Oxford cloth
Cotton fabric in a basket weave, usually with a colored warp and a white, somewhat thicker weft. This gives the surface a slightly heathered, textured look. It is sturdier and more casual than poplin and the typical fabric for button-down shirts. Pinpoint Oxford is a finer, smoother variant.
In Oxford cloth in the catalog
From the Guide
- White is safe with light trousers, navy, jeans, taupe and olive. With gray and brown it works, but looks flatter; a top with texture helps there.
- Light blue goes with almost any trousers: beige, sand, taupe, olive, gray and navy are safe. With jeans and brown it works, but is not the first choice.
Related terms
- OxfordLace-up shoe with closed lacing: the side pieces with the eyelets are sewn underneath the vamp and close flush when laced.
- Oxford shirtShirt made of Oxford cloth, usually with a button-down collar whose points are buttoned to the shirt.
- PoplinCotton fabric in a plain weave with very densely set, fine threads.
- WorstedWool whose fibers are combed and aligned in parallel before spinning.
- FrescoWorsted in an open plain weave made of highly twisted yarns.
- HopsackWool fabric in a basket weave, in which two or more threads are interlaced together.