As shirts that are easy to casually drape over jeans, I picked three: MOONDAL's Low Shirt and Classic Lounge Shirt, plus AMOMENTO's Open Collar Shirt. All three come in white and ivory tones, so they match most naturally when casually thrown over denim. They have that thick, crisp texture characteristic of Oxford shirts, making them great to wear casually without worrying about wrinkles.
In the late 19th century, a Scottish textile mill introduced four shirt fabrics named Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and Yale to capture the image of prestigious universities in cloth. While the fabrics named after the other three universities failed to catch on and disappeared, only Oxford survived, thanks to its outstanding durability from weaving two yarns together. Ironically, students at Harvard and Yale, having lost fabrics named after their own universities, adopted this durable shirt as everyday wear, turning it into the epitome of today's campus look.
Roll up the sleeves a couple of times and undo one or two buttons, and you couldn't ask for anything better on campus. Shall we narrow down the options a bit further? Would you like to look at check patterns, aim for the early KRW 100,000s, or check out calm navy colors?
↳ In check patterns
For check patterns, I picked five oversized shirts from LOW CLASSIC. The list is divided into two thick, cozy flannel shirts and three subtly translucent sheer check shirts. As the season deepens, substantial flannel comes into its own, while on days when you layer lightly, sheer material adds a gentle texture to your outfit.
There was a time when checks were demurely hidden away on the inside of clothing. Even the Burberry check, which first appeared in the 1920s, was used only as trench coat lining without showing on the outside. In 1967, Jacqueline Dillemman, a buyer at the Paris store, removed a coat lining while preparing a display to make an umbrella cover; this umbrella display became wildly popular, finally allowing the check pattern to step boldly out into the world.
Instead of staying on the lining, these shirts show off their style on the outside, each with a distinct texture. Would you like to choose between thick flannel material or light, sheer material, or shall we first narrow it down to blue tones or the early KRW 100,000s range?
↳ In flannel material
For flannel material shirts, I picked two oversized flannel shirts from LOW CLASSIC. One is Blue Check, and the other is Black Check. The thickly brushed texture wraps softly around your body, making it great to casually throw on like outerwear as the weather turns chilly.
Around 1850, the bold plaid pattern introduced in Woolrich, USA, for hunters and lumberjacks was buffalo check. To prevent accidental shooting accidents in the forest, high-visibility red and black were woven into large squares, and it took its name from the herd of buffalo the designer who created the pattern actually owned. Starting as workwear for rugged Western pioneers, the check pattern has now become the most familiar face of flannel shirts.
Both colors come with a generous fit, making them well-suited for layering over light inner layers. Which color do you like better, Blue Check or Black Check?
Final Selected Products
