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.

Idaē shirt $349.

Phàrlain shirt $450.

Damson Madder shirt approx $123.

Blanca shirt approx $267.

Kowtow shirt $259.

Alemais shirt approx $420.

Penny Sage shirt $295.

Wray shirt approx $240.

Filippa K shirt, $429, from Workshop.

Ricochet shirt $289.

Laing shirt $369.

Ruby shirt $249.

Juliette Hogan shirt $449.

Country Road shirt $179.

Aje shirt $375.

Karen Walker shirt $395.

Par Moi shirt approx $202.

Sills shirt $369.

Christian Wijnants shirt, $820, from Scotties.

Wixii shirt $195.

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