Loop Collar Shirts: The 1940s to 60s Button-Ups Worth Pulling From a Closet
Sam Wingenbach, California Vintage Buyers. September 11, 2026. 1 min 12 sec.
Loop collar shirts, the button-ups from roughly the 1940s to the 1960s with a small loop at the collar, in rayon, gabardine and plaid: the tell, its limits, and why they should not go to the thrift store just because they are not old Levi's or military.
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Hey guys, what do we have here? Just some button-up shirts. Not just some button-up shirts, some pretty cool ones, some kind of old ones. Key distinguishing factor, these are loop collar shirts. What's that mean? There's a stinking loop on the collar. Pretty simple, right? Now, a lot of shirts that aren't really that old might have a loop on the collar. So it's not just you see a loop, you're seeing really good stuff.
Not necessarily the case. But it is primarily, if you're finding yourself cleaning out a property or what have you, and it's like there's some of these, you're looking at something probably from the 40s to the 60s, right? So loop collar shirts are not to be despised. You pay good money for these kind of guys. See a loop collar? Pretty straightforward. Plaid ones are great. Where's the loop? There she is. This kind of stuff.
Yeah, so late 50s, early 60s. Great stuff. If you're seeing loop collared shirts, don't just take them to the thrift store. Just because they're not old Levi's or old military stuff or whatever doesn't mean that they don't have value. So give us a call. 949-449-1255. We'll even buy your old button ups.
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