Friday, 15 July 2011

Mens Dress Shirts and Its Styles


For a formal wear dress shirts are often accompanied by a jacket or suit alongwith a tie but usually people choose to wear without them. Customized shirts have such an impression that you do not need other upper garment to accompany it. If you are choosing the custom shirts for the long run then you should bear in mind that the quality of material comes first and then color, collar and fit. Satisfy yourself with all these condition and then buy the product.
Earlier it was manufactured by natural fibers like silk, cotton, linen and wool but now-a-days they are made of synthetic fibers that include polyester or polyester blends. In comparison to natural fibers, shirts made from synthetic fibers are less costly.
Some of the features related to the shirts of natural fibers and synthetic fibers are:
• Lenin shirts are exceptionally good for hotter seasons as it provide coolness and freshness but get wrinkles very easily.
• Cotton shirts are soft, comfortable and absorb perspiration quickly. They provide space for skin to breath and are ideal dress for hotter season. These shirts too get wrinkles but less in comparison to linen shirts and therefore considered as standard material to make shirts.
• Silk shirts are versatile and very comfortable to wear. You can wear it in any season as it is cool in summers and warm to wear in winter seasons. It doesn’t get shrink easily therefore relatively smooth. It absorbs moisture and lustrous. But it has its drawbacks also like they are not favorable for much hotter season and has poor resistance to sunlight exposure.
• Custom shirts made of polyester or polyester blends are resistant to wrinkles, stretching and shrinking. They are light weight fabric but the like other fabric it too has its drawback, it develop pills often.
Colors are another thing in shirt through which a man can draw impression on others and of course you cannot go wrong with white and blue which has become a part of formal wear in most of business houses. Collars are another important detail and can be detachable also. Shirts with detachable collars are more formal American business houses preferred attached collars and Windsor collar is famous among business houses in Europe. Fit is another aspect of detailing of custom shirts. Fit can be of three types slim fit, normal ft and baggy fit. According to your body type and structure you can choose the fitting which best suited you.
There are various patterns to Custom shirts. They can be in check style, strips or plain. Plain shirts especially in white color are versatile and can be combined with any color of tie for formal wear. Vertical strip shirts are more into casual therefore shirts with horizontal strips are suitable for formal wear. Check style shirts are completely for casual wear, generally they are not go with the tie and are considered as a symbol of relaxing attire.
To make a statement or due to some other aesthetic reason people chose to wear same style of Customized shirts, for instance a company’s general manager may wear same styles of shirts with some strong color pattern to show authority.

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