It goes without saying that, unfortunately, we spend more time at work than we do living our own lives. By default this results in most of us spending more time in our work clothes than our normal clothes too.
It’s easy to decide what to wear for work when you have a set uniform, you just wear that. When you wear a suit for work, it’s also easy to know what to wear for work then to. However, we find that the decision on what to wear for work becomes tricky when the uniform policy is ‘smart casual’. For us guys, smart casual basically means a shirt, trousers and some smart shoes… maybe a jumper or too if you’re feeling adventurous. With this limited choice, it’s easy to get bored of your shirts as you end up wearing them so often, around once a week.
We’ve looked through Hawes & Curtis’ range of shirts to pick out our top 4 to help you update your workwear.
Top 4 Smart-Casual Shirts From Hawes & Curtis
With so many different styles, colours, fits, collar styles, sleeve styles (the list goes on), it can be really hard to find the perfect smart-casual shirts for work. To help you out, we’ve picked our favourite 4 shirts for a great smart-casual work look:
1. White Slim Fit Single Cuff Shirt
It goes without saying that every guy should have a white shirt in his wardrobe. What we love about this one is the blue check design on the inside of the collar, cuff and button panel. When worn as a smart casual uniform, the check design will come through when the top button is left un-done, just like in the picture. This kind of little detail helps to a make a white shirt a little more interesting.
2. Blue Oxford Classic Fit Shirt
Every man should have also have at least 1 oxford shirt in his wardrobe, an oxford shirt can be used for pretty much any occasion; work, nights out or teamed up with a suit for a relaxed look. This blue oxford shirt is a great, reliable shirt for a smart-casual work uniform. The pink detail in the collar and inside sleeve also makes the shirt more interesting compared to a one-tonal shirt. The button down collar helps to make the shirt more interesting too.
3. Grey & White Gingham Check Slim Fit Double Cuff Shirt
It’s hard to not just pick blue and white shirts when it comes to work wear. It’s important to mix up the colours of your shirts, thats why this grey & white gingham shirt is a great fit for a smart-casual policy. The image above has the shirt combined with a tie but the shirt can look equally as good when work casually without one and the top button undone. Whats great about a double cuff shirt is that you can personalise your shirts further with some cufflinks. A plain black cufflink would look great with this shirt.
4. Navy & White Large Check Slim Fit Shirt
Check print shirts are bang on trend and a great way to casually dress smart, we can’t see this changing either. Gingham checks shirts are still a good look but large check shirts, like the above, are less common and great way to update your wardrobe. The shirt can either be paired up with a black pair of formal trousers or a pair of chines for a more casual look.
There you have it, our top 4 shirts for a smart-casual workwear wardrobe from Hawes & Curtis. They currently have a promotion live where you can buy any 4 mens shirts for £100, enjoy and let us know what you think.