Everything about linen clothing

This fabric is made from plant fibers, specifically from the flax plant. It is a natural, biodegradable, and recyclable fiber known for its strength and lightness, twice that of cotton fabrics.

As with cotton, linen is made into fabrics known for being breathable and absorbing moisture. In fact, perspiration increases by 150% compared with cotton fabrics, and skin temperature drops by 3-4 º C compared with cotton or silk shirts. Thanks to its properties as a heat conductor, it keeps you cooler in summer and warmer in winter. In fact, its conductivity is 5 times greater than wool's and 18 times greater than silk's. This means linen shirts are suitable not only for spring and summer but also for winter. 

As for its absorbency, it absorbs body sweat and removes it. Thanks to its molecular structure, linen can absorb up to 20% of its weight before it feels damp, and it evaporates moisture more quickly. 

Linen is two to three times more durable than cotton. In fact, the oldest preserved garment in history is a linen shirt!

If your linen shirt wrinkles, do not worry; it will still look perfectly elegant. This is a characteristic of the garment and an aspect inherent to the very nature of the fabric. If the shirt is made with a percentage of cotton blend, it will wrinkle less, but it will not have the same appearance as a 100% linen shirt.

Besides being hypoallergenic, it stimulates blood circulation. As a result, the person wearing a linen shirt feels more relaxed and stress-free (seriously).

Linen allows for a billion different combinations, always adding that touch of elegance and standing out from all the cotton or synthetic garments people are wearing these days in the heat. 

O.K. We now fully understand the wonders of linen, but how do I wear it successfully without looking like an attempt at an '80s Luismi lost in the city? 

Sporty, Casual, Relaxed Style:

You can perfectly pