These rip-stop heavyweight cotton shirts come in at about £20 and last for years.
Soften up nicely after a couple of washes.
Plenty of other colours available if you don't always want to look like you've just strolled out of the jungle.
They're the only shirts I buy these days.
If you could match them in quality and price @Bleakridge I'd happily buy from you. Would be interested in a half button version too.
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These rip-stop heavyweight cotton shirts come in at about £20 and last for years.
Soften up nicely after a couple of washes.
Plenty of other colours available if you don't always want to look like you've just strolled out of the jungle.
They're the only shirts I buy these days.
If you could match them in quality and price @Bleakridge I'd happily buy from you. Would be interested in a half button version too.
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Where do you get these from @VSS
 
Personally, I’d buy several high merino wool content shirts of light / heavyweight if they were of good quality and fit (long enough). McNair make lovely looking shirts - but not at the £3/400 mark.
 
Hello, They all seem to short these days and square cut , I always like the long sleeve Tattersall type of shirt that comes down well past your waist so keeps your bum warm in winter ha ha
Just to add , Full length buttons rather than just the short Y neck, Long sleeves as i prefer to roll up , There use to be some English makers but a lot now from China like my 2 Wynnsters i have had for many years and still wearable
 
Funnily enough I’ve been out on a simulated game day today and my biggest annoyance with shirts reared its head again which brought me here!

They’re too bloomin short to tuck in and remain tucked in! Barbour tattersall on today and while the tail is almost there (still rides up after getting in and out the truck a couple of times) the front of the shirt barely tucks in. Absolutely rubbish for such a brand.

As mentioned previously, cuffs on long sleeves that are actually possible to roll up properly 👍🏼

I’ll keep my eyes on your website!
 
Funnily enough I’ve been out on a simulated game day today and my biggest annoyance with shirts reared its head again which brought me here!

They’re too bloomin short to tuck in and remain tucked in! Barbour tattersall on today and while the tail is almost there (still rides up after getting in and out the truck a couple of times) the front of the shirt barely tucks in. Absolutely rubbish for such a brand.

As mentioned previously, cuffs on long sleeves that are actually possible to roll up properly 👍🏼

I’ll keep my eyes on your website!
No one under 40 tucks in a shirt, wears long sleeves or polishes their footwear.
We shirt tuckers are a fading demographic
 
Repeats of some above, but

Slightly heavier weight cotton (brushed flannel or proper touch canvas cotton)
Properly attached buttons
LONG so that it won't come untucked
Arm tab / button to hold up sleaves when rolled up
Split yoke
Option of pockets or no pockets and bellow pockets (also the zipped one is good as an option)
Heavy weight option for winter and a lighter weight one for summer
general hedgerow or mud coloured, but also a proper nice check so you can wear it out

I got couple of Deerhunter ones for Africa which are nearly perfect in this regard apart from both being bambi-killer green
Purdey (it was in the sale...) have the best check pattern, but their quality is woeful (cuffs detaching and buttons falling off) and the shirts are almost croptops in length
 
If you go to the US site for Drake Waterfowl, look at their TREY shirt. In my mind, they have the perfect shirt for warm weather.
Back vent flap
Full button
Left breast is a pocket button on front with a magnet close phone packet underneath
Right breast is a pocket button with a zip close valuable pocket underneath.

The magnetic and zip pockets are especially nice and could be incorporated into your design
 
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