A Short-Sleeved Shirt Is Your Key To Keeping Things Cool. Here Are 20 We Love

Summer is nearly here and it’s time to — in no particular order — pack away your winter woollens, make a perfectly portable picnic quiche, and invest in the most outstanding summer cover: A button-up shirt.
What better way to segue into warmer months than with the swift addition of a short-sleeved shirt? Perfect for summer workwear or unbuttoned over a tank top for more casual dress codes, could this be the most versatile wardrobe investment of the season?
Local newcomer Phàrlain makes its case with crochet, a hand-made blue-beige tiled shirt that’s all craft, while Laing turns to cerulean silk-satin for a short-sleeve that’s buttery-soft and uncluttered.



Damson Madder shirt approx $123.






Filippa K shirt, $429, from Workshop.










Christian Wijnants shirt, $820, from Scotties.

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