Section: Essential Men's Business Shirts - Blog
Which accessory gives your wardrobe budget the most bang for the buck? If you guessed shirts, you'd be spot on. Changing out your shirt patterns, fabrics and colours seasonally is an inexpensive, no-brainer way to keep your wardrobe fashionable at any time of the year.
Sartorial minded gents understand the impact of the seasons on their ensembles. For example, they love the way their dark coloured suit and business shirt looks in the fall and winter but intuitively know it might look out of place at a summer wedding. When you start making fashion faux pas like that, you could find yourself feeling hot under the collar as well as sticking out like a sore thumb. Here's the solution.
Everything looks fresh and new in the spring, and most spring fashions feature light or neutral shades such as:
Start the season wearing business shirts made of manmade fibres, but once the temperatures start to rise, move on to shirts made of natural fibres.
Natural fibres wick moisture and perspiration away from the body so you feel cool and comfortable in almost any temperature.Lightweight fabrics are ideal for spring for the same reason, and this is a good time to experiment with multi-coloured checks and striped patterns as well.
Light shades paired with bold, deep tones and colours dominate summer. Summer heat makes lighter shades practical, and the fabric selected determines whether your skin will breathe or swelter. This is a good time to have fun with some brighter colours but remember, white and off-white are staple summer choices and always look cool and crisp.
Some colors to play with are primary colours in various shades and tones:
Additionally, you may want to try a shirt in a colour cousin of one of the primary shades like:
Popular fabric choices for summer include 100% cottons, linens and silks, due to their superior wicking qualities.Gold striped shirts, red checks, and a wide variety of blue solids and patterns are other good summer wear staples.
When the temperatures turn cooler and the air is crisp, earth tones and heavier fabrics make their appearance. Most outfits project a somber look, and this is the season to start wearing blends again. With their heat retention qualities, blends help you stay warmer on cold evenings when you aren't wearing an overcoat.
Even though your suit or trousers may be a darker colour in fall, there's no reason not inject some colour and style with fancy checks and stripes. Muted blue shirts fashioned out of broadcloth or chambray are also good for fall. After all, wearing a white shirt day after day could get boring as well as ruin your sartorial image.
Winter is the best season for dark colours and heavy fabrics like flannels, twills and oxfords. It's also the season to work some layers into your wardrobe so you might want to add some sweaters in complementary tones to your shirt wardrobe.
In winter, you want your fabrics to keep you warm and nothing does it as well as a heavy flannel business shirt. Forest green and brown tones are ideal for this season also. However, don't be afraid to brighten up your wardrobe with a pink and maize or even a burgundy check.
We’ve talked about how to keep your wardrobe looking great in every season, but we haven’t discussed one important factor: fit. No matter what season or how artfully you change your shirt colours, patterns and fabrics, if the shirt doesn’t fit perfectly, your image will suffer.
While you may occasionally luck out and get a good fitting shirt off the rack, there’s one sure way to get the right fit: invest in custom made business shirts.Montagio’s expert tailors will fit the shirt to your body and to the season and make sure you look smart and stylish.
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