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Chambray Shirts That Feel as Good as They Look

There is a version of the casual shirt that looks like an afterthought and a version that looks like a considered choice, and the difference is almost always the fabric. Chambray sits in exactly the right place. It has the relaxed feel of a worn in work shirt but enough refinement to wear tucked into chinos or half open over a t-shirt on a warm evening. We've always thought of it as the shirt that does the most with the least visible effort. The problem is that a bad chambray shirt goes limp after two washes and loses whatever charm it had in the first place. The ones we've pulled together here are built from fabric that actually improves with wear, cut in fits that work whether you tuck or leave it out, and finished with collar construction that holds up without needing to be ironed into submission. Comfort and intention are not mutually exclusive. These prove it.

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There is a version of the casual shirt that looks like an afterthought and a version that looks like a considered choice, and the difference is almost always the fabric. Chambray sits in exactly the right place. It has the relaxed feel of a worn in work shirt but enough refinement to wear tucked into chinos or half open over a t-shirt on a warm evening. We’ve always thought of it as the shirt that does the most with the least visible effort. The problem is that a bad chambray shirt goes limp after two washes and loses whatever charm it had in the first place. The ones we’ve pulled together here are built from fabric that actually improves with wear, cut in fits that work whether you tuck or leave it out, and finished with collar construction that holds up without needing to be ironed into submission. Comfort and intention are not mutually exclusive. These prove it.