Oxford is a type of woven

Weave

Weave may refer to:*Hair weave*Mozilla Weave*Weaving...

 dress shirt

Dress shirt

A shirt, or dress shirt in American English, is a garment with a collar, a full-length opening at the front from the collar to the hem, and sleeves with cuffs. Shirts are predominantly used by men, since women usually wear blouses...

 fabric, employed to make a particular casual-to-formal cloth in Oxford shirt

Dress shirt

A shirt, or dress shirt in American English, is a garment with a collar, a full-length opening at the front from the collar to the hem, and sleeves with cuffs. Shirts are predominantly used by men, since women usually wear blouses...

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Structure

The Oxford weave has a basketweave

Basketweave (weaving)

Basketweave or Panama weave is a simple type of textile weave.In basketweave, groups of warp and weft threads are interlaced so that they form a simple criss-cross pattern. Each group of weft threads crosses an equal number of warp threads by going over one group, then under the next, and so on...

structure and a lustrous aspect making it a popular fabric for a dress shirt.

Varieties

Varieties in the cloth are the plain Oxford, the Pinpoint Oxford and the more formal, Royal Oxford.

Uses

While these first two are more often paired with casual shirt designs like a button-down collar, the third type of Oxford cloth, "Royal Oxford", is considered a more versatile weave that can be paired with either business or sporty dress codes.