What Fashion Shirt to Wear: Different Styles for Different Events

Summer shirt by Franck Michel Paris

There are many different styles of men’s fashion dress shirts available these days.  Nearly as many choices as there are days in the year.  But your goal as a fashionable man is to find some select few of these shirts to be your go-to designer shirts for the events that you’ll attend when you are trying to dress to impress.  In this article you’ll learn a little about which men’s designer shirt to wear for each type of event you might attend this year.

Formal gatherings: Classic, elegant shirts

For formal events like a wedding or black tie event, it’s often best to choose a fashion shirt with a more understated style, that doesn’t scream ‘look at me!’  However, if you get close this type of shirt will whisper to you about its elegant details and the craftsmanship that goes into its construction.  Though it pairs well with tie, make no mistake, this is not your father’s dress shirt.  It wears very slim fit and won’t look baggy or billowy when you tuck it in.  Shirts of this ilk can be found in the ‘Moderne’ collection on fashion-shirts.com, the North American distributor of French fashion designer Franck Michel. 

Nights Out: Luxury, patterned shirts

For nights out on the town, whether you are going out on a date, or prowling with the boys, you have an opportunity to wear shirts that are much more eye catching than you might wear to a more formal gathering.  Here is your chance to take fashion risks, and wear something that no one else in the club has ever seen before.  You won’t be wearing a tie, so don’t be afraid of more fashion forward collar designs like double collars, or the reverse collar innovated by Franck Michel.  Also you can be much more aggressive with the pattern of the shirt, since you’ll have no tie to pair it with and it might help to stand out in the crowd of the nightclub.  Don’t be scared of stripes, checks, gingham, or even floral patterns.  Franck Michel’s Luxe collection has plenty of this type of shirt, available at fashion-shirts.com.

Summer Wear: Lighter, pastel shirts

In summertime for outdoor events, one must also consider the season as well as the type of event.  For summer, pastel is in fashion as it always is.  The light colors look great in the sun and can make your tan look great.  There is a wide range of different summer shirts available in the men’s fashion shirt market, and increasingly they employ boating motifs and lots of embroidery.  They also tend to have great bold styles like the luxury shirts, and are great for their eye-catching designs.  Show off your summer style with Franck Michel’s summer series collection also available on fashion-shirts.com.

Cannes Film Festival Style with Men’s Designer Shirts

Cannes Film Festival 2013

Men’s style might take a backseat to women’s fashion on the red carpet, but at Cannes Film Festival, that’s not all there is to consider.  While the men’s stars may keep things fairly simple and classic on the runway with white button up shirts, black suits and black ties.  However, when they aren’t on the red carpet stars (and you!) have a lot of fashion decisions to make, and they can be some important decisions in ensuring you have the best and most successful time at Cannes Film Festival.

When you are checking out films during the day, you never know what party you might get invited to, so it’s important to choose a shirt that can seamlessly transition into evening wear.  Cannes Film Festival season is full of fashionable parties that necessitate fashion wear that will make you stand out and earn the respect of the fashionable people around you.  Prepare to be judged on what you are wearing, and who you are wearing.

Because it’s so important to be fashionable you’ll need to make sure you are wearing a fantastic design from the European continent.  My personal favorite designer right now is Franck Michel.  Franck Michel is a well-established fashion house located in the heart of Paris and has been producing the high quality men’s fashion shirts since 1969.  Their designer shirts have been featured across the European continent and have brand recognition in the European fashion sphere.  The designs from Franck Michel are eye-catching and timelessly elegant.  They have a diverse line of fashions that can be worn at different types of occasions and translate from daytime wear to the nighttime events you are likely to encounter on a successful trip to Cannes.

This is a time to go bold with your designer shirt choices.  A plain white button up is not going to cut it at Cannes.  Cannes is a place for bold styles like those offered by Franck Michel.  When off the red carpet, you’ll see stars wearing bold patterns and colors.  Franck Michel also provides shirts with unique details, like wildly different types of collars including double collars and reverse collars.  The double collar in particular is perfect for Cannes, as it provides an elegant turn on designer shirts that would otherwise be fairly simple and timelessly elegant.  This allows the shirt to be a great example of what I wrote about earlier, a shirt that seamlessly morphs from daywear to eveningwear.

Collar Styles: A Great Way to Stand Out With a Designer Shirt

Reverse collar by Franck Michel Paris

Double Collars: This type of collar has been in fashion in Europe for some time and is now starting to find its way across the ocean and into the wardrobes of fashionable American men.  There are many variations, but typically a double collar consists of a collar on top of another collar that allows the designer to showcase two types of fabric, usually of contrasting patterns and/or colors, in one shirt.  A prime example of this type comes from the Parisian designer Franck Michel.  Franck Michel provides many shirts of this type, and one of my favorites the Limited Edition Paris Blue Gingham is currently available for just under $150 from online retailer fashion-shirts.com.  This particular example pairs a solid navy blue collar under a light blue gingham collar, which really draws the eye, but does so in an elegant, fashionable way. 

Reverse Collars: This is a truly unique collar design that was invented by Franck Michel in Paris, France.  It is an elegant style that allows for flashy fabrics and interesting complimenting color combinations.  A prime example of the design innovations that typify Franck Michel this look has now been copied by other fashion designers the world over.  Franck Michel offers many styles with this type of collar, my personal favorite being the Miami range, specifically the Miami Red, which is available from fashion-shirts.com for $159, and is a shirt that truly typifies this type of luxury shirt look.  Reverse collars are not for the faint of heart, but rather those who are confident standing out.  One look at a Miami from Franck Michel and I’m sure you’ll agree with me.

Button Down or American Collars:
This is a prime example of the merging of American and European influences in the designs of Franck Michel.  The button down collar was pioneered on American sport shirts, and was popularized as a more formal design in the 1960’s by American style icons like John F. Kennedy.  Franck Michel has taken this traditional American look and added a distinctly European twist.  By making the collar taller and more crisp and defined, they have added an air of formal style that is unlike the original American look.  This transcontinental blending of styles is the essence of the modern look of Franck Michel.  By taking luxury details from different cultures and blending them into a new look, they achieve an international style that sets them apart from the competition.  A great example of this Franco-American blending from Franck Michel is the Eiffel range.  Available in black, blue and white, these designer dress shirts are $129 from fashion-shirts.com and are an exceptional addition to any modern men’s wardrobe.