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The Charles: Unique, versatile, classic and yet fashion-forward—a knit made to match every gentleman and gentle everyman. Let's face it: There aren't many shirts that look good on both the halcyon youth and the experienced man in autumn, but The Charles is one of those few to strike a handsome note at any age, making it the perfect keepsake. And with its quality composition, self-fabric collar and make of 100% pure Peruvian Pima Cotton, it makes the perfect heirloom as well.
In a Charles, you'll always feel dressed for the occasion. In the club or on the court, out on the town in the middle of the day or wining and dining with the lady of your choice, The Charles suits your style needs and then some. Don't miss out on one of our best-kept secrets—check out The Charles in various sizes and colors.
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The Murdoch: Sturdy, classic, quintessentially REDD. For young guns exuding confidence and an adventuresome spirit, and sporting a lean figure to boot. The most high-definition REDD knit, so to speak—perfect for the gentleman with an eye for impeccable detail, and eyes on him for the same.
As we've said before, REDD designs every make of shirt with particular personal qualities in mind. The Murdoch—a lightweight jersey available in both Classic and Slim fits, each featuring the signature left chest pocket and three-button placket—distinguishes itself for being perhaps our most powerful shirt, striking a bold statement with its flat-knit collar and banded sleeves, yet remaining in possession of a quiet, steady reserve. Exuberant, but not loud; forceful, but not violent; fitting you with the white-hot precision of a laser beam. Look up "strapping" in the thesaurus, and you'll see "The Murdoch." And then the thesaurus will explode.
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Boys' Knits
By REDD
3/19/2010 3:49:00 PM
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When it comes to outfitting the little gentleman in your life, REDD's selection of pint-sized variations on our classic knit styles are hard to beat. Here's a brief primer on our offerings for boys' apparel:
The Charley. Named for Robert Redd's young nephew, this lightweight short-sleeve jersey with a self-fabric collar is made for the charming, all-around good kid. Other popular colors include Tomato/Blue, Twilight/Salmon, and Powder Blue/Robin's Egg.
The Bobby. One of two REDD styles featuring long-sleeves, the banded-collar Bobby is ideal for the young gentleman with play in his heart. Also comes in Powder Blue/Robin's Egg.
The Murdy. A bear of a shirt, named for Robert Redd's grandson, made for the active, restless, and fun-loving adventurer. Available colors include Kelly Green/Lilac, Virginia Sky Blue/Robin's Egg, and White.
The Bayard. Fast and furious, a dashing shirt for the young man who only knows one speed. Also comes in Twilight/Salmon and Twilight/Tomato.
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As we roll out new colors and products, we want to make sure that you don't miss out on some of our older offerings at REDD. Two styles in particular, while discontinued, are still available for purchase through our website—both at a bargain rate. Gentlemen, we give you The Andrews and The Piper:
The Andrews, on the left, comes in our generous Sporting Fit with a self-fabric collar and open sleeves. Featuring a right chest pocket flap and a four button placket with a box stitch, The Andrews is the perfect garment for a gentleman to relax in, whether out on the town with his family and friends, or by the poolside with a Bloody Mary. Formerly $105, The Andrews is now for sale for just $84, and comes in Twilight, Kelly Green, Sky, and Salmon.
The Piper, on the right, also features our Sporting fit with a three button placket and a bold color stripe along the collar and sleeves. Having been named for a notorious playboy friend of Robert Redd's , The Piper is perfect for the gentleman with a high-rolling, reckless streak—drives fast cars, dives off cliffs, you name it. Down from $90 at just $72, The Piper comes in Twilight/Tomato, Kelly Green/Lilac, Virginia Blue Sky/Robin's Egg, White/Tomato and Maize/Twilight.
Both shirts, like all of our other knit offerings, are made with 100% Peruvian Pima Cotton.
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The Doering: Cool, swift and graceful—like the perfect golf swing, or an immaculate fly cast. Or driving along a winding country road in a Ferrari, your hood down, effortlessly hugging the curves. You get the idea.
