Lighten up – 6 of the best Overshirts

Words by Charlie Britton

The humble Overshirt is an ideal essential piece for this Spring, Summer, Autumn and you get the point. It’s a pretty versatile garment, standing in for your jacket during the warmer months and keeping you cosy as a thicker layering piece during the colder ones. Here at Clothes Make The Man, we’ve listed 6 of the best Overshirts that you can rock right now, so leave your ‘Winter is Coming’ malarkey with your jacket in the wardrobe where it belongs and take note.

 

This Overshirt from ami Paris is a beautiful and light piece that’ll last for years to come. Featuring two flap pockets at the front, this classic cut beige cotton and linen blend Overshirt will brighten up any outfit. Genuine horn buttons complete the piece, giving it a modern but timeless finish, perfect for the Spring and Summer months.

beige overshirt mens

The next piece in our line-up is this Swedish Our Legacy cotton-velvet Overshirt from Mr Porter. A single front pocket gives the Overshirt some nice texture and utility while four pearly white fastening buttons provide a nice contrast to this beautiful navy garment.

cotton velvet navy overshirt

This coach jacket inspired Overshirt from COS is a perfect tonal piece for the current Spring season. Press stud buttons and a pointed collar provide a smart finish, making this piece versatile enough to be worn with a shirt and trousers or over a tee and a pair of your favourite denim.

mens navy overshirt

Levi’s are known for their denim but if you were to think of anything else, it would be their shirts. Although this time it’s not a denim one, this Overshirt or Workshirt is the perfect throw on garment for this Spring Summer season. It’s frost grey colour remains very neutral, allowing you to pair it with both lighter and darker shades, fit for all occasions.


This knitted Overshirt from Oliver Spencer, admittedly advertised and sold as a knitted jacket but far too tempting to resist mentioning, is a great middle of the road alternative to your jacket this spring. Its 100% merino wool build is perfect for warmer weather as it’s breathable, lightweight and very soft, although is certain to retain some heat in the colder months. Sporting a minimal check print, it’s a great garment to lift any outfit.


Last but not least is this 100% cotton military inspired Overshirt from Zara. Featuring two front button fastening pockets and some patchwork detailing on the sleeve, this khaki Overshirt is a great piece to carry you through to Winter at a very affordable price too.

 

So there you have it, our top 6 Overshirts you can buy right now. The very recent Autumn/Winter 2017 press days revealed quite a few Overshirts too from some fantastic menswear brands, so it’s a great investment you can make for your wardrobe that’ll stay on trend for seasons to come.

Tillykke med fødselsdagen Wood Wood (Happy Birthday Wood Wood)

As part of several projects to celebrate their 15th anniversary, the Danish uber stylish casual wear brand Wood Wood, has worked with long time partner Neighborhood on a capsule collection released exclusively at their stores on Thursday.

The brand was founded in 2002 by a trio of designers, Karl Oskar Olsen, Lotte Bank Nielsen and Brian Jensen(see above), who wanted to collaborate with one another on a small range of classic pieces with a quirky twist. The type of clothing that they would like to wear themselves and carve out a unique niche with their playful graphics, ahhh that old chestnut. Since then it had grown and grown into a complete collection that successfully manages to mix elements of street wear but without losing any of its high end aspiration. Their individual approach to style has gained the Wood Wood trio, friends and fans in high places with collaborations in recent years with the likes of Nike, Barbour, Eastpak and Adidas, not bad, hey.

So for their latest instalment they have collaborated with the Japanese streetwear brand and partner Neighborhood. Neighborhood and Wood Wood has created a 5-piece capsule collection featuring striking graphics that speaks on the long lasting Japanese – Danish relationship. All styles are original Wood Wood items that have been given a characteristic NBHD make-over in the strong black and white capsule collection, consisting of a T-shirt, sweatshirt, coach jacket, baseball caps and canvas sneakers.

