Even if your closet is 90% fleece, dress shirts are non-negotiables. At some point, of course, you will encounter an occasion that requires one—a laid-back wedding, a high-stakes job interview, a weirdly formal middle-school piano recital. But the right dress shirt won’t just save you in a pinch or help you sneak past upper management at your new corporate gig. (Especially if said corporate gig is working at GQ.)
Because the superlative versions of the style aren’t simply dress shirts—or, at least, not exclusively dress shirts. Buy one equipped with the right fit, details, and fabrics, and even the most formal of the bunch can kick it in less stuffy environments without eliciting snickers. We’re on-the-record fans of throwing one on with a groovy tie and crisp trousers, but toss a dress shirt over a graphic tee and baggy shorts, and suddenly, your otherwise schlubby fit looks exponentially more considered—and exponentially more stylish.
If it’s been a minute since you’ve buttoned up a shirt with a capital-D Dressy bent, we’re here to help. Over the last few months, we surveyed the dress shirt market, aggregated a heap of our favorites, and wore ‘em every which way possible to determine, once and for all, the absolute best dress shirts for men. —Gerald Ortiz
It’s a tennis-style-palooza in London, where Dave Grohl is cleaning up nicely in Dolce & Gabbana loafers, Joe Alwyn is layered up for summer, and Central Cee is staying cool in an iced-out Queen Elizabeth II chain.
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