Striped Formal Shirts

Striped Business and Formal Shirts for men

Striped shirts have been an ever-present in men's formal shirt designs. A stripe shirt is a great way to combine a bit of colour in formal wear, without being overpowering. There's a surprising amount of different striped shirts available for men, from a range of wonderful shirt designers and manufacturers, and in a huge choice of colours. We have hand picked out the very best in striped formal shirts for men below, from the the most respected men's fashion shops and retailers in UK. The choice is comprehensive, and includes something to suit all needs, tastes and pockets. You won't need to search anywhere else - the best in striped shirts are below, available to be bought online, quickly and easily.

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Stripes are as popular as ever, and all the major shirtmakers offer at least one or two designs, if not dozens, of striped formal shirts. There are striped shirts from shirt makers and designer brands such as Charles Tyrwhitt, Joseph Turner, TM Lewin, Paul Smith, The Saville Row Co and Austin Reed. See above for a great choice of the best men's striped shirts available to buy in UK.

About our Striped Shirt Selection

There are so many striped formal shirts available to buy these days, it's tricky to keep the choice down to a manageable size. We have tried to bring you the very best in striped formal shirts above, so that you can find the right kind of striped shirts for your tastes, in price ranges to suit your pocket. Our striped shirt range includes shirts made from 100% cotton, in a range of weaves and finishes, such as Oxford Weave, Poplin and Twill cotton, as well as easy iron shirts. There are shirts with button cuff or double cuff, with a variety of collars, such as cutaway (also known as a spread collar, amongst other things) and button down collars. But there is a large choice in different stripes, so we have included some information below to help you understand more about all of the shirt-making terms you may come across when shopping for formal shirts, and hopefully help you make the right choice in striped shirts.

Bengal Stripe Shirts

Consistent and bold, Bengal stripes are typically evenly spaced stripes of equal width, mostly of white and a contrasting colour, such a blue, pink or green. This style of stripe is said to have originated in Bengal, hence the name. Shirt makers like to use the term to distinguish between the large variety of striped shirts available.

Satin Stripe Shirts

A satin stripe is more in the weave of the material than in the colour. A satin striped shirt usually means the stripe is made by a weaving technique perhaps with the yarn woven in a different direction, to create a thin, shiny stripe within the shirt material. If you are a fan of textured weave shirts, then also consider the twill shirts here. Although not usually striped, a twill shirt does offer depth in texture with the special woven fabric.

Hairline Stripe or Pinstripe

A hairline striped shirt means that the stripe in the shirt is extremely fine - just a hair's width eve - which is often in a contrasting colour. These shirts can sometimes be referred to a pinstripes, although the term is usually reserved for suits rather than shirts, so shirt makers often refer to this style as hairline, so as to avoid confusion.

Bold Stripe Shirts

These style of shirts have become very fashionable recently. Essentially how "bold" a shirt looks is quite subjective, but shirt makers and retailers are often labelling shirts "Bold Stripe", meaning that the colours in the stripes (it can be 2 or more colours) are strong and not naturally complementary. So instead of blue and white stripes, a bold striped shirt will include blue, pink and white, for example.

Tonal Stripe Shirts

Paul Smith is probably the finest example of using tonal stripes in fashion. Tonal stripes use many colours of some tonal relation to each other, rather than a simple blue / white combination.