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Don't lose your shirt anymore at the changing shirt scene. Find out what's new in this male domain.
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MEN'S CLOTHING is big business today. The old uniforms are gone. `Fashion winds' have expanded the vocabulary of men's shirt design.
Various domestic companies have been working in tune with fashion, generating new trends. These `brands' have given a new significance to this wardrobe. Following is a set of pointers indicating, "what's new" in men's shirts.
The fashion calendar reflects yarn-dyed fabrics (checks and stripes). Stripes are calling like never before.
It is time to go in for `geo-styling' Zod! by Zodiac offers the versatile `multi-stripe' collection for the upwardly urban male. The styling with florentine collars is available
in five colours that could be sourced from any of the Zodiac showroom. This `striped affair' is priced at Rs. 995 At this time in the calendar, it is fashionable to be green fingered. Eco-friendly fabrics like linen is the prescribed `fashion pill' for men. You could keep your skin fresh and light in linen shirts from Basics priced at Rs. 770 onwards.
Detailing this season talks of different collar options including the semi cutaway collars, florentine collars with two buttons on the collar band teamed with cutaway broad cuffs. Button down collars are also indicated. Bay Island Cottons from Arvind brand forms a part of this story. "The Pacific Collection" from the same presents a range of semi-formal shirts priced between Rs. 549 and Rs. 699.
Textured surfaces are in and the `perforated weave' is just the right fabric you need. Louis Philippe's shirt collection `Mozart' made from two-ply 100 per cent cotton fabric is doing strong. This perforated weave creating fashion magicare priced from Rs. 999 onwards. Thank God, it is Friday - you've got more freedom! This syndrome indicates solids with ultra-smooth faces. The colour story revolves around fresh tangy hues. Provogue offers a range of solids with smooth suede like finish on cotton. This range effortlessly takes you from the worktable to the dinner table. Aubergine, blue and black shirts by Zod! priced at Rs. 795.
When the sun sets, the well-dressed man has more options than ever before. The nightlife indicates `stretch satin'. The body-hugging club wear collection by Zod! is based on satin and lycra .Priced at Rs.1,285 dark gray, burgundy and navy blue should be your favourite night colours.To fight the splitter-splatter of monsoons, you have always craved for fabric with moisture absorption ability. The fashion solution indicates the revolutionary `Icetouch' shirt. Icetouch promises to keep the weaver up to 5 degrees C cooler under ideal conditions. Priced at Rs. 895 onwards. These shirts can be sourced from all Van Huesen showrooms.
The men's shirt, originally a symbol of propriety and masculine power, has re-emerged as a hip mainstream element in the modern wardrobe. Don't view business meetings as a form of psychodrama but as performance art. Sport a reassuring shirt!
ANUPREET BHALLA
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