EddieB
Post: 366
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Philadelphia/NYC
Brooks Brothers ESF is probably the best under $100 oxford you can get. Really nice fit, decent fabric and construction. They're often on sale for like 3/$150 which is incredible. They're worth it at full retail (like $70-$80 depending on the specific shirt) as well.
Rugby Ralph Lauren also makes decent oxfords. Really soft fabric, good fit, decent construction. They're slightly distressed which kinda sucks, but it's not really noticeable unless you look up close. Also, they cut their SMLXL an inch longer in the arms, so where most brands Mediums are 15.5 x 33, Rugby's are 34. Like $60 retail, but they ALWAYS go on sale. Also, Rugby always does 15% off for students for full priced items, so you'll never have to pay more than $50
Land's End/LEC are decent for the price, especially on sale, but when you can get Rugby or Brooks Brothers for a similar price, they're really not that great. If you can scoop for like $30 or so, they're good. They used to retail at $30 and you could get them on sale for under $20, which was amazing.
On that note, LL Bean has surprisingly really nice and fitted oxfords. I don't know the exact retail, but I think it's around $30. Good fit, decent fabric. Obviously, at that pricepoint, you're not getting an amazing shirt, but you could do a lot worse for a lot more.
Modern Tailor's shirts are actually in the range of $70 or so. The test shirts are $20 and if you can measure clothing well (which, for some reason, a lot of people have trouble with), the first shirt is an incredible deal for MTM. At full retail, it's an ok value. Fabric is kinda shitty for the price, but for MTM, it's a really good price.
I actually just went to Uniqlo for the first time and got a few button downs a few weeks back, incredible steal at $30. Really nice fit, long arms. Fabric is whatever, but it's a $30 shirt, so you can't expect too much.
RVCA, as with all skateboarding clothing, is overpriced for what you get.
