Are there any other collared men’s shirts besides those 2 kinds?
(Inspired partly because: damn, there are a lot more variations for HR to have to monitor and create policies about!)
I really am looking for real life examples of a shirt with a collar, in the men’s dept, that is neither polo nor button down.
There are some men’s collared sweaters. I have a few. Turtle necks too.
Bowling shirts?
I’d classify those as “button-down”. I’d also classify anything with 2-3 buttons (or room for them) at the top and no other buttons as “polo”. At least, in the context of telling someone what type of shirts to wear.
Side benefit of this thread already! 
I learned a new word. Fightin’ ignorance!
So in the OP when I wrote “button-down” what I apparently meant was a Windsor collar. I guess this thread really is “name styles of collared men’s shirts besides polo and Windsor.”
Keep 'em coming, these are great!
Mock turtleneck (The collar comes up , but doesn’t fold over like a true turtleneck.)
Are you really specifying that it must have a collar? Because there are v-neck pullovers too, but they have no collars. There’s also boat-neck and cowl.
If you really just want collar styles, these should help.
Also, you forgot to ask about cuffs.
Do the cuffs need to match the collar?
Yes, I was thinking that identifying “button down” collars was being unusually specific.
“Aloha” shirts? “Clerical” shirts?
Interesting fact: all men’s shirts used to be part-buttoned. Shirts that button all the way down are a relatively new development that didn’t really catch on until the 40s.
Sweaters typically are acceptable as business casual when paired with slacks, aren’t they? Without a collar, I mean. If you have to have a collar, you can wear it over a button down shirt.
No, but the drapes should match the carpet.
Yes, absolutely.
I would caution against a v-neck or boat-neck without some sort of collared shirt underneath. Mock-neck or turtle-neck preferably.
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