With each summer comes a few style staples we never tire of and always look forward to. Decidedly, one such item is, and has long been, the ’50s-inspired camp collar shirt. For one thing, there’s an unfussy ease to it–it’s comfortable, warm weather friendly, and effortless to style. But more pointedly, it holds a nostalgia factor reminiscent of simpler times; of long days in the sun and freshly cut lawns; road trips and ice cream trucks ; of Stand By Me antics and warm summer nights in nothing but short sleeves.
Worn by everyone from JFK and Martin Luther King to Kerouac and Hemingway, it’s not hard to see how it made its way into our forever wardrobes. With June coming around the bend, t’s time to stock up on one of our favorite summer essentials.
