{"product_id":"finamore-light-grey-cotton-cashmere-one-piece-collar-shirt","title":"Finamore Light Grey Cotton \u0026 Cashmere One-Piece-Collar Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is a one-piece collar shirt? The answer begins not with tailoring but with Hollywood. The one-piece collar is among the oldest and most technically demanding constructions in shirtmaking: rather than being built from a separate collar stand and collar leaf joined together, the collar is cut as a single continuous piece of cloth that extends downward to form the placket of the shirt simultaneously, the collar and the front of the shirt being one and the same piece of fabric with no seam between them and no interlining to add stiffness. The result is a collar with a natural, unhurried roll that no conventional collar construction can replicate, the absence of a band allowing the collar to lie softly against the neck and fold with the quiet ease of a garment that has been worn for years from the first morning it is put on. The construction became widely known in the 1940s and 1950s when Gary Cooper wore it repeatedly, the collar acquiring the informal name \"Cooper Collar\" alongside its other designations, the California Collar and the Ludo Collar. Its roots, however, are Neapolitan, the construction having been developed and refined by Italian shirtmakers as an expression of the same soft, unconstructed philosophy that defines the city's approach to tailoring. It is extraordinarily difficult to execute correctly: the pattern must be cut with absolute precision, the curvature of the collar calculated to produce the correct roll, and any error in the cutting is immediately and irreparably visible in the finished shirt, which is why one-piece collar shirts remain almost exclusively the territory of bespoke and the finest ready-to-wear houses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the Finamore Light Grey Cotton \u0026amp; Cashmere One-Piece-Collar Shirt. The cloth is a cotton and cashmere blend that gives the shirt a handle considerably softer than a conventional cotton would produce, the cashmere content introducing a warmth and suppleness to the fabric that makes it feel more like wearing knitwear than a dress shirt, the light grey sitting as a quiet, versatile neutral across a wide range of jackets and trousers. The one-piece collar lies flat and soft in the Neapolitan manner, no stiffness or structure imposed from within, the collar rolling naturally and staying there throughout the day without assistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinamore has been making shirts in Naples since 1925, and the one-piece collar is among the constructions the house does as well as anyone. This is the version in a cloth that matches the collar's softness with a fabric that earns it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finamore","offers":[{"title":"44 IT \/ 17.5 US \/ Extra Large \/ Light Grey \/ 100% Cotton","offer_id":58905005392204,"sku":"CONS01909","price":148.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/6187\/1105\/files\/49969358-1460-4025-9D94-07EB69F3997D.png?v=1790231231","url":"https:\/\/sartorialistamsterdam.com\/products\/finamore-light-grey-cotton-cashmere-one-piece-collar-shirt","provider":"Sartorialista","version":"1.0","type":"link"}