Who we are
My father, Jackie, worked for a textile factory his junior year at Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, NY. There he earned $1 per hour and a deep appreciation for quality fabrics and timeless fashion pieces. The exposure likely deepened his understanding of fabric types, each with its own properties and uses. He would walk down Jamaica Avenue, with its bustling atmosphere and the sight of the subway running above ground. He enjoyed passing a men’s clothing store to admire the window displays.
The year was 1956 and while on a 30-minute lunch break he had a memorable encounter, where he ran into my grandfather in front of his favorite store. There was a shirt that made quite an impression on them. “The shirt” had an interesting cuff, the style was unique, and the fabric quality made it stand out among the other clothing items in the window display. The item was just $4.95, and my father promised to buy it for his father with his next paycheck. The following Friday, he made the purchase as promised and it instantly became my grandfather, Nathan's favorite item to wear to church.
Fortunately for me, my father passed on his eye for fashion, a shared love for the color combination navy and white, several traditions, values, and the name, Jackie! There’s something quite special and touching about inheriting such significant aspects of your father’s legacy.
A family friend and former co-worker of my father’s, Anthony, my sister Tracey, and I pondered the thought of self-employment. The three of us collaborated over the idea of creating a men’s dress shirt. We wanted to produce something as interesting as the shirt that caught my father and grandfather’s eye 68 years ago. We trusted my father’s high fashion sense and gave it an interesting cuff. We believed it should be a shirt that a man would be proud and honored to wear, and the rest is history!
We spent months drawing on collars with permanent markers, cutting off cuffs of old shirts and attempting to design “the shirt” ourselves. In the end, we compiled all of our ideas and carefully waded through the best of all our ideas to come up with The Verses Collections masterpiece. A shirt that you will be honored to own and proud to wear.
At Verses Collections, our goal is to introduce a new generation to classic, old-world style, quality, and elegance.
It is “The Shirt That Tithes” and we are committed to giving back to the community. With every purchase, 10% of the proceeds will be donated to support faith-based organizations. By choosing our products, you not only embrace our legacy of style but also contribute to the advancement of spiritual and social initiatives in your community.