Custom Shirts by Kabbaz & Kelly-Sport Shirts

Alexander S. Kabbaz - Joelle M. Kelly ... & Sons
Fine Custom Clothiers

Custom Made Sport Shirts

Just What Is a Sport Shirt?

We stock quite a large selection of fabrics purchased with Sport Shirts in mind. Naturally, many clients order these as dress shirts...or order 'dress' shirt fabrics as sport shirts.
Sport Shirt Fabric Samples2

One particular client who wears only white shirts with Spread collar, French Cuffs, and no pocket Recently ordered three powder blue and three ecru in exactly the same style. Kidding, I inquired as to his reason for such a radical departure. His reply? He needed Sport Shirts for an upcoming cruise! Many have over the years developed their unique sport style within the master pattern we keep here for each client. Personally, I consider a basic sport shirt to have Barrel Cuffs, two Pleated Button Pockets, and hopefully a bit of color....but that's me. Recently I've seen gentlemen wearing Tartan plaids to the office and others sporting pleated tuxedo shirts with blue jeans! The concept of 'Sport' most certainly remains one which lies in the eye of the beholder.
The selection of Styling Details for Sport Shirts is endless. Following are listed a variety of the most requested. Only our combined imaginations and your taste preference limit what we can accomplish in designing your personal style.

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Sport Shirt Styling Options

Collars

Many choose to use their regular Dress Shirt collar on Sport Shirts as well. Other options include
:Sport...a collar with no band; Band Collar...a Band with no Collar such as a Nehru or Mandarin; Italian Sport...a special collar which is made in one piece with the shirt front; the so called Pyjama Collar which features notched lapel fronts; and of course the Button-down for that Ivy League look.
Naturally, any collar can be made with virtually any spread and length of point. Special collars, such as one with a point at the center back, can add that certain cachet to an otherwise plain shirt. Combining this with, for example, a center-pointed rear yoke, lends a coordinated and personalized appearance to the shirt back.

Cuffs

Barrel Cuffs are usual here and can be had with One, Two, or Three buttons. These are offered in many shapes such as Square, Round, Quarter-Round, Pentagonal, and Hexagonal. Adjustable Point and Tab Cuffs are quite popular as are angled 'Barber Pole' stripings.

Center Front Treatment

The most oft selected front treatments are the Placket and Plain, or French, Centers. A Fly Front can be done with either of these to conceal the buttons. Personally, however, I've never understood the rationale behind concealing beautiful Mother-of-Pearl!
Front Center Treatments

Sport Centers made with large inside facings cause a soft rolling effect of the center front into the collar when the top button is left undone. The Italian Sport Center is quite spectacular in combination with the Italian Collar above. Either Italian or Sport Centers fare equally well when worn with an Ascot, Jabot, or similar type of stylish neckwear. Other ideas include the Cossack....as in the movie Dr. Zhivago, the Fireman's front.....a bibbed affair which gives a somewhat double-breasted impression, and the always popular Three-Button Pullover.

Pockets

We like to think that there are as many designs for pockets as there are people with pockets on their shirts.
Sport Shirt Pocket Samples

Basic pocket ingredients include:Plain or Pleated center; with or without Flap; Flap with or without Button(s); and Set-in or Bezun style. The Bellows Pocket, which has a back piece that expands when filled, is usually seen as the lower pocket on a Safari Shirt. Pocket shapes are equally prolific...Round, Square, Vee, Slanted, Concave, Abstract, and Unsymmetrical to name but a few. On a basis of function, pockets can be open-top, open-side, two pockets-in- one, and that old favorite, the Hidden Money Pocket on which we often use a zipper or Velcro type closure.

Shoulders

Shoulders may be made normally or oversized. All two piece Sport Yokes are cut with Vee stripes in the center back. Yokes, such as in our Western styling, can have single or multiple points and curves front and rear. Yokes can be accented with matching sleeve caps connecting the rear and front pieces. Stripes can run ... literally ... every which way, including loose! They can be made from contrasting colors, or even different fabrics. As accompaniment varied Epaulets are available. Finally, a shirt can even be made with no yoke at all ... but it won't fit quite as well.

Sleeves

Long or Short Sleeves are mandated by season and client preference. Long Sleeves can be pleated or shirred where they meet the cuff and made with or without Gauntlet Button. Short sleeves can be plain, vented, or cuffed and their length is a matter of comfort and taste. These can be made in a special two-piece design called the Butterfly for ease of movement. On occasion we have put small pockets on sleeves.

Buttons

We are renowned for out extensive stock of Antique and colored Mother-of-Pearl buttons for Sport Shirts. Ranging from the hand-carved ecru flowers of 1900's Muscatine, Iowa to the sparkle and luminescence of pure white New Zealand oyster shells a half century in the growing, this has been called the largest shirtmaker's collection of its type in the World. Your perusal is always welcomed; the correct buttons can transform a plain shirt into a spectacular creation.

More than one fabric, complimentary or contrasting, can be coordinated in the same garment. We stock a selection of similar stripes in two widths specifically for this purpose. We can make matching braces or pocket squares. The first front button can be placed higher or lower for wearing the collar button open as when wearing as ascot. Western style embroidery can be done on any shirt as can hundreds of styles of pleating and tucking. The Guayaberra shirt of Cuban origin is a fine example of tucking. The direction of Stripings on any part of any shirt is always open to discussion. Changes here need not necessarily be just 'vertical' or 'horizontal'. For example, stripes slightly angled toward the center front give an impression of a slimmer waist.
Remember that the above compilation is merely a synopsis of frequent requests. We like to think that we can always change the old and invent the new. If you have an idea, a thought, a wish...don't hesitate to let us give it a whirl. We most enjoy creating that which has heretofore not been done.

Your Favorite Gal...

We make many sport, fashion and dress blouses for our clients both to offer as gifts on short notice as well as on an ongoing basis.

Commissioned to copy her favorite blouse ...
surreptitiously snared and silently slunk
out of the closet for an overnight rendez-vouz
with the shirtmaker's tapemeasure.
You Slink. We Copy. and...
Voila! Surprise!

We keep a wide selection of styles on hand ranging from simple to quite conservative numbers to more lively fashion oriented fare. We are ofttimes commissioned to copy her "favorite old soft torn and tattered... but no longer available" blouse ... surreptitiously snared and silently slunk from the closet for an overnight rendez-vous with the shirtmaker's tape measure. You Slink....We Copy.... and Voila...Surprise! Silk and cotton are usually preferred but linen, cashmere, and the pricey but Oh! So soft blend of silk with cashmere are popular as well. Once her pattern is styled and placed permanently on file, future gift-giving occasions require merely a telephone call.

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