These pullover or popover shirts are descended from a certain style of logging shirts I believe, the absence of buttons across the belly was a possible safety feature; so you didn't catch anything on your shirt (like a saw handle). Further reading at ArchivalClothing. Anyway, most modern versions have zips at the neck and was not wild on them. There was a recentish run of popovers [so called because you pop them over your head? -ed.] produced by LLBean (1980's label??) that have button necks, and are thick and heavyweight (85% wool, 15% nylon). Can't find a country of origin label... but you can find examples of these on ebay, in Stewart (thx Dana) or Royal Stewart? (thought it was Innes? maybe overthinking it) as above. OK, so it wasn't $1.99 (how does Guiseppe do it??) but it was well below my $15 ebay limit.
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Arborwear makes a twill popover shirt of similar design. I'd never seen this style before finding Arborwear.
http://arborwear.com/outdoor-gear.cfm/catid/2
Scroll to the bottom of the page for the tree climbers shirt.
Forgot to mention, I'd love one in wool!
@allen, if you are a large there is another one out there now http://tinyurl.com/ykv6qav
Thanks for the heads up, I am a large.
I can vouch for the quality and fit of Arborwear. If anyone should benefit from the workwear trend, it's them. Ohio, bitches!
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