{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"birdseye-knit-mandarin-collar-henley-tee","title":"Birdseye Knit Mandarin Collar Henley Tee","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a short-sleeve henley in a fine knit, with a ribbed band collar and a two-button placket. It exists for one problem. Most men own a t-shirt that is too casual for a meeting, and a shirt that is too much for a Cairo afternoon. Nothing sits between the two, and this is the piece that does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn RR monogram is embroidered at the left chest. Cuffs are ribbed, the hem is gently curved, and the collar stands on its own without a lapel. Four colourways, sizes M to 2XL, 850 EGP, paid in cash at your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEverything below is what to check before you spend that money. It covers the knit, the collar, and each colour argued on its own, because the four are genuinely not interchangeable. Then fit, wearing, care, and what the courier will ask you for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe knit, and what it feels like in your hand\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine-gauge birdseye, much closer to a micro-pique than to a waffle. Hold it to the light and you see a tight grid of small raised cells. Run a thumb across it and the texture is there, but low. It reads as a shirting texture rather than a thermal one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBirdseye is the name for that structure: a small repeating cell knitted into the face of the cloth rather than printed onto it. It is not the coarse open honeycomb sold as a waffle thermal, which has deep square wells and a heavy winter hand. Cells here are small and shallow, and this is a short-sleeve summer piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it hangs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDense and fully opaque, so nothing shows through it in daylight. There is enough body in the cloth to fall from the shoulder in a straight line. It hangs rather than clings, which means it does not trace the chest or the stomach. That one property is why it works under a jacket and why it also works alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe yarn\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpun staple yarn, not filament. In practice you can see it: a fine halo of short fibre ends stands up off the surface, catching light softly instead of reflecting it. The finish is matte: no sheen, no lustre, nothing that flares under an office ceiling light. Set beside a shiny polo the difference is immediate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHeather Grey is the one colourway where the yarn is visible as a design in itself. Its fibre is melange, meaning several tones are twisted into a single strand before the cloth is knitted. Look closely and lighter and darker greys share the same thread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy a band collar behaves differently under a jacket\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA band collar has no points, so there is nothing to lie flat and nothing to ride up. It is a closed ring of rib standing the same height all the way round. Under a jacket that matters more than it sounds. A polo collar is two flat leaves joined at the back, and leaves flip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePut a jacket over a polo and the lapel presses one leaf down while pushing the other out. By mid-afternoon one side is under the lapel and the other is over it. Nobody notices themselves doing this, though everybody notices it on someone else. A band collar cannot do it, because it has no leaf to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe placket\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo buttons, both real. Fastened, the collar closes into a neat circle at the throat and the piece reads as a shirt. Opened, the placket falls into a short soft V and the piece reads as a tee. Same garment, two registers, and the change takes a second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCuffs and hem\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRibbed cuffs keep the sleeve sitting where you put it. A plain hemmed sleeve slides down the arm across a long day. At the bottom, the hem is gently curved rather than cut straight, so it sits tucked without bunching and sits loose without looking like an accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe four colourways, argued one at a time\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are not four versions of one shirt. Two carry contrast trim in a second colour, two are tonal, and the flat measurements are not identical across all four. Pick the colour first. Then read that colour's numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBlack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack is tonal, and the shade is a deep near-neutral (#201E22) rather than a blue-black. Collar, cuffs and body are one colour. The monogram is worked in white, and it is the only break on the whole piece. Buy this one if you want the garment to recede and the man wearing it to be what people register. It is also the shortest cut of the four.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCream, with white trim\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCream is the most designed of the four. Its body is a warm off-white (#F4E8E2) and the collar and cuff ribs are a crisp true white set against it. That two-tone edge is visible across a room, and the monogram is crimson. Choose cream when you want the piece to look decided rather than default, and pair it with a dark trouser, which is what it rewards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHeather Grey, with lilac trim\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHeather Grey is the only melange here, and its trim is a pale lilac rather than a matching grey. That lilac is the whole decision. On a hanger it looks like a risk, but on the body it reads as a soft cool grey (#B7B1B3) with a lift at the neck and the wrist. Mid-grey is the easiest of the four to wear in daylight, because it commits to neither the black nor the cream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCrimson\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCrimson is tonal and deep, a true red (#BD0733) with no orange in it. Collar and cuffs match the body, so the colour arrives as one block with no edge to soften it. Its monogram is ivory. This is the loudest of the four, and the least common thing a man wears to a Cairo office, which is the entire argument for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne practical consequence\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack measures 55 cm across and 68 cm long at M. Cream and Heather Grey measure 54 by 72. Crimson measures 55 by 70. Same letter, three different garments, so read the row for the colour you are actually ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow to choose between two sizes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe cut is a regular fit, and every figure here is measured flat with the piece laid down. Width is half the chest, so double it for the full circumference. A 55 cm width is a 110 cm chest. Length runs from the highest point of the shoulder down to the hem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ccaption\u003eFlat measurements in centimetres, width x length\u003c\/caption\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eBlack\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eCream\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eHeather Grey\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eCrimson\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eM\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e55 x 68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e54 x 72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e54 x 72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e55 x 70\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eL\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e57 x 70\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e56 x 74\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e56 x 74\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e57 x 72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eXL\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e59 x 72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e58 x 76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e58 x 76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e59 x 74\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003e2XL\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e61 x 74\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 x 78\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 x 78\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e61 x 76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCheck it against a top you already own\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTake a top you already wear and like. Lay it flat, fasten it, and measure straight across from one underarm seam to the other. Compare that number to the width column above, not to your own chest. Doing this takes two minutes and it is the fastest way to avoid a refused delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBetween two sizes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecide by how you actually wear a shirt. Tucking pushes you up to the longer size, because a tucked hem needs length to stay down when you sit. Wearing it loose pushes you down to the smaller size, since extra length on an untucked hem covers the pocket line. Broad shoulders on a flat waist should take the wider size and accept the extra length.