The band-collar shirt
Released in May 2024
This shirt combines linen (from France) to keep it breathable with (organic) cotton so it doesn't wrinkle too much. A practical blend that also gives the fabric a nice texture.
Composition: 55% organic cotton 45% linen.
Fairly lightweight, the fabric is nonetheless sturdy.
Semi-fitted cut: it follows the line of your torso without clinging.
This shirt is made in Portugal, at the Supercorte factory we've been working with since 2017.
Worn, tested and approved by thousands of customers, this shirt is the result of a quality-ethics-price trade-off that we consider optimal today. For example, we could bring its price down by giving up on organic cotton or local manufacturing. But what's the point of building an independent brand if it means producing under the same conditions as fast fashion?
The techniques behind the quality
Cotton-linen blend
Its good absorption capacity makes linen well suited to hot weather. Blending it with cotton reduces its main drawbacks: creasing, stretching and transparency.
Cotton-linen blend
Thick buttons
Ascolite® fixing
Pre-washed
Thick buttons
We went for thick resin buttons that won't break in the wash, unlike wooden or mother-of-pearl ones.
Just in case, a spare button is sewn onto the composition label.
Cotton-linen blend
Thick buttons
Ascolite® fixing
Pre-washed
Ascolite® fixing
To make sure the buttons don't come loose, we've reinforced how they're attached with Ascolite technology, a process that wraps the base of each button in a heat-fused thread.
Cotton-linen blend
Thick buttons
Ascolite® fixing
Pre-washed
Pre-washed
This shirt is stabilised and pre-washed at the factory, so it won't shrink at home (with garments that contain cotton, it's during the first wash that most of the shrinkage happens).
Cotton-linen blend
Thick buttons
Ascolite® fixing
Pre-washed
This collar is cool
Not only does the “band collar” look sharp, it also holds up better than a classic collar: since it's less stiff, it's less prone to fraying over time and with friction. Pairing it with a linen-cotton blend fabric gives you the best of both worlds: style, lightness, and durability.
In detail
Textured fabric
Thanks to the linen fibres that add a slight irregularity.
Mandarin collar
At first we wanted to call it a "Mandarin collar", but that's not the right word: when the collar buttons up, it's called a "band collar".
Rounded cuffs
The sleeve ends are cut in a curve: they wear out less over time and washes.
Horizontal buttonhole
Only on the last button, to leave room for your belly.
How to wear it
A few ideas if you're stuck
Composition
55% cotton 45% linen
Origin and certifications
- Weaving and manufacturing: Portugal
- Spinning: Turkey (cotton) and Lithuania (linen)
- Cotton: United States
- Linen: France
... made in Portugal and not in France? Of course, producing in Portugal lets us sell at a lower price. But it's also easier to achieve good quality there: back in the 80s, when France offshored its industry, Portugal strengthened its own. That said, others do manage to make 100% made-in-France linen shirts, like Gratitude.
**... **cotton comes from so far away? Truth is, cotton always comes from far away. While a few die-hard French growers do manage to grow some in their fields, cotton farming is marginal in Europe.
How this product will age
How do we know? We ask our customers what they think of the product one year after they've bought it. And if the product is less than a year old, we give you our predictions based on some spontaneous feedback and on our experience with similar products.
Linen softens over time and with washing: this shirt will crease less and less, and become more and more pleasant to wear. And thanks to its band collar (which isn't folded over on itself like on classic shirts), there's no risk of it fraying around the neck.
Care instructions
Your shirt is machine-washable at 40 degrees and tumble-dryer safe. But it's better to wash it at 30°C and air-dry it: it's just as effective, far greener and it'll extend its lifespan.
Our tip to avoid getting it back too wrinkled: spin at a low speed (600 rpm max) and hang it up on a hanger while still damp.
If you want to iron it, do so inside out on a low temperature to avoid damaging it. And if you're no expert, take a look at this three-minute video demonstration to master the art.
And finally, the linen softens with every wash: the more time passes, the less your shirt wrinkles and the nicer it feels to wear.
Environmental cost
This environmental cost is calculated using the official methodology of the French environmental labelling scheme (in force since 1 October 2025).
The label above shows the product's environmental cost according to the official methodology of France's environmental labelling scheme. It's what its manufacture "costs" nature when you look at its impact on climate change, ocean acidification, its toxicity to freshwater, and so on. Currently rolled out in the textile sector, this label should soon appear on many everyday consumer products (food, cosmetics, furniture, etc.) to help you shop more responsibly.
The band-collar shirt therefore has an environmental cost of 584 impact points*.
By comparison, a garment of equivalent weight, 100% conventional cotton, made in Bangladesh and sold by a fast fashion brand, has an environmental cost of 1894 points*.
Why the difference? Here are the main reasons:
- The production countries: manufacturing in Portugal or France requires less fossil fuel than in Bangladesh (one of the main producers of low-cost clothing). The result: this more local manufacturing limits the impact on climate change, ocean acidification and resource depletion.
- The material: linen has a fairly low environmental impact compared with conventional cotton, in particular because it uses little water, relies on few pesticides (so low toxicity for freshwater), and is biodegradable (so fewer issues with microfibres or end-of-life waste).
- Durability: fast fashion brands drive purchases in particular by renewing their collections very quickly and offering a huge number of styles, and they discourage repair by charging ridiculously low prices. This increases the number of garments sold per person and reduces the number of times a garment is worn. At Loom, on the other hand, we've chosen business practices that encourage our customers to keep their clothes as long as possible.
Even though we've done everything we can to keep it as low as possible, this product's environmental impact isn't negligible. So before you buy, make your clothes last as long as you can.
*Calculations made by Loom on 14/09/2026. Click the links to access the simulations from the official Ecobalyse tool and get more detail on the assumptions used. Please note: the number of points isn't always exactly the same on Ecobalyse (whose method evolves regularly) as on the official environmental display (based on version 7.0 of Ecobalyse)
Reviews for this product
The standard practice is to send review request e-mails a few days after the purchase. We wait a month, the minimum time needed to form a well-informed opinion
Customer review policy
When do you ask customers for reviews?
We send you a review request one month after you receive your order. We reckon that's the minimum amount of time needed to have worn and washed a garment several times and to really form a well-informed opinion. After that, all your reviews are published within the week, whether they're good or not.
Do you ask for reviews on 100% of the products customers order?
We used to do that at first, then we realised we were starting to send far too many emails to some people who buy from us regularly. In short, we were spamming a bit. On top of that, it was starting to take up way too much of the team's time to reply to reviews - since we want to reply individually and privately to almost every person who leaves us a review. Today, we no longer ask for reviews on products that meet the following two criteria: 1/ There are enough reviews shown on the site for people who want to buy to form a well-informed opinion about the product 2/ We've read enough reviews within the Loom team to understand how to improve the product for the next generation.
Hold your horses: what proves we don't tamper with reviews by slapping 5 stars everywhere?
Honestly: nothing, we're just giving you our word. Same as for everything else, by the way: where we manufacture, where our wool comes from, our lab test scores, and so on. The only times we might touch what you write are if your message contains spelling mistakes (and even then, quite a few slip past us) or if it's racist, homophobic, and so on (but that's never happened so far).
Asking for a review after a month isn't enough to know whether the clothes really are durable, is it?
You're right, which is why we send you another review request email a year after your purchase – we even ask for a photo to see how your garment has aged. The answers help us improve our clothes and provide information about "how this product will age" on our product pages. To avoid bothering our customers needlessly, we don't ask for these reviews on 100% of the products ordered: as soon as we have enough data to understand the areas for improvement, we stop asking for the one-year reviews.