Oxford cloth is the heavier weave. It has enough body to fall away from you instead of clinging — which matters more at forty-five than at twenty-five. The elbow patches do the other half: they make the shirt look like it's been yours a while, on the first day you wear it.

• Heavier Oxford weave, drapes instead of clinging
• Contrast elbow patches, both sleeves
• Button-down collar, chest pocket