Summer Linen
Standing on a jetty in February with the glare coming off the water, summer linen stops being a style choice and starts being a practical one. Those weeks are the reason it exists. What makes linen worth owning is that a shirt in it still has a collar, so dressing for the worst of the heat does not have to look like giving up.
Summer Linen
Linen Shirts and Linen Shorts Worn Together
Linen shirts and linen shorts are both linen, and that is most of the convenience of it. Put the two together and the outfit is done for a lunch, a walk in the sun and an afternoon that runs longer than it was meant to, with no decision made while hot. Wear the shirt open over a tee and it is a beach day. Do it up and tuck it in and the same shirt goes to a table with people you have not met. That is a lot of ground for two pieces.
Linen Shirts and Shorts for Men
The drawstring pairs do for a hot afternoon what an open collar does for a shirt, which is take the tightness out of it before it starts. Our men's shorts page carries the rest of the summer bottoms, and short sleeve shirts sit alongside for the days when a long sleeve is more than you want on. Colour stays quiet here, running to navy check, green check, stone grey and abbey stone. The check is the small thing that keeps a linen shirt from reading as beachwear.