Quote:
Originally Posted by dalerobk2
I'm curious what you guys think of Jos A. Banks dress shirts--in particular, their tailor fit shirts. They're having a 50% off sale. With five or more, they're 60% off. That's $35 per shirt. I'm thinking of picking up 5. Seems like they would almost have to be a good value unless they're just horrible.
Joe Banks shirts are... okay. Their no-iron shirts are pretty decent, but if you pay list price for anything at JAB you're a fish. if you get the shirts on their buy 1, get 2 free sale they're decent for the cash.
The brooks brothers no-irons are better and worth the few extra bucks IMO.
No-iron shirts are the nuts, btw. If you send your laundry out, make sure you get NO STARCH because the starch will slowly degrade whatever it is that make the magic no-iron work.
I generally just throw the JAB no-irons in the wash and hang em up right out of the dryer and they look fine. But those I usually only wear with jeans or khakis. If I'm wearing a tie I'll usually wear the BB shirts.
And re: the guy that asked about a tie with no jacket, no, wtf, no. If you have a tie you need a jacket. Even if you're not wearing it in the office, you need to have one when you walk in IMO. I wear a jacket without a tie quite a bit (I work in software, so that's more than enough most of the time) but I would never do the opposite in an office environment. Especially if meeting with clients.