Traveler Pinpoint Solid Buttondown Collar Dress Shirt

 (9 customer reviews)

My husband bought one of these shirts last year to try it out. I was very skeptical of the "no ironing" claim. I couldn't believe my eyes when I took it out of the dryer the first time -- not a wrinkle to be seen. The material is truly miraculous. We both love this product and plan to buy more. Thank you, Jos. Banks!

I have previously bought a lot of these shirts. Over time, a peculiar problem surfaced. Shrinkage (natural in a cotton shirt) affected one side of the front of the shirt, in the up and down direction, more than the other. As a result, the button holes in the placket increasingly became farther apart than the buttons, causing the shirt to have extensive wrinkling on the button side. I am not a tailor, but what I suspect happened is that the Banks buyers failed to specify how the warp and woof of the fabric were to be matched -- an expensive mistake.

A second problems arises from product sizing. When I moved from a 16.5-34 to a 17-34, the shirt suddenly became a tent.

I have not had these problems with other manufacturers, notably Eagle, Land's End and Enro.

I own three of these shirts and they are great. I get my shirts cleaned and pressed and here is an example of what great shirts they are: I packed one in my carryon bag to go to my sisters wedding reception, wore it to the reception, packed it back in the suitcase to take home, then a few days later I was leaving on a business trip out of the country and decided to take this same shirt (no I had not cleaned or pressed it again) and packed it back into the carry on and brought it with me to Germany, unpacked it upon arrival and the next day when I went to put it on, it still looked pressed! I was in awe. Great shirts!