I don’t mean to be dramatic (okay, maybe I do), but there’s nothing I love more than a truly perfect white T-shirt. My collection dates back over a decade and spans far and wide—baby tees, boyfriend ...

You’d probably think, as it’s one of the best-known items of clothing in the menswear book, that the Oxford shirt would have some glittering origin story. Alas, no. Unlike the Penny loafer, which ...