Fabric books for casual shirts

[Sartorius_2]

Can anyone recommend fabric books for casual shirts. By 'casual' I mean denim, chambray or perhaps brushed cotton.

I have generally used Thomas Mason in the past but TM is quite formal and has extremely limited casual styles.

Any recommendations would be welcome.

[Man at C&A]

There's some nice brushed cottons at Acorn Fabrics at the moment. I'm waiting on samples.

[Hesketh]

The Acorn fabrics are great.
Something you might like to try if you want to have hardwearing casual shirts to be worn without a jacket, much as you would a denim shirt, is to look at the lightweight cotton or linen trouserings. These would work for any sort of casual shirts, upto and including safari jackets.

[angelo]

As far as chambray, Simmonot Godard offers this fabric in a wide range of beautiful colors including in addition to several shades of blue also pink, salmon, lemmon yellow and light green.

Angelo

[hectorm]

Can anyone recommend fabric books for casual shirts. By 'casual' I mean denim, chambray or perhaps brushed cotton. I have generally used Thomas Mason in the past.

Dear Satourius_2,
if you are fond of Thomas Mason, then you don´t have to stray much away from it to find ideal denim/chambray for casual shirting.
Thomas Mason is part of the Italian Albini Group, which also includes the almost 200 y.o. Albiate mill in Milan.
Some Japanese mills have done a great job with denim/chambray, but Albiate´s IMO is the best I have found so far. Their book has a large selection of shades, weights and textures, mixed with linen, silk, etc. Refined enough to be worn under a tailored jacket and also apt for more casual rough wear. Sorry if I sound like an add but for me it has been quite a discovery and I´m happy to share.

[vincentporsiempre]

I have seen rolls of nice chambray with the edge marked Albini and I know someone that had a shirt made of it and is very happy, however at the times there were no many shades available.

Apparently the current rustic Sommonot Godard Chambray is a Poly-cotton mix and having been gifted a cut lenght I would never dream of having a shirt made out of it

[hectorm]

Can anyone recommend fabric books for casual shirts. By 'casual' I mean denim, chambray or perhaps brushed cotton.

Albiate´s IMO is the best I have found so far.

Important update: if using Albiate´s denim for shirting, be sure to tell your shirtmaker to allow a bit more than usual for shrinking (unless the cloth is pre-washed in hot/warm water).