What is an “Oxford” shirt?
An Oxford shirt is made from an “Oxford” weave fabric. The fabric is woven in a basket weave and is made of cotton or cotton blend. It has a thin, colored warp (lengthwise) and a thick, white filling (crosswire). This produces a shirt with a fine durable finish but is prone to it own unique problem. If there is a break of one of the thin warp threads this can produce a much larger “hole” after a laundering. This is not the fault of the launderer but a defect in the fabric that is impossible to detect prior to processing.
