French Shirts: A Hot New ‘Trend’ in Men’s Designer Dresswear

French shirt with double collar and silver buttons

If you’re like me you and you care about fashion, you want something that is unique and maybe even trendy, but you don’t want it to go out of style next week either.  When I buy a new piece to add to my wardrobe I want something that I don’t already have, and I want something that my friends don’t have either.  I want something that people will ask me about.  I want something that people haven’t seen but after they see it, they’ll remember it, and they will remember me.  Given these desires, I’m sure you suspect that I have to buy a new shirt every time you go out, but you’d be wrong.  Here’s the thing I’ve found, if you find the right thing to wear, that no one has seen, but has a classic appeal, you’ll be able to get a lot more use out of it than you might expect.

My favorite example of clothing like this is foreign designer dress shirts, and for me, especially French shirts.  French designers are unlike American designers.  The French have much more competition among designers.  The fashion culture is a bit different over there as the big designers have less influence on the style and smaller to midsize design houses are able to make a name for themselves with interesting fashion details that American designers may feel like they don’t have the freedom to attempt given the conservative nature of men’s fashion stateside.  At the same time the French know where they’ve been in fashion and are sure to keep the styles classic.  Yes, they do want to innovate and so they’ll provide you with something you certainly won’t see from any American designers, but also they provide a refined sense of style that’s never cheap or gimmicky.

One brand that typifies this aggressive nature of French shirts is Franck Michel.  They’ve been around since 1969 so you know they aren’t a flash in the pan operation.  Franck Michel have been innovating men’s designer shirt styles for years from their headquarters in the heart of Paris even though you and your friends haven’t heard of them.  They make shirts with styles you haven’t seen either.  When you see them, you’ll love them and wonder why no one else thought of them first.  The devil is in the details with these styles, with things like leather watchband French cuffs and reverse collars to go with their bold patterns and button styles.  You can only find them one place in the states, so if your friends haven’t been to menfashion.com they’ve never seen these shirts and you can have your pick of all their diverse styles with the confidence that no one else is going to have, or have ever even seen a shirt like yours.