Style...the dress shirt

Summer time is near and for a lot of us that means some new cloth investments. Pants are easy stuff so we'll start from the top to get you started so here's my taste for summertime dress shirts.

When you are purchasing dress shirts it's always good to know what you're going to wear with it. You want to choose a dress shirt that can fit with casual dress, work time, after work, etc. Shirts that go well with dress slacks or a nice pair of jeans...dress shoes or sneaks you should always picture in your mind how your dress shirt is going to look with the whole outfit. Obviously you gotta have a white shirt, a nice crisp clean oxford or poplin shirt is going to realy be versatile, you can wear one with some nice dress slacks or relax it out with some jeans. But you want to invest in a nice quality dress shirt that keeps its form. The one pictured here is by Salvatore Ferragamo, a name affiliated with...classic.

Jive it up a little bit too, I like the blue pastel color because well blue is my favorite color and it goes along with a lot of things. You can pair it up with black slacks or blue jeans, sneakers or dress shoes, and if you're trying to impress the boss suit it up with a tie. The one pictured here is by Banana Republic and comes at a very reasonable price (ranging from 39.99-59.50). I forgot to mention to know what cut you want, personally I like the slim fit cut because it's the cleanest one. You want to be able to be versatile and slim cuts you can wear tucked in or not.

Lastly go with a season for the summer...a couple years ago I was wearing a ton of green. A friend of mine said that was her favorite color and it soon became mine for that year. This year I'm going with lavender, yeah I know it seems pretty prissy but shoot I can pull it off...I think...Anyway, I like the Hugo Boss Slim Fit. I decided to go with a regular cuff and not the French Cuff cuz I didn't want to be to Gotti. The cut is really nice and it fits snug, you can wear this with grey or black at any summer outing. I decided to go to a wedding dressed up in lavender and got some nice compliments. Guess I'm doing something right, this shirt was reasonable at around $95.00. Not exactly the upwards of the $295 price of the Ferragamo shirt but I was happy with the suggestion...thanks Nordies...