Comments on: Office friendly shirts for summer?

Question: Office friendly shirts for summer?

saturnine — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:16:57 -0800

Where can I find good quality, short sleeved shirts for the summer? Help me be less sweaty in July!

I live in the UK, and we're supposedly heading for another summer of temperatures I can't tolerate whilst working in a small office with 15 other people and dodgy air conditioning. While I had an easy time finding office-friendly shorts last year, I failed terribly on the shirt front. Can anyone relieve my heat related discomfort?

Important information:

- I'm female
- I live in the south west of the UK
- I usually wear size 16-18 shirt sizes as I have largish boobs, and I like to avoid gaping at the front (flashing my bra to my coworkers is not an option)
- preferably white, but any other office friendly colour is fine
- needs to be short sleeved but NOT those horrible cap sleeves that seem to be so popular
- preferable maximum price range is around £30 per shirt, but happy to hear anything more or less expensive
- online purchasing is a plus, especially if they take Paypal or Visa Electron debit cards
- no eBay
- Polo shirts could also be considered, as long as they are breathable

Thank you all in advance!

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:01:10 -0800

I'm a guy, but Cooltan might have something of interest. It's a limited selection of styles, but the shirts are very breathable and comfortable. And you can actually tan through them. Anyway, it's worth a look. They are definitely casual shirts, but a couple may work for office wear.

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:24:56 -0800

You might check out the Clearance section at Charles Tywhitt. My partner found her summer wardrobe there, and their selling their less popular polos for £7.00. Is that a cap-sleeve? I'm not sure.

Tyrwhitt makes very, very nice things, but their formal shirts are all long sleeved. Here's their regular line of polos: £29.00. These sleeves are longer.

By: pearlybob

pearlybob — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:39:35 -0800

Lands End is an American company that has a huge line of summer weight clothing. Lot's of no wrinkle cotton and cool, good looking, breathable things. I'm that size too and I really like the quality and fit of their plus size clothing. Not sure of the logistics of ordering from the UK but it would be worth checking out.

By: mu~ha~ha~ha~har

mu~ha~ha~ha~har — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:55:52 -0800

Uh this may be an unnecessary comment but 100% silk or 100% cotton are your friend!

By: brujita

brujita — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:18:57 -0800

As is linen--Land's End ships world-wide; I stayed with a friend of the family in Osnabruck who had a German-language catalog.

By: wsg

wsg — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:20:05 -0800

I disagree about silk. I have always found silk to be way too hot to wear in summer - cotton yes, silk no.