button-down
Attached collar points
Button-down describes a collar style where the points fasten to the shirt with small buttons, or a shirt featuring such a collar: a blue button-down oxford.
The style suggests conventional, conservative dress—particularly American business attire—so button-down extends to mean strait-laced or traditional: a button-down corporate culture, button-down attitudes about proper behavior.
Neck encirclement
- cuffsSleeve or wrist bands
- placketReinforced garment slit
- oxfordClosed-lacing dress shoe
- chambrayLightweight plain-weave cotton
cotton · linen · poplin · broadcloth · yoke · pocket · tailored · ironed
Following accepted practices
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
- properSocially appropriate
- uptightAnxiously rigid in manner
reserved · conformist · staid · restrained · old-fashioned · square · establishment · mainstream
Of or relating to companies
- officeProfessional work location
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- white-collarOffice work designation
- workplaceEmployment location
interview · boardroom · manager · dress-code · polished · presentable · smart-casual · nine-to-five
collar
Neck encirclement
chambray · cotton · linen · poplin · broadcloth · yoke · pocket · tailored · ironed · starched
conventional
Following accepted practices
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
- properSocially appropriate
uptight · reserved · conformist · staid · restrained · old-fashioned · square · establishment · mainstream · risk-averse
corporate
Of or relating to companies
- officeProfessional work location
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- white-collarOffice work designation
workplace · interview · boardroom · manager · dress-code · polished · presentable · smart-casual · nine-to-five
- clothing slangthreads, duds, getup, fit, drip
- shirtsdress shirt, oxford, flannel shirt, linen shirt, denim shirt
- blousessilk blouse, cotton blouse, chiffon blouse, satin blouse, lace blouse
- collarsband collar, mandarin collar, Peter Pan collar, point collar, polo collar
- Preppypolo shirt, khakis, boat shoes, Sperry, loafers
- clothingdress, apparel, attire, jeans, garment
button-downspread collar
Shirt collar with wide points
point collar · mandarin collar · band collar · collarless · wing collar
button-downunconventional
Departing from standard practice
free-spirited · bohemian · nonconformist · freewheeling · antiestablishment
button-downunbuttoned
Freed from fasteners
unfastened · open · loose · undone · unsnapped
down, button, buttons, unbutton, unbuttoned, buttoning, buttonhole, unbuttons, buttoned-down