A preview (usually the first few paragraphs of the article) of the article body text goes here. Too hot to think about how to dress? Our experts, including Derek Guy, Aaron Levine and Henry the Kidd, have got your (sweaty) back. Read more in The Journal

Maybe you know from reading Mr Porter (if so, thank you) or if you’ve spent your summer strolling around Milan. Perhaps you are just in the know, what with being Italian. But here it is – and apologies for stating the obvious – one of the great truths of menswear is that Italians know how to dress. If there’s a ‘Made in Italy’ label in your wardrobe, you’ll know exactly what we mean, which is how Italian men so effortlessly stand out, with that hard-to-bottle combination of great tailoring, exquisite taste and unerring confidence.

A solid collection of shirts is the cornerstone of any decent wardrobe. Menswear has skewed extra-casual over the past decade, but the shirt has survived – not only as the foundation of any formal dress code, but also as a reliable staple that’s easy to wear in any number of contexts across the smart-casual spectrum. Layered under a sweater, over a T-shirt or worn with a suit, there’s perhaps no item that you’ll get more mileage out of. Of course, they come in all stripes. Here, the definitive list of the five shirt types that every man should own.

When it comes to clothes, white is supposed to be a neutral colour. T-shirts, underwear or socks in white or an adjacent tone can be as elevated as you like, but will still be as basic as you can get. The building blocks of an outfit, in essence. And yet, for a blank canvas, a white item of clothing can exude a lot of main-character energy. Especially when worn in tandem with other white pieces.

A preview (usually the first few paragraphs of the article) of the article body text goes here. Too hot to think about how to dress? Our experts, including Derek Guy, Aaron Levine and Henry the Kidd, have got your (sweaty) back. Read more in The Journal

Maybe you know from reading Mr Porter (if so, thank you) or if you’ve spent your summer strolling around Milan. Perhaps you are just in the know, what with being Italian. But here it is – and apologies for stating the obvious – one of the great truths of menswear is that Italians know how to dress. If there’s a ‘Made in Italy’ label in your wardrobe, you’ll know exactly what we mean, which is how Italian men so effortlessly stand out, with that hard-to-bottle combination of great tailoring, exquisite taste and unerring confidence.