Amazon Essentials Womens Regular-Fit Long-Sleeve Button-Down Poplin Shirt

Small fits like Medium. Lightweight but sturdy fabric. Great w/jeans
MY PHYSIQUE: 5’7″, 125#, 32 DD chest, thin physique, narrow hips.HOW SMALL FIT ME: Perfect in the shoulders. Arms were nice and long, and very slim. Baggy, tho, with 6-8″ excess width from my 38″ chest on down. Not a trim fit.MY GOAL: I bought this to have something nice but casual, better looking than a T-shirt, that was lightweight 100% cotton for humid SW Florida, that I could wear with jeans to, say, meet with contractors or go to the dentist. I don’t need this shirt to cut a striking figure (which is good because there’s too much fabric around the waist to flatter my figure).SMALL FITS LIKE MEDIUM ~ I usually need a Medium to fit my ‘broad’ shoulders and chest, but I’m also thin with narrow hips, so most Mediums have unflattering extra fabric below. (A perfect fit for me is Ann Taylor’s feminine cut “Perfect Shirt” in a Size 4, or better yet 4 Tall, as of 10-15 years ago, tho sizes may have changed.)Based on reviews, I ordered the Small in the pale Lavender Stripe. The shoulders fit well, but it does have at least 6″ excess width at the waist and more than enough width for me at the chest level. Thankfully, the fabric is light enough that the excess isn’t a big deal, esp if I tuck it in with care to avoid the balloon look. On me, I think it looks best untucked. Or, under a jacket, the too ample waist could be hidden.ARMS ARE SLIM: I do like the fact that the shirt arms fit my slim arms quite trimly, but this could definitely be uncomfortable if you have more ample arms.PRICE: I finally pulled the trigger when the pale Lavender Stripe went on sale for $15.30. I’m very frugal and didn’t need this urgently for, say, work. If this shirt fits you well and suits your needs, it would be reasonable to pay more, given its quality.FABRIC: I love the look and feel of this fairly lightweight but sturdy 100% cotton. In fact, it’s very hard to find what I’m desperate for: very lightweight all-cotton tops and pants that could fly in the office on Casual Friday. It’s impractical to wear jeans-weight pants or any heavy fabrics if you spend any time outdoors in the heat, 9 months of the year in SWFL. Most of the competitors on Amazon claim 65% cotton / 35% Polyester or similar, and they can have that wee bit of shine or something that takes it out of the “casual” category and into the “office” category. The poly-cotton blends are often heavier than this fabric and definitely warmer and less breathable.It helps that I’m not worried about wrinkles. I haven’t *needed* to iron in years. My process with all-cotton button-up shirts like this is to take them from the running dryer while slightly damp, and hang them nicely to finish drying, wetting and smoothing anything that dried out of place. My all cotton shirts look good enough (for my purposes) using my method, and some better brands even have the kind of all-cotton fabric that doesn’t seem to need ironing right out of the dryer. My shirts never look terrible as if they were wadded up wet and left to dry, perhaps because I shake out my clothes before putting them in the dryer and don’t leave them sitting in the dryer.COLOR: One customer complained that the purple stripes were darker than the website photo. True. I think my photos are a little more accurate, but my photos are slightly darker than it looks in real life. I’d call it a healthy pastel Lavender, in real life. I, too, was attracted by the super-pale lavender color, but the less-pale lavender is also very pretty, and I like it even more.DETAIL and PATTERN MATCH-UP: The fabricators did a very good (95% perfect) job matching the stripes at the pocket, and at centering the pattern in the front and back. Notice how the stripes were carefully centered on the inch-wide front placket. Only the OCD will notice that the thick purple stripe on either side of the placket are not the same width. Other than that, the stripes on either side of the placket are matched, ie the pattern is basically symmetrical on either side of the center line of the shirt, front and back. You definitely don’t see that level of care in most cheap shirts on Amazon, but I’d have returned a striped shirt that didn’t do a decent job with that. They just look sloppy and cheap to me, if there’s poor pattern line-up or centering.

Perfect wardrobe staple
I love these shirts, in fact this is the third one I have purchased. The cotton is a nice weight, although I find this one (white w/black dots) just almost too sheer, I can wear it without my body colored bra showing. I’m 5’4″ at 135 and 36C and medium, even when washed with warm water and dried in a tumble dryer on warm still fits without gaping. It would look nicer if I ironed it but for my style the gentle rumple straight out of the dryer and folded is just fine. For a shirt of this cost the details are well executed – good sleeve length, nice overall length which can be tucked in or worn out without being too short or too long. The button placement is quite nice – as mentioned, it doesn’t gap and I can button it to the button below the collar button without feeling either restricted or like it is too low. The only quibble I have, and the reason for 4 not 5 stars is that the buttons are blocky and hard to manipulate thru the buttonholes. A few pennies spent on a nicer button would result in a 5 star shirt. I would really, really like to encourage Amazon to consider offering this shirt in a soft heavy flannel in the winter – ideally in solid or heathered colors (please not plaid!)

Black and White Shirt
I was strolling on the internet when I came across the button down black and white shirt. I like a bargain so I purchased the shirt in a medium. I like the shirt the chest fits nicely but the arms are tight. I needed some dress down clothing and the shirt will work with my blue jeans; white or black pants or a skirt.I haven’t worn or washed the shirt yet. The price was right so I couldn’t pass up a sale. The shirt is light weight and can be used to layer with a tee shirt or a sweater. I just thought of putting it with my casual black dress as a jacket. A Good Buy👍👍👍

True to size
This is a very nice shirt, the material is good very light weight

The sizing of this item was perfect.

This was an amazon essential piece and it is really nice and fits well – I bought the blue stripe and it is really cute and is just like the picture