Are you on the hunt for simple tips and tricks to style beach shirts for men? While women have closets full of clothes to pick from, how do men wear and most importantly, style beach shirts that not only look cool but also feel comfortable?
From the right color mix to topping off with commonly available accessories, welcome to easy-to-follow and even more fun to wear lookbooks covering the coolest ways to wear beach shirts for men.
If there is one thing we can promise you – you will not be disappointed after following our simple recipe for the coolest beach look with your shirts.
So, what’s the user’s guide to this lookbook? Before you can dive in to our top picks of styling men’s shirts for the beach, here are a few things you should be clear about:
- Is it a casual beach day or a formal party/date night?
- How much time do you have to style your shirt and the overall outfit?
- Do you have the accessories/stuff mentioned in our lookbook to complete the outfit of the day?
- Last but not the least, are you ready to look amazing with this super sweet and short look book guide?
Once you are clear about the above mentioned stuff, we believe it is time to address the elephant in the room – so how do you style those beach shirts for men and not look like a circus monkey?
Get your color combination right!
Stick to the basics – No matter what the century, there is no dilly dallying away from the basics – your beach shirt should match or look like a logical combination with your shorts/khaki pants or whatever bottom wear you have picked.
What we are trying to say is that your beach shirt should be a logical color combination – please don’t pair up your green polo with red board shorts and vice versa.
Here are a few color combinations we hand-picked to save your time:
- Any shirt paired up with khaki shorts/white shorts or pants
- Floral beach shirts with white shorts look even better
- Any solid colored bottom wear with a pastel shirt (However avoid blacks in the heat!)
A basic 3 step guide will help you in styling your beach shirt in a way that is easy on the eyes, might attract a few ladies and does not absorb too much heat on your beach day.
2) Open your heart to patterned shirts
The easiest one-way formula for an amazing, Hawaii beach look is to get yourself a patterned shirt – yepp, a floral pattern works even better!
Floral patterned beach shirts paired up with bottom wear in the color scheme mentioned in the first point is perfect for both – a casual day on the beach and a formal date night. It’s one of the coolest ways to style your beach outfit. Pair it up with nice sunglasses and a beach hat and voila – you are ready for an amazing beach day!
In addition to floral patterns, snake printed patterns are a huge hit nowadays. Snake patterns are also the way to go if you are really into blacks, it is one way to add some black pop to your wardrobe without really dying of heat.
3) Learn more about short-sleeved button down shirts
White it is cool to style button down shirts for your beach dates and is perfectly okay, let me introduce you to short-sleeved button down shirts.
Short sleeved button down shirts, especially patterned ones, are the perfect casual way to style your beach shirt. You can style this beach shirt with shorts – pants and capris don’t look too amazing but can work if you do it the right way.
I would recommend sticking to your white shorts with these short-sleeved button down shirts and hanging a pair of sunglasses in the middle topped off with a beach hat – does the image together in your mind? It sure does, for us!
4) Terry polo shirts can be styled without any accessories!
If there is one thing that you may have figured out from this lookbook, there aren’t too many creative ways to style beach shirts if you get your color, fabric and accessories right.
But let’s go back to one of our earlier questions, what’s the occasion?
In our expert opinion, there is NOTHING that works better than a 100% softness woven, terry polo shirt for your date night. Now this might not look or feel great during the day, but you’ll be surprised how great a grey terry polo shirt will look on your date night.
It also usually gets a bit chilly in the evening so a full sleeved terry polo shirt will also help with the chill and will definitely put you at complete ease.
5) Introducing you to the best bottom wear – Chino pants
The most tricky part about wearing your beach shirt is picking the best bottom wear – and in comes Chino pants. Light weight fabric and an all-around carefree vibe, Chino pants can be paired up nicely with your beach shirts (any one!) to give a nice warm look.
The best part about Chino pants is that they can even be worn on a wintery beach day – can be paired up nicely with beach shirts and sweaters alike. These pants give you the leverage to pull up any of your favorite beach shirts.
Accessorize your beach shirt!
Let’s say for a minute you want to loose the Chino pants and the floral patterns – you can style your beach shirt with the right accessories:
- Sunglasses are a must!
- Beach hats
- Sneakers (any beach – friendly shoes)
- Scarves around your neck for solid colored shirts
You can mix and match any of the accessories with your beach shirt – open the buttons or close them and complete your look!
