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Reference code
2019.6.10
Title
B Store White Shirt with Cross collar
Date(s)
- 2006 (Creation)
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Item
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1
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Name of creator
(2001-2012)
Administrative history
B Store was an independent boutique retailing directional fashion designers founded by Kirk Beattie and Matthew Murphy with owner José Neves. It opened on Conduit Street, Mayfair, London in 2001, relocating to a shop on Savile Row in 2006 and later to a store on Kingly Street, Soho. They also started a footwear label and between 2006-2012 they designed a wholesale menswear label. In 2012 founders Beattie and Murphy closed the B Store shop replacing it with a new retail venture called Other.
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White long sleeve cross collar dress shirt. Dress shirt carries a concealed seven button placket with pearled white shirt buttons. Cross collar also has an attached button to fasten. The back of the garment carries a shoulder yoke with a centre back box pleat. The side seams and shoulder seams are fastened together using felled seams and the lower shirt hem is upturned with a top stitch finish. The sleeve is finished with a single buttoned cuff with a top stitched finish. B Store was originally located in Conduit Street, London.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
100% cotton
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Note
Owner bought this shirt when B Store was on Conduit Street and wore it with a black merino Jil Sander tank top.