A Christmas dress shirt is a type of men’s shirt that, as the name implies, is holiday-themed. This type of shirt is often available in a variety of designs but typically features Christmas elements such as Christmas trees, Santa hats, reindeer, red candy canes, and shooting stars. Although it naturally comes in classic Christmas colors like red and green, a men’s Christmas dress shirt may also feature other shades such as rich blues, deep greens, burgundy, metallic shades, gold, silver, and deep jewel tones. But note Christmas dress shirts weren’t always bright and playful. As with most classic men’s clothing, these shirts were initially defined by traditional, plain styles and subdued colors like brown, black, and white. However, as social norms loosened in the 20th and 21st centuries, the standard men’s black and white dress shirt began featuring bold and colorful hues and prints.
As with most clothing, Christmas dress shirts can be found in various materials. However, silk is the most common fabric and material option as it is luxurious yet casual enough, ideally matching the festive theme that a boy’s Christmas dress shirt should embody. Even when it’s a black dress shirt, the silk fabric gives it a delicate shimmer reminiscent of festivities. However, silk is not the only classic material option for a men’s dress shirt. Other options include linen, which, similarly to silk, provides a casual yet luxurious appeal, and velvet, which often enhances a dress shirt's warmth and texture. Recently, mens dress shirts have featured material mixes such as cotton and polyester, cotton and spandex, and, in other instances, even unexpected fabrics like corduroy. These contemporary fabric options and material mixes provide comfort and style while simultaneously allowing for ease of maintenance and flexibility. Simply put, a dress shirt today can be found in nearly any fabric option.
Thanks to the evolution of social norms in the past two centuries, the classic red dress shirt now comes in two main style variations: traditional and contemporary. A traditional dress shirt typically, and unsurprisingly, is holiday or festive-themed to capture the essence of and make an impression of the holiday season. It usually features conventional holiday colors like red, green, and gold, classic fabrics like silk and velvet, and comes in classic designs like tartan and plaid. A traditional mens Christmas dress shirt also features patterns and prints traditionally associated with Christmas, such as Santa hats and reindeer. On the other hand, a contemporary men’s dress shirt is more whimsical in that it has a more complex and broad color scheme and often features intricate patterns.
Mens Christmas dress shirts usually come in a range of colors, from striking hues like joyful reds and deep greens to even some shades of blues. The patterns include geometric shapes, vertical stripes, polka dots, checkered, houndstooth, and horizontal stripes. Contemporary dress shirts also have pretty unique designs, such as the collarless option. Also known as a cheegs collar, a collarless dress shirt has a neckline whose edge is finished with binding to create a relaxed look. Common types of collarless dress shirts include Mandarin and Hawaiian shirts.
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