Summer is coming – Tommy Tropics

Sun filled days and warm barmy nights of Summer, you know what I mean, waking up to the sun’s warm glow on your face and spending long drawn out bright evening with friends. This seems a very long way off at the moment, but keep the faith my friends they are coming back and to celebrate this heart warming time of year. Master of Americana and all things denim Tommy Hilfiger has launched a new limited Edition scent Tommy Tropics. This new scent celebrates the relaxed beach lifestyle associated with he brand and captures this essence with notes of fresh mint combined with lavender and the warm, richness of amber, basically a real Summer scent. The fragrance packaging features a tropical take on Tommy Hilfiger’s signature nautical theme, with a silver tone cap wrapped in navy and white stripes and a banana leaf, almost good enough to drink, but we don’t recommend it.

A Stylist, a Footballer and a Photographer walked into a bar. HAMPTON & BAKER

What do you get if put a photographer, a footballer and a stylist together, no I promise this isn’t some antiquated, offensive joke for a bygone era. The answer is infact Hampton & Baker, the brainchild of Warren Baker, a fashion stylist living in Los Angeles but originally from the UK. Who has styled red-carpet looks, television shows & fashion editorials. Professional football, sorry, soccer player for the Los Angeles Galaxy, and accomplished author of the best-selling “Coming Out to Play”,Robbie Rogers. Last part of this creative consortium is Nathan Poekert, a Photographer and Creative Director born in Seoul, raised in Florida and currently living in New York. Poekert has cut his creative teeth consulting with several startup fashion brands as well as launching and co-founding his own brand, Proper Assembly, in 2014.

Hampton & Baker came about from a simply innocent conversation between Robbie and Warren regarding fashion and style, over coffee in West Hollywood. A quick text to Nate in NYC shortly after that said “hey, what do you think about this?” and hey presto the brand was born.

This is an LA based casual menswear brand making good vibrations far from their native California. The origins of the brand lie in a deep motivation to create a collection that is both sophisticated and comfortable. They have just shared their second collection which the trio have nicknamed Chapter 2.0. The focus this season was to expand on the foundations they laid during their debut collection, a bit like that all important second album for a recording artist. Again, they’ve created their collective versions of the “American Classics” and remained focused on high quality fabrics, craftsmanship, and a modern silhouette. Inspired by the effortlessly cool of style icons of the past, the likes of Steve McQueen and Mick Jagger, each jacket was designed for a specific well dressed male in mind. The collection features colours and tones inspired by LA’s vibrant landscape. Each piece is handmade in Los Angeles with the highest quality materials that the guys can get their hands on.

Lamler – A classic British Brand with that all important fashion twist

Lamler is a new luxury heritage brand equally at home in the urban city environment or at ease in the country, founded by Helen Plummer who prided herself on creating silhouettes that function as active wear pieces with a classic with that all important fashion twist. A combination of traditional British craftsmanship and relaxed luxury style, Lamler coats fuse understated individuality, with a work horse like durability. Influenced by contemporary art, street style sportswear, classic British luxury and a love of the ocean. All coats are hand made in England including the brands signature waxed cotton prints.

In its debut season Lamler makes a real statement and concentrates on a study of print patterns across one silhouette – the trench. As the ultimate multi-functional piece, the trench coat is the centrepiece for the brands future collections. Lamler makes it clear from the beginning what it cares about. The trench. The print. The quality. To make coats that men feel comfortable in. Coats that take you from a life in the city, to sitting on the beach in the sand. Contemporary print patterns that are unique and yet don’t wear you. Colour that is flattering and can be worn day after day. And last but not least, a fit that makes you feel confident, free and relaxed.

The tried and tested coats will allow you to carry your life in them and the trench is built to be used, loved and lived in. The graphic prints start life as hand painted designs which give the soft textured appearance to the fabric. Fitted with Lamler horn buttons and a soft cotton lining the coats are built to age well. The Atlantic Trench takes careful consideration of the male form through meticulous research and posture work, creating a relaxed masculine silhouette with perfect pocket placement. A little bit of swing has been added to the body for extra freedom of movement and a back vent to allow you to sprint and jump if you need to! Internally the coats have 3 large pockets, one extra-large that will fit an iPad and wallet and two smaller, one for your phone and one for your charger, all with built in connecting holes to hide all your tangled wires.