The Linen striped shirt

 

A new skin, a new habitat for the concept of the striped shirt, which in the new Xacus campaign is dedicated to a new seasonal theme, offers a spirited and at times lighter vision, inspired by leisure time, clearing customs of any dictat that has always linked the striped shirt to a formal aesthetic and dedicated mostly to the professional sphere. From the brightest colors to the refined combinations that hark back to a dolce vita atmosphere, linked to an old-fashioned, never ostentatious elegance which, from the Ligurian Riviera to the Côte d'Azur, offers a glimpse of what is nowadays evoked almost as a necessity: quiet luxury, the new frontier of luxury with understated tones and based on the excellence of product quality rather than on its showing off.

The striped shirt, from origins to status symbol

 

Striped shirts only became fashionable from the end of the 19th century and represents a kind of uniform, different from the classic white shirt, initially designed for the working class and sports teams everywhere, from soccer to rugby. After a few years, its use was expanded to more business-oriented contexts, in which the striped shirt was perfected in the manufacture, weight, and construction of the stripes themselves, becoming an emblem of an understated and classy style.

Xacus Evolution

 

At Xacus, it’s well known that the theme of personality and the increasingly up-to-date definition of a contemporary theme, such as the evolved classic, is the core of its stylistic research, managing to find the key to read and redefine a stylistic evolution that goes hand in hand with that which is happening at the cultural level-through the experimentation offered by art and fashion-around the world. Here is where the perception of striped shirt opens up to new avenues and new possibilities, without erasing the pre-existing and ingrained ones, but offering new usage cues to a garment that confirms this season its versatility for men as much as for women. In the office, over cocktails, as well as at the beach or on a sailboat.