Casual Shirt

Introduction(What is Casual Shirt?)

A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body. Originally an undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become, in American English, a catch-
all term for almost any upper-body garment other than outerwear such as sweaters, coats, jackets, or undergarments such as bras,vests or base
layers. In British English, a shirt is more specifically a garment with a collar, sleeves with cuffs and a full vertical opening with buttons. (North
Americans would call that a "dress shirt", a specific type of "collared shirt".)

 Man semi formal clothes have become the daily fashion. Man Casual business attire is comfortable and trendy. Today's multinational environment aims at
ramping up the productivity of its employees by giving them a cool youngster environment, which acts as a lucrative factor that helps in retaining the present
staff plus paves way for attracting new fresh talent. 

Younger generation wants more freedom in work. As a part of autonomy, they also desire to have a unique dressing style. The trend of this millennium till
now has been of semi formal styling. Well on the last working day, casuals are fine. The basic difference that has come lies in the fact that breaking the
conservative norm, tie has become more of an optional accessory. 

Casual shirts are sometimes hard to find. They are not regular T-shirts nor regular formal clothing. They are meant to fit in almost any situation,
whether it's getting together with family or attending a school meeting

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Other features

 pockets — how many (if any), where, and with regard to closure: not closable, just a flap, or with a button or zipper.

 with or without hood

Types of shirting fabric

There are two main categories of fibres used: natural fibre and man-made fibre (synthetics or
petroleum based). Some natural fibres are linen, the first used historically, cotton, the most
used, ramie, wool, silk and more recently bamboo or soya. Some synthetic fibres
are polyester, tencel, viscose, etc. Polyester mixed with cotton (poly-cotton) is often used.
Fabrics for shirts are called shirtings. The four main weaves for shirtings are plain
weave, oxford, twill and satin. Broadcloth, poplin and end-on-end are variations of the plain
weave. After weaving,finishing can be applied to the fabric.
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