Striped Embroidered Button Front Shirt in Light Blue

The striped shirt is a wardrobe fixture, so the interesting question is what a version does differently. This one adds embroidery, worked into the light blue stripe rather than printed on top of it, which gives the front texture you can see close up and nothing that shouts from across the room. It is still a proper shirt, buttons down the front, collar, long sleeves, but it has a detail worth noticing.

The fabric is 100% polyester with no stretch, which is what a shirt like this needs. The placket stays flat, the collar holds its stand, and the cuffs do not go soft after a few wears. Sizes run S through XL. The measurements below show the bust from 40.6 inches at S to 48.4 inches at XL, the length from 25.4 to 27.8 inches, and the sleeve from 24 to 25.2 inches, so it wears with room through the body rather than fitted.

Tucked into tailored trousers with the sleeves rolled it does the office without effort. Left out over jeans, it is the shirt you throw on over a tank when the evening turns. It also works open as a light layer, which the roomier cut through the body makes easy. Light blue sits with navy, white, tan and denim, so it slots into whatever you already own. Keep jewelry small and let the embroidery be the detail.

Why you will love it

• Striped shirt with embroidered detail rather than a print
• Features: Buttoned, Embroidered
• Stretch: No stretch
• Material composition: 100% polyester
• Long sleeve, in sizes S through XL
• Wears tucked, loose or open as a layer

Care

• Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.