What is the difference between an Dress shirt and a Casual shirt? One of the biggest differences is the collar. Casual shirts usually has button down collars. Another is the design regular dress shirt usually comes in solid colors like white and business powder blue. When casual shirts comes in a bunch of different colors and patterns.
There are a lot more things that separate the two lets get into them.
Casual Vs Dress Shirt What’s The Difference?
At first glance the casual and the regular dress shirt they appear to be the same but they are completely different. From the colors options they have. Even the reason they where created. In this blog I’m going to be doing a complete break down of the two.
1.Purpose
You dont want to wear the wrong shirt when you getting dress. Not knowing the difference between the two can ruin your style. Wearing a formal dress shirt to an casual event can hurt your style and possibly your confidence. In this lesson I’m going to be breaking it down so you don’t make this amateur mistake again.
The Casual Shirt
this shirt was created with a button down collar for polo players to keep collar down so it wouldn’t hit them in face when on the horse playing polo (this shirt wasn’t created to be worn with a suit)
The Dress Shirt
The normal standard dress shirt was made to be worn formally with a suit and tie. For a man to look good and professional
2.Collars
The Dress Shirt
The just shirt collar is hard stiff. Also dress shirts collars comes in some many different options you have club spread and point collar’s.
The Casual Shirt
Casual shirts has soft collars and a lot come’s with button down collars.
3.Fabric
The Dress Shirt
Dress shirt are usually build better using a higher quality fabric then a typical causal button down.
The Casual Shirt
The causal shirt is made with a higher quality fabric than most normal casual shirts but still not as high quality has good dress shirts. You can also get thick casually shirts like flannels. Or light weight shirts in the summer.
4.Color
The Dress Shirt
Dress are mainly solid colors like black white and light blue sometimes more louder color like light pink
The Casual Shirt
Casual shirts comes in a bunch of colors and patterns like multiple colors in a shirt in plaid.
5.Sleeve Length
The Dress Shirt
Dress Shirts are made to be long sleeve. Sometimes you will see a short sleeve dress shirt like in the 60’s movies or a McDonalds manager but its not a great look.
The Casual Shirt
The Casual shirts looks good with both short and long sleeves. If you are looking too wear a short sleeve button up go with the casual shirt is the better option for summer.
6.Length
The Dress Shirt
The dress shirt is a long in length because its suppose to be worn tuck in. You should never wear a dress shirt untucked. You cant turn a dress shirt into a casual shirt because its untucked. Also the hem at the bottom(that circle area at the end) is bigger with dress shirts.
The Casual Shirt
Casual shirts are short in length because it can be worn untucked. Also try not to wear casual shirts tuck in the the length is too short and it will become untuck all through out the day.
Also try not to buy those hybrid shirts they usually don’t look good untucked because they are kind of too long. An too short too be tuck in because its not long enough.
I hope I was able to help you understand the difference between the two. If you have any questions you can always go to the contact us page and send me a messages. I’ll get back with you as soon as I can.