shirts are laced up the front - Costume Myths: Busted

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Myth: Shirts are laced up the front.

Men's shirt slits do not appear with laces if they are slit down the front. They are closed at collar with shirt strings, only.

Christoph Baumgartner, by Christoph Amberger, 1543.
Sebastien Munster, by Christoph Amberger, 1545-1550