At REDD, we design each of our shirts to produce a particular effect. Each has its own style, purpose, character—you might even say a persona. The Doering is the latest addition to the REDD family of knits, and what sets it apart, not only from our other shirts but from any polo of its kind currently on the market, is the way it lets you move: with the fluidity of a dancer, the precision of a surgeon, and the follow-through of a championship golfer.
Look: We can't promise you that wearing The Doering will imbue you with the golden touch. Mastery of any skill requires tremendous time and effort; meticulous attention to every detail of your craft; and, more than anything, the tenacity to persevere through the inevitable plateaus in your development. And The Doering is ideal for just that. With its lightweight, generous Sporting Fit, open sleeves and razor sharp lines, it's specifically designed for the crafty gentleman—or the gentle craftsman—invested in the honing of his practice and the cultivation of a surefire, hole-in-one maneuver.
And speaking of sharp lines and slick maneuvers, gents, The Doering works just as well on the ladies as it does on the green.
Click here to take a look at The Doering in various sizes and colors.
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We place a lot of
emphasis on the quality of the REDD knit, both in regards to its craft and
material, but if you were to ask us to single out the element that most
distinguishes our polos, we’d say it all comes down to a single ingredient:
Pima cotton, harvested by hand along Peru’s northern coastline.
Pima cotton, or Gossypium barbadense, is a luxury
long-fiber cotton with a history of cultivation in Peru that spans centuries,
if not millennia, and known to Peruvians as “gamuza,” which is Spanish for
“suede.” The plant is most commonly named for the Pima Indians, who were the
first to harvest the crop in the United States, but archeologists have traced
Pima cotton’s genesis to South America, having found samples that date back to
3100 B.C.
The Incas were
especially well known for their practice of cultivating and weaving Pima cotton
for both practical and artistic purposes. Like them, contemporary harvesters
cultivate the crop by hand, which prevents the contamination of the cotton with
the impurities that result from an industrial process, and leave a scratchy
texture and yellowish cast. Hand-harvested Pima cotton, by contrast, results in
a smooth, lustrously white finish—making it a perfect medium for REDD to mix a
variety of vibrant colors.
So what separates Pima cotton from the rest? Stephen Yafa’s book Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary
Fiber identifies the distinguishing factor in the length of the cotton
fiber, of which luxury cotton’s are longer—akin, in Yafa’s words, to “the difference between perfectly
drinkable table wine and a celestial Chateau Lafite-Rothschild”.
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Make no mistake—we at REDD have just as much interest in the practical, day-to-day exigencies of contemporary life as we do for the legendary deeds of our benefactor, Robert Redd. And you don't need us to tell you that the clothes make the man, and in a sticky situation, the make of a man makes all the difference.
Let's say, for example, you're taking your lady out for a night on the town. Cocktails, dinner rolls, filet mignon...you know the drill. Afterwards, you take her to the theatre or cabaret. You're standing together in the ticket line, and as she takes her hand off your elbow to reach for her lipstick, a clueless cad swoops in to chat her up, apparently oblivious to the fact that she's spoken for.
Pop quiz, gentleman: What do you do?
A.) Flex your muscles menacingly—the Murdoch you're wearing shows them off nicely.
B.) Lean in and kiss your date—she may be surprised, but how could she turn down a man in a Doering?
C.) Coldly flash the guy your business card, or better yet, decapitate him with it—you look that sharp. Try not to get any blood on the Robert you're wearing.
D.) Laugh it off. Pose a friendly inquiry: "Excuse me, sir, but where did you find that dashing Nickelback T-shirt?" (He got it at Target, but don't let on that you know that.) Tell him he would look good in a Charles—you know, like the one you're wearing.
E.) Cross your arms and say "Hey bro, the lady isn't interested, you hear?" Oops—you forgot to wear REDD tonight.
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