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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: Button-down ambivalence https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/button-down-ambivalence Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:38:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php Angie on "Button-down ambivalence" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/button-down-ambivalence#post-24967 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:51:52 +0000 Angie 24967@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Yay! I'm honoured aj. The gals have made excellent suggestions. I’m fussy about the fabric of the button down too. It’s got to be soft AND pristine. There are loads of awfully stiff and rigid button downs around. You don’t want those. The ones you got at the Loft look AMAZING. Button downs are tricky. I say try the EB one and see how it fits. Nothing ventured nothing gained. Amanda on "Button-down ambivalence" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/button-down-ambivalence#post-24940 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:16:06 +0000 Amanda 24940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks for the links, Tanya and Inge. I'll definitely swing by the mall and check them out. I've been inspired by Angie's post today to give button-downs another try and I like the shirts you found. Inge, I am only 5'8" but I'm usually wearing 1-1/2" heels in the photos since I like to wear my Joe's Jeans to show purchases. I think maybe the angle of the camera makes me more statuesque. Thanks for the compliment! My sister is actually 5'11" so I'm the short one in the family. Inge on "Button-down ambivalence" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/button-down-ambivalence#post-24929 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:20:52 +0000 Inge 24929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I like that type of shirt very much aj, it can be really flattering (and you look super in that coral sleeveless one by the way!). Here are a few more: short-sleeved: <a href="http://www.whitehouseblackmarket.com/store/browse/product.jsp?maxRec=60&pageId=1&productId=300111441&viewAll=true&prd=Ruffled+Jacquard+Shirt&subCatId=&color=&fromSearch=&inSeam=&posId=18&catId=cat210001&cat=Tops&colorFamily=&maxPg=1&size=" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitehouseblackmark.....#038;size=</a> <a href="http://www.anntaylorloft.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=14977&cid=A0001#ATLtop" rel="nofollow">http://www.anntaylorloft.com/c.....001#ATLtop</a> long-sleeved: <a href="http://www.nyandcompany.com/nyco/browse/product_detail_with_picker.jsp?productId=prod680018&parentId=cat60042&subcatId=cat790002" rel="nofollow">http://www.nyandcompany.com/ny.....=cat790002</a> <a href="http://www.anntaylorloft.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=15345&N=1200005&pCategoryId=199&categoryId=204&Ns=CATEGORY_SEQ_204&showAll=Y&defaultColorNameFromCategory=White&defaultSizeTypeFromCategory=Misses#ATLtop" rel="nofollow">http://www.anntaylorloft.com/c.....ses#ATLtop</a> <a href="http://www.bananarepublic.com/browse/product.do?cid=5039&pid=587825&scid=587825042" rel="nofollow">http://www.bananarepublic.com/.....=587825042</a> (P.S. I can't belove you're 'only' 5'8! I am too, but you look much taller than me, positively statuesque I would say: gorgeous!!) Debbie on "Button-down ambivalence" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/button-down-ambivalence#post-24915 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:27:58 +0000 Debbie 24915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Tanya Thank you for posting these! Tanya on "Button-down ambivalence" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/button-down-ambivalence#post-24903 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:15:40 +0000 Tanya 24903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Aj, Express has a lot of shirts like that! Solid: <a href="http://www.express.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=1011&parentCategoryId=2&categoryId=16&subCategoryId=16" rel="nofollow">http://www.express.com/catalog.....egoryId=16</a> Striped: <a href="http://www.express.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=1013&parentCategoryId=2&categoryId=16&subCategoryId=16" rel="nofollow">http://www.express.com/catalog.....egoryId=16</a> Patterned: <a href="http://www.express.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=1014&parentCategoryId=2&categoryId=16&subCategoryId=16" rel="nofollow">http://www.express.com/catalog.....egoryId=16</a> They usually have even more color choices in the store! Amanda on "Button-down ambivalence" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/button-down-ambivalence#post-24901 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:07:48 +0000 Amanda 24901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm one of those who likes the idea of button-down shirts but always feels ambivalent when I wear one. Mostly I feel like they sit uncomfortably on my neck. (Confession -- I have a sensitive neckline. It took years for me to be able to wear turtlenecks!) One thing I liked about the two button-down sleeveless tops that I got from Ann Taylor Loft last week are that they don't actually button up to the neck. <a href="http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t346/aj-seattle/ATL%20Tops/IMG_1051.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i514.photobucket.com/al.....G_1051.jpg</a> I've been looking for something similar in long-sleeves to wear in the fall and winter. The only ones I've found are these at Eddie Bauer. The web site is a bit funky so this is the link to the shirts page. The shirt I like is the second one on the third row, in teal, long-sleeve wrinkle resistance stretch tunic. <a href="http://www.eddiebauer.com/EB/Women/Shirts--Blouses/index.cat?viewAll=y" rel="nofollow">http://www.eddiebauer.com/EB/W.....?viewAll=y</a> What do y'all think about this style of button down? Have you seen similar shirts anywhere else?