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery colour and size, with the measuring method written out step by step, is on \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/size-guide\"\u003ethe size guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWearing it to an office, and after\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eButtoned, with charcoal or black trousers and a leather shoe, this reads as business casual in any Egyptian office that does not ask for a tie. The band collar does the job a shirt collar would do, and there is no collar point to press. Add an unstructured jacket and nothing at the neckline fights it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLater, open the placket and change the shoe. Same trousers, clean white sneakers, and the piece drops a full register without looking like effort. That is the argument for owning one rather than owning two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat to avoid\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSkip a tie, since a band collar has no room for one and no way to hold it. Skip a heavy chain over a closed collar too. The rib already draws a line at the throat, and a second line there is one too many. Keep the trouser dark and clean, and let the colour of the piece be the only decision on display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eLooking after it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWash it cold and inside out, with similar colours. Turning it inside out protects both the monogram and the raised face of the knit, which is where all the texture lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eMachine wash cold, inside out, with similar colours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eDo not bleach.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eTumble dry low, or lay flat to dry to protect the shape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eWarm iron if needed, avoiding the embroidered monogram.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eDo not dry clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDo not hang it by the shoulders while it is wet. Fold it instead, or lay it out flat. Weight plus water plus a narrow hanger is what pulls a rib out of round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow cash on delivery works here\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou pay nothing when the order is placed. The courier collects the whole amount in cash when the parcel reaches you, and that amount is the 850 EGP piece plus delivery for your region. Cash is currently the only payment method on this store.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ccaption\u003eWhat to have ready at the door, for one piece\u003c\/caption\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eRegion\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eDelivery\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eTotal in cash\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eGreater Cairo\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e85 EGP\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e935 EGP\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eLower Egypt, Canal, Sinai, coast\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e100 EGP\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e950 EGP\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eUpper Egypt and the Red Sea\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150 EGP\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1,000 EGP\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree habits make a cash delivery go well. Answer your phone, because the courier calls before arriving, and an unanswered call is the most common reason a parcel goes back. Have the amount ready. Open the box and check the colour, the size and the piece itself before any money changes hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRates are listed governorate by governorate on \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/shipping-and-delivery\"\u003ethe shipping and delivery page\u003c\/a\u003e. For anything that page does not answer, \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact\"\u003eask us\u003c\/a\u003e before ordering rather than after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eQuestions people ask before ordering\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIs this a thermal waffle henley?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo. The knit is a fine-gauge birdseye with small shallow cells, and the sleeves are short. Deep honeycomb thermals are a heavier garment for a different season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCan it go under a blazer?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYes, and the band collar is the reason. Having no points to flip or gape, it keeps one clean line at the throat whether or not a lapel is sitting on top of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIs it see-through?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo. The cloth is dense and fully opaque, including in the cream colourway, which is where thin knits usually give themselves away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDoes it need ironing?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA warm iron is safe if you want a sharper finish. Keep it away from the embroidered monogram, which is the only part of the piece an iron can damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is the RR at the chest?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the Rflx monogram, embroidered rather than printed, and it is the only marking on the garment. Its colour changes with the colourway: white on black, crimson on cream, ivory on crimson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat if the size turns out wrong?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCheck the parcel at the door before you pay, which is the point of buying this way. If something is not right on arrival, contact us the same day with your order number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"rflx-lf__aside\"\u003eThis piece sits in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/t-shirts\"\u003ethe t-shirts and henleys collection\u003c\/a\u003e, and the thinking behind the brand is on \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/about\"\u003ethe about page\u003c\/a\u003e. Three longer arguments about the same shirt sit on \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/black-t-shirts\"\u003ethe black page\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-t-shirts\"\u003ethe classic page\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/summer-t-shirts\"\u003ethe summer page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rflx","offers":[{"title":"Black \/ M","offer_id":44557368393771,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-BLK-M","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ L","offer_id":44557368426539,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-BLK-L","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ XL","offer_id":44557368459307,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-BLK-XL","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 2XL","offer_id":44557368492075,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-BLK-2XL","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cream \/ M","offer_id":44557368524843,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-CRM-M","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cream \/ L","offer_id":44557368557611,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-CRM-L","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cream \/ XL","offer_id":44557368590379,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-CRM-XL","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cream \/ 2XL","offer_id":44557368623147,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-CRM-2XL","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Heather Grey \/ M","offer_id":44557368655915,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-GRY-M","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Heather Grey \/ L","offer_id":44557368688683,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-GRY-L","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Heather Grey \/ XL","offer_id":44557368721451,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-GRY-XL","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Heather Grey \/ 2XL","offer_id":44557368754219,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-GRY-2XL","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Crimson \/ M","offer_id":44557368786987,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-CRM2-M","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Crimson \/ L","offer_id":44557368819755,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-CRM2-L","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Crimson \/ XL","offer_id":44557368852523,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-CRM2-XL","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Crimson \/ 2XL","offer_id":44557368885291,"sku":"RFLX-WKH-CRM2-2XL","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/2797\/9563\/files\/rflx-waffle-knit-henley-black-front.jpg?v=1785605154"}],"url":"https:\/\/rflxofficial.com\/collections\/frontpage.oembed","provider":"Rflx","version":"1.0","type":"link"}