The beginning of a New Year means reexamining fashion styles, and this is certainly the case when it comes to men’s business wear. Dress shirts play a prominent role in men’s suiting choices and you will find a wide selection of different types of men’s shirts out this season. Top trends for 2011 include men’s French cuff shirts, long sleeve shirts, the spread collar shirt as well as upcoming spring short sleeve dress shirts.

French cuff shirts refer to the particular style of the cuff. French cuff shirts have a double cuff,with the top layer of cuff material folded back on top of itself. This creates four layers of fabric that need to be attached to keep the French cuff shirts closed at the cuff, and this thickness of fabric would make using a button to close the cuff impossible. This is why cuff links are worn with French cuff dress shirts.

The spread collar formal shirt is a hot trend right now in men’s work wear, and it is often worn with mens French cuff shirts for a highly polished and stylized look in the New Year. The spread collar dress shirt simply has a wide collar that does not have button-down collar points, which are considered a more casual look than that offered by the spread collar. Long sleeve dress shirts offer more warmth in the winter months and can be replaced with short sleeve dress shirts in the spring and summer. Short sleeve shirts are considered a little less formal than the long sleeve varieties but certainly more comfortable to wear when the temperatures heat up.

All formal shirts for the new season feature long tails. This makes it much easier to keep them neatly tucked into your pants. Read the rest of this entry »