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Sep 11, 2023

The Best New Summer Menswear to Buy This Week: July 22, 2022

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If you’re reading this, you’ve survived the past week’s globally hellish temps. Congratulations. Now, turn your attention to new styles that may help you weather the next, including silk shirts from Our Legacy, knit linen Henleys by Anderson & Sheppard and airy linen pants via James Perse. But as no heatwave lasts forever, it’s worth looking into a P. Johnson down vest filled by recycled cashmere or some proper derbies by Marsèll. Keep cool and carry on.

Were Take Ivy shot today, we imagine its subjects might be captured wearing something like this madras popover from Japanese prep purveyor Beams Plus. Rather than going in the expected patchwork direction, this shirt is instead cut like one of the “fun” Brooks Brothers shirts of yore, with contrasting fabrics used for the body, shoulders, sleeves, pocket, collar and placket.

Buy Now: $165

If you’re going to wear full-length pants in this weather, they better be: 1) linen, 2) lightweight and 3) these lightweight linen pants from James Perse.

Buy Now: $225

Take your average knit polo and make it linen. Then snip off the collar. What are you left with? This supremely laid-back Henley shirt made in Italy for Anderson & Sheppard.

Buy Now: $265

After spending some two months in a rotation of loafers, canvas sneakers and sandals, it may be refreshing to step into a proper dress shoe again. Allow Marsèll to do the honors with this ultra-classic derby defined by a softly rounded toe and knotted laces.

Buy Now: $1,020

Sure, rocking a knit polo in the midst of July sounds appealing in theory, but wouldn’t it prove stifling in practice? Not if it’s this ribbed knit by Frescobol Carioca, which is made from a soft and breathable blend of cotton, wool and silk.

Buy Now: $300

If the illustrators behind Fantasia were tasked with creating a floral print shirt, we imagine it would look like this trippy number from Gitman Vintage and Smock. Lightweight rayon fabric only adds to its retro appeal.

Buy Now: $245

This shirt from Our Legacy is what we like to call “stealth silk.” From a distance, it will look like your average oxford cloth shirt, but a closer look—or touch—reveals it to be made from 100 percent silk with a luxuriously nubby texture.

Buy Now: $230

Now that we’re officially reliving the 80s—thank you, Stranger Things—you might want to consider a pair of sunglasses influenced by the decade of Reaganomics and leg warmers. Such specs exist in the form of these acetate shades from Bottega Veneta, which rock a decidedly 1980s D-shape frame.

Buy Now: $430

Trading the streets for the savannah, John Elliott has produced a nylon safari shirt jacket completed by Velcro-sealed chest flap pockets and a mesh-lined rear vent. Despite these nods to field practicality, we see it being worn with a Yankees cap rather than a pith helmet.

Buy Now: $548

In case it isn’t obvious, this fruit-spackled capri collar shirt from Orlebar Brown is inspired by Wham!’s 1983 hit “Club Tropicana” (on second thought, maybe it is obvious).

Buy Now: $375

Looking to take advantage of that first-time-in-20-years Euro/Dollar parity? Start with this jacket from modern Parisian tailor Husbands, marked by an unexpected (but enticing) pattern of blue stripes against an ivory background made from a breathable blend of wool, linen and silk.

Buy Now: €1,180

Grenson’s Dale is somewhere between a clog and a sandal, and precisely what we plan on wearing with linen drawstring trousers and a tropical wool blazer. The Northampton-made shoe is crafted from Colorado leather and finished with a substantial but lightweight treaded outsole.

Buy Now: $305

What does a cashmere-centric business like Billie Todd do at a time when we’re trying to shed layers? It takes grade-A Mongolian cashmere and combines it with Egyptian cotton to create a 12-gauge knit polo that can actually be worn when the sun is at its most punishing.

Buy Now: $295

This waxed cotton rucksack from Ally Capellino reports for duty as either a backpack or a tote. We’re not sure if its camouflage pattern will blend into your given environment, but the fabric’s water-resistance should be appreciated on a soggy day.

Buy Now: £350

It is indeed winter in Australia, and as such, Down Under tailor P. Johnson has just rolled out this catching Alpine vest. Featuring recycled cashmere filling and pockets lined by vegan suede, you may want to purchase it now and lay it down for the seasons to come.

Buy Now: $895 AUD