DB shirt

[HappyStroller]

Variations as to number and arrangement of buttons or studs, presence of placket or French fly, type of collar and cuffs, design of the double-breasted portion, etc., are possible.

[yachtie]

I've seen that somewhere before. It was sort of a novelty in the 80's if memory serves.

[luk-cha]

i have seen a D&G version of it but it remind me of a Chef's whites and will look slightly odd and uniform like in the style you have shown us!

[couch]

Or Randolph Scott in the tunic of the Seventh Cavalry fighting Comanches somewhere on the frontier . . . .

[Guest]

it remind me of a Chef's whites and will look slightly odd and uniform like in the style you have shown us!

Ditto. Not a good look.

[Concordia]

Chef.

Or unshaven heroin-addict runway model.

[Guest]

Or unshaven heroin-addict runway model.

LOL. That's not hard to imagine either. A good shirt for a John Galliano [for Dior] or a Dolce & Gabbana underweight herion addicted male model.

[HappyStroller]

It's a shirt, not a tunic, couch, but could all of you chaps kindly enlighten this culturally-challenged person with the reason why the design is seen to be associated with an unshaven heroin-addict runway model?

Or Randolph Scott in the tunic of the Seventh Cavalry fighting Comanches somewhere on the frontier . . . .

[Tampan]

I think it's just the stereotype of a male model, which itself is extrapolated from the fashion-forward nature of the garment. Adam Ant wore shirts like this in the 80s, although those involved extreme fabrics, buttons and collars as well. There's a lot of imagination going on in this thread, perhaps you should take the advice as a "worst case scenario", if for instance the people you mix with also have rampant imaginations.

[couch]

[Jovan the Un1337]

This is probably just the nerd inside me, but that reminds me of Han Solo's shirts in the original Star Wars.

[Guest]

This is probably just the nerd inside me, but that reminds me of Han Solo's shirts in the original Star Wars.

haha. Does anyone actually like DB shirts or are they considered a comical joke?

[zjpj]

For a waiter?

[HappyStroller]

Ironically, the more suitable a design is for formal wear, so is it more suitable for making a sensational dress, e.g., science fiction space station uniform, colourful tailcoats for floorshows.

[couch]

Military rather than formal uniform in its origins, I'd hazard, though manton may correct me. At least as far back as the Napolieonic era, the fitted high-button DB tunic was a military style (think hussars). It influenced civilian dress in Brummel's day and uniforms ever since, including those of marching bands and chefs. I posted a photo of Gen. Geo. A. Custer (7th U.S. cavalry, 3rd quarter 19th century) in the photojournal wearing a DB tunic shirt with turndown collar (though not buttondown as in your sketch). For some reason I can't seem to link to it in this forum. One might stretch a point and call his outfit dashing, but never elegant, at least in alden's sense of the word. Quite a remarkable neckerchief and pin arrangement.