Advice for choosing men's shirt

This guide contains advice to help you choose the shirt style that is most complimentary to your figure.


Short torso


For your best look:
  • Vertical details, like stripes or seams, help to elongate your torso.

Avoid these mistakes for your body type:
  • Horizontal details

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Long torso


For your best look:
  • Horizontal details help to shorten the appearance of your body.

Avoid these mistakes for your body type:
  • Avoid vertical details
  • Do not wear your shirt untucked from your trousers.

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Tummy


For your best look:
  • Choose shirt styles with vertical details, like stripes and seams, because they make you look slimmer.

Avoid these mistakes for your body type:
  • Short shirt styles
  • Horizontal details

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Short, heavy body


For your best look:
  • Plain shirts with a classic collar look very flattering.
  • Choose unicolored shirts or fabrics with small, decent patterns or pinstripes.

Avoid these mistakes for your body type:
  • Horizontal details

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Tall, heavy body


For your best look:
  • Look for shirt styles with long drawn-out collars.
  • Choose fabrics with pinstripes.
  • Vertical details give your body a slender appearance.

Avoid these mistakes for your body type:
  • Horizontal details