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Everything You Need to Know About Summer's Coolest Shirt

GQ creative director Jim Moore breaks down the rules of wearing season's must-have menswear piece: the patterned camp shirt.

Released on 07/05/2017


Okay guys, we're here to talk about

the shirt of the summer

and that is the camp shirt.

Not the campy shirt, the camp shirt.

So this is kind of a version of a Hawaiian shirt.

Obviously it's got hula girls on it

and aloha print on it.

I'm not saying all camp shirts have to be Hawaiian,

but this one's especially cool

because it's got that bright color

we've been talking about for summer,

but it's on a black-brown,

so it's a little bit more palatable.

It could replace your polo shirt or your t-shirt

or your sweatshirt,

it's just a little bit more dressed up

and you can wear it untucked

with a cool pair of ripped jeans.

Peter is sporting a,

what are those, lobsters?

It's a little bit retro.

This almost looks like it's World War Two, 1940s,

like Frank Sinatra.

This really is like a date night look.

He's got his like brown pleated pants on, lace ups,

and again, it's just a little bit dressier

than a polo shirt.

So both of these shirts kind of have

a silky feel to them, but we like that.

Get them at two different price points.

Really inexpensive, really expensive.

Enjoy the camp shirt for this summer.

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