Good dry cleaners often offer repair services; I inquired a few months ago at mine whether they could reverse collars and cuffs. The very helpful woman "manning" the desk said that she did not know, but could ask (I forewent the opportunity; since I buy my shirts -- only very good ones -- at the local Goodwill, it's just cheaper to buy a new one, except for very favorite ones).
Patrick Moore, who, since he works at home in the dark, fugitive anonymity of his own house, can -- like Bike Snob -- handle his executive clients in his underwear, if he likes (he does not like). On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:17 AM 'Tom M' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > It sounds like your shirt is too far gone for this to apply, but on a few > favorite shirts I've had the collars removed and sewn on again so that the > worn side faces down. You might be able to do something similar with the > cuffs. Patches for the elbows. Depends on how much you like the shirt. > Tom Milani > Alexandria, VA > > On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 1:54:11 PM UTC-4, Jay Lonner wrote: >> >> I just pulled my trusty MUSA blue chambray shirt out of the wash and it >> is on its last legs, so to speak - significant fraying at the cuffs and >> collar, worn elbows, missing buttons. I happened to get Grant on the phone >> yesterday during a call to HQ on an unrelated matter, and when I pivoted to >> this topic he indicated that new ones aren't in the pipeline. Any >> suggestions on where to source a replacement that checks many/most of the >> boxes of the original? There are commodity-grade options available from the >> usual suspects (Carhartt, Duluth Trading, etc.) but I really love the >> synergy of that supple Japanese chambray while supporting living wage >> domestic craftspeople. >> >> Alternatively, does anyone have the genuine article for sale in size XL? >> >> Jay Lonner >> Bellingham, WA >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/30637308-1d71-4c8f-9451-a3c673c54f83%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/30637308-1d71-4c8f-9451-a3c673c54f83%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgt34ydBKV-U3k-KMmZEyDMyyauLHu09Dhoye_gFb%3DadHQ%40mail.gmail.com.
