Correct Ways to Wear a Dress Shirt!

A dress shirt is a shirt with no or at most one chest pocket. Some argue that a dress shirt should have no chest pockets, but I've seen dress shirts with one chest pocket that still look like dress shirts. If you want to be absolutely sure pick a dress shirt with no chest pockets and you cannot go wrong!

A dress shirt's material and texture is important too. It usually looks formal and dressy and fairly new. If your dress shirt looks old or fuzzy get a new dress shirt!

A dress shirt is NOT necessarily for formal occasions only; you can wear a dress shirt for semi formal or even casual occasions such as a party or watching a movie with friends. Here's how.

Casual or Semi Formal Ways to Wear a Dress Shirt
Photo #1 shows a white dress shirt with a white leather belt and light blue jeans. A white dress shirt goes very well with light blue jeans. This outfit is good for semi formal occasions.

Photo #2 shows a dark gray dress shirt with a black leather belt and black jeans. This outfit is also sharp looking and best for semi formal occasions.

Roll up your sleeves and wear a necklace to show extra style and energy!

Formal Ways to Wear a Dress Shirt
Photo #3 shows a white dress shirt with a gray silk suit jacket. This outfit is standard for formal wear and you should familiarize yourself with it. White goes extremely well with gray!

Refer to Tuck in or Tuck out your Shirt or T-shirt? and Roll Up Your Sleeves for a Sharper Look! for related tips regarding wearing a dress shirt!

You can wear a black dress shirt with a gray suit and you'll look equally handsome!

An Example of a Non Dress Shirt
Photo #4 shows an example of a non-dress shirt. Note the shirt, good looking as it is, has two chest pockets. You will NEVER wear this shirt under a suit jacket and present yourself at a formal place.

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