Fixing Van Heusen Shirt Pockets

andrewmemoryblog@gmail.com (Andrew's Memory Blog) — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:53:05 -0700

I like Van Heusen Men’s fitted poplin dress shirts. They’re one of the few that still has a left shirt pocket — and that’s where my cell phone goes. But the shirts have a problem: after you put your phone in the pocket a few times, the stitching on the pocket lets go.

As they break, I’ve been fixing them by machine sewing the pockets back together. To do that, I need to match the new thread to the fabric. Here’s what I’ve used so far:

Shirt Colour	Matching Thread	Comments
Black	don’t own
Cameo Blue	tbd
Dark Leaf	tbd
Deep Sea	tbd
Desert Rose	tbd
Flame	Coats & Clark 2160 Atom Red	Need to verify
Grey	don’t own
Greystone	don’t own
Lavender	Coats & Clark 3340 Light Violet	Good match
Leaf	Coats & Clark 6050 Powder Green	Thread is just a little light
Lemon Glaze	don’t own
Light Grey	don’t own
Magenta	Coats & Clark 2820 Barberry Red	Good match
Mist	tbd
Ocean Mist	Amann Mettler 2105 Vintage Blue	Good match
Pacifico	Coats & Clark 4450 Pilot Blue	Good match
Persian Blue	don’t own
Persimmon	tbd
Purple Velvet	Coats & Clark 3660 Deep Violet	Good match
Scallop	don’t own
Stone	don’t own
White	don’t own

As usual, nothing says they have to keep the same colour, dye lots may vary, they may change the stitch thread and not the shirt colour, you know the drill.

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Fixing Van Heusen Shirt Pockets