Most men get their party dressing wrong in one of two ways. They either overthink it and arrive looking like they’re attending a different, more formal event entirely, or they underthink it and show up in whatever they wore to the pub on a Tuesday. The shirt is usually where it goes right or wrong. A party shirt needs to do something. A colour that earns its place, a print that reads as intentional rather than accidental, a fabric that moves well under warm lighting and holds up across a long night. We’ve been looking specifically at shirts that have personality without requiring a costume change in confidence. Cuban collars, open weaves, considered prints, shirts that work with tailored trousers as well as dark denim. Nothing that needs explaining and nothing that blends into the background. These are the shirts that make you look like you thought about it without looking like you tried too hard.