Tissus
THE GUIDE
Our Fabrics
Every great shirt starts with the right fabric. Here's what goes into ours.
We work with eight distinct woven and knit fabrics across our shirt collections — each chosen for a specific purpose, climate, and occasion. Whether you need performance for the office, softness for the weekend, or warmth for a Canadian winter, there's an R.S.P. fabric built for it.
Stretch Oxford
The performance Oxford — engineered for the workday.
Our Stretch Oxford takes the classic Oxford weave and adds high-tech polyester for smoothness and strength, plus spandex for natural stretch. The result is a shirt that resists wrinkles, holds its shape wash after wash, and moves with you from the morning commute to after-hours drinks. It's the Oxford, reimagined for performance.
The polyester component adds durability and moisture-wicking properties, while the cotton foundation keeps it breathable and comfortable against the skin. Iron? Optional.
Composition
60% Cotton, 36% Polyester, 4% Spandex
Weight
Medium
Best For
Office & Commute
Season
Year-Round
Stretch Poplin
Crisp, light, and built to move.
Poplin is one of the tightest weaves in shirting — smooth, crisp, and polished. Our Stretch Poplin adds spandex for comfort and flexibility, giving you the clean look of a traditional dress shirt with the ease of a modern stretch fabric. It drapes cleanly, resists bunching, and keeps its shape through a full day.
Lighter than Oxford cloth and smoother to the touch, Stretch Poplin is ideal for warmer months or whenever you need a shirt that looks sharp without feeling stiff.
Composition
Cotton, Polyester & Spandex Blend
Weight
Light
Best For
Dress & Smart Casual
Season
Spring / Summer
Easy-Care Oxford
The no-iron Oxford.
Same classic Oxford basketweave texture, but with an easy-care finish that resists wrinkles straight out of the wash. If you want the look and feel of a traditional Oxford shirt without the maintenance, this is it. Hang it up, let it dry, and it's ready to wear — no iron needed.
The easy-care treatment is applied at the fabric level, so it doesn't wash out over time. The shirt stays low-maintenance for the life of the garment.
Composition
100% Cotton (Easy-Care Finish)
Weight
Medium
Best For
Low-Maintenance Daily Wear
Season
Year-Round
Classic Oxford
Soft. Organic. The shirt you'll reach for every time.
Our signature fabric. The Classic Oxford — The Banff — is woven from 100% organic cotton in a traditional basketweave that's textured, breathable, and unmistakably Oxford. It's soft from the first wear and only gets better with every wash. No performance coatings, no synthetic blends — just honest cotton, made well.
Available in both long sleeve and short sleeve across a considered colour palette. Each colourway is woven — not dyed — for a richer, more natural finish.
Composition
100% Organic Cotton
Weight
Medium
Best For
Everyday & Weekend
Season
Year-Round
"Every great shirt starts with the right fabric."
Poplin
The classic dress shirt fabric.
Poplin is the foundation of fine shirting — a tightly woven, plain-weave cotton with a smooth, crisp finish and a subtle sheen. It's lighter than Oxford cloth and more formal in appearance, making it the natural choice when the occasion calls for something polished. Clean lines, clean fabric, clean look.
Our pure cotton Poplin breathes beautifully in warmer weather and pairs just as well with a suit as it does with chinos and loafers.
Composition
100% Cotton
Weight
Light
Best For
Dress & Formal
Season
Spring / Summer
Flannels
Brushed for warmth. Woven for life.
Flannel isn't just a fabric in Canada — it's part of the identity. Our flannel collection spans four distinct weaves: Cotton Flannel, Mélange Flannel, Stretch Flannel, and Diagonal Twill — each brushed on both sides for a soft, insulating hand feel. Heavier than a standard long sleeve, these shirts are built to keep you warm through fall and deep into winter.
From pure brushed cotton to moisture-wicking mélange blends, there's a flannel for every preference. They all share one thing in common: they get softer with every wash.
Composition
Varies by Style
Weight
Heavy
Best For
Layering & Casual
Season
Fall / Winter
Linen Blend
The ease of linen without the fuss.
Pure linen is beautiful but high-maintenance — it wrinkles the moment you sit down. Our Linen Blend solves that by combining linen's natural breathability and texture with cotton or polyester for added structure and wrinkle resistance. You get the relaxed, airy feel of linen without the excessive creasing.
Light, cool, and naturally relaxed — the Linen Blend is built for warm weather, patios, and the kind of days where comfort comes first.
Composition
Linen & Cotton/Poly Blend
Weight
Light
Best For
Warm Weather & Casual
Season
Summer
Knitted Piqué
The texture of a polo. The structure of a shirt.
Piqué is a textured knit weave with a distinctive diamond or waffle-like pattern that gives it more structure and body than a flat knit. It's the same fabric traditionally used in polo shirts — breathable, comfortable, and naturally stretchy — but we've applied it to our shirt construction for a look that sits somewhere between casual and smart.
The knit structure means it drapes differently than a woven shirt — softer, more relaxed, and with a natural give that moves with you. It holds its shape without feeling rigid and resists the kind of creasing that woven fabrics are prone to.
Composition
Cotton Piqué Knit
Weight
Medium-Light
Best For
Smart Casual & Weekend
Season
Spring / Summer