🎥 4 decrypted looks for wearing a white shirt in summer – Gimmick #23

The white shirt is a great classic in men's wardrobe and we have just addedone to our collection. In this genre, if you are sensitive to hand finishing, textile tradition and great thrills, you can find our new shirt here:

Some will tell you that it is a basic or essential to have in your wardrobe. But as we have already been able to point out, what we call “basic” or “essential” is in a certain way specific to each person, according to their tastes, their desires and their style journey:

Can we imagine Batman wearing white? Clothing is ultimately always a little more than clothing . Until recently, I didn't own a white shirt - a matter of taste and colors. Who knows why, for a long time I even associated this piece with very chic outfits, with the top of the class or communicants. Of course I was wrong.

Although there are white shirts of all types and materials, the white shirt is very commonly associated with the world of suits , in a very dressy, even formal register. At BonneGueule, this will result, for example, in a suit combined with a white shirt, a tie and a pair of brogues:

But you can definitely wear it differently, especially in summer. This is precisely the purpose of this new episode of Gimmick: to analyze, get inspired and, if necessary, change our view of the white shirt .

LOOK 1 - SUBTLE SUMMER

Yasuto Kamoshita is one of the best dressed men in the world today. He is artistic director of the Japanese brand United Arrows and also has his own clothing line. If you're looking for style and inspiration, he's definitely one to follow.

This outfit above is a summer style model, full of subtleties: a double-breasted blazer, a white shirt, striped pants and espadrilles . You don't necessarily need much more. It's all in the choice of pieces and color management - blue, white and beige/gold.

Tips to remember:

• To combine dressy and casual in summer, consider pairing a double-breasted jacket and espadrilles
• stripes allow you to create links between clothes via color - here blue and white
• If you opt for strong pieces, the white shirt is a good pattern of calming and balance in an outfit

To go further on the double-breasted jacket:

LOOK 2 - BERMUDA REVISITED

And if you want to discover yourself a little, gain freshness without losing style? For example, we can take inspiration from what the French brand Pini Parma offers: a style of tailoring and Italian inspiration, here deployed from a casual piece, the Bermuda shorts .

It's a rather disarmingly simple outfit: moccasin-type shoes but not quite, Bermuda shorts, a white shirt, sunglasses . The 3 garments that make up this outfit are both formal in certain elements, but casual in others. It's simple, it's fresh, it's elegant.

Tips to remember:

• You can easily combine dressy and casual styles by balancing the registers via the appropriate details and materials
• Light colors in summer are a guarantee of lightness and simplicity , especially when the materials chosen are breathable.
• the white shirt can be worn with Bermuda shorts and the monochrome always allows you to stand out

To go further on monochrome:

LOOK 3 - THE WHITE SHIRT DISTURBED

This character in the photo above, you should start to know him well: his name is Steve Calder, he is Australian and he is the founder of the Informale brand with which we recently released some rather dressy linen pants:

His style is often simple in appearance. The color palette is limited but the pieces are well chosen. If you never really know what to wear in summer, Steve Calder's outfits will reassure you: summer minimalism has its advantages , and living in Australia, Steve logically has a wardrobe adapted to these climatic conditions, as he explained to us in this interview:

On this outfit, Steve Calder uses a gimmick similar to that of Yasuto Kamoshita in our first look. But he goes further, adding his touch and a certain sense of diversion - black moccasins here, and above all a white shirt worn as outerwear .

Tips to remember:

• A striped t-shirt can give depth and coherence to an outfit - here the stripes play with the other pieces and break up the monotony
• The choice of materials creates balance and influences the style register , here rather solid - cotton twill, oxford, etc.
• the white shirt can be worn as a jacket or an overshirt

To go further on black shoes:

LOOK 4 – ONE GIMMICK CAN HIDE ANOTHER

Namha “Nami Man” Nguyen is an Instagram influencer. He is also artistic director at the Masons brand. As I recall, this is not the first time that he has been the subject of a Gimmick: and for good reason, he is one of our Instagram accounts to follow:

The outfit above is quite fascinatingly complex. She mixes the registers of workwear and dress styles, she plays with colors and hides her little subtleties under truly unique cargo-type pants. A miracle ? Yes and no: many gimmicks are used here. The hat, on the other hand, is of course not recommended at all in summer.

Tips to remember:

• A very unique piece always catches the eye - it's sometimes a daring bet, but it's also an opportunity to have fun.
• We can combine two different registers of style thanks to color
• A white shirt under a cream blazer is possible and recommended in summer.

BONUS OUTFIT (WITH RUNNINGS)

If the evenings are cool, one last bonus outfit created by the Korean Q Lee. Behind its apparent simplicity, we discover a host of small, well-arranged details . It’s an outfit in shades of white and gray. It’s also an outfit that makes good use of one of my recent discoveries, running shoes:

In fact, we have a rather dressy style in which the running shoes fit perfectly. Once again: it is the color that acts as a link . As for the sleeveless sweater, you already know more or less what I think about it:

It is plain and gray here, in perfect harmony with the white shirt. In short, a subtle outfit, which is revealed when you look a little closer.