Emerson Shirt

From the Summer 1987 and Spring 1988 catalogue: “”The sense of being well-dressed,” wrote the bard of Concord, “gives the feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow.” We humbly submit that Ralph Waldo (or Mrs. E) might have experienced just such a transcendent sensation in this shirt. Constructed with positively 19th-century amplitude for timeless style and comfort, it’s made of strong, pure cotton chambray in yarn-dyed stripes we adapted from century-old fabrics. Wearing it, we feel an overpowering urge to speak in epigrams, and we’re proud to report we’ve become measurably more self-reliant.”

This sample below is the “pumpkin” color advertised above, though the color saturation of the orange is a lot more intense in the catalogue.