Hello all,
Please ignore the disheveled appearance, pasty legs and slippers..
The point is this is a black erm 'faux satin'? shirt, i.e. not standard cotton so doesn't get stuck in funny positions from lifting swords up and down and is generally cheaper. It has a full size collar so a tie fits and the whole thing tucks into our skirts ok.
I'll bring the shirt on Thursday for people to see. It isn't massively long but seems ok, potentially pinning each side to the skirt would allow arm movement while preventing it from coming up out the top.
I bought this from Primark and it won't have cost much. It was ages ago, but hopefully we could find something similar if people thought it would do.
The shirts in the more floaty material don't work because the collars are generally too small and I suspect are so light weight you'd struggle to keep them in the skirts and pinning them would tear them apart.
Food for thought,