Polo shirts are a great week-to-weekend shirt, and Crew Clothing makes the best rugby shirts hands down. Rugby shirts, the old fashioned contrast collar ones, have been worn by many celebrities, as they have long held that important position in the annals of men’s style. Originally cut from ultra-thick cotton so that they didn’t end up ripped to shreds in the scrum, Crews rugby shirts are equally cotton rich and really designed to be worn with as much prep as they would have been back in the day.
How to wear a rugby shirt: If you played rugby at school chances are that you spent a lot of time in your shirt, pre-game, post-game and down the pub in between, in fact a rugby shirt does actually look good on most men, hitting that sartorial sweet spot between smart and casual. Crew Clothing have a rugby shirts in a bevy of different stripes and shades so you can look the best from your casual-cool-meets-fly-half vibes, or if you’re wearing it to an evening event, and yes you can, however, you need some new rules if you want to look cool, starting with tuck it into your trousers, tapered chinos are the ones, and finish with a structured jacket.
The trick is in the details: do up the top button, and pick boots or trainers, but must be box fresh and rare. For a particularly off-side option, it’ll turn heads if you wear it to the boat club if you live in Henley, to the pub if you don’t, which is what you want, right?
Wear it well: Figuring out how to wear your rugby shirt to work is as simple as adding to an outer layer with a button down shirt underneath, or want to make it sporty, try pairing it with a textured sports coat and tapered trousers, natch.
Shades of blue are boyish in the best way, and wide stripes will make it look like you’ve been hitting the gym. This great looking update on the classic rugby shirt comes in navy and whte stripes, with signature Crew embroidery under the collar, in 100% cotton, rubberised branded buttons and the symbolic crossed oars embroidered on the chest. This
No one does weighty stripes quite as well as Crew Clothing, so you can be the best dress dude watching the game on Sunday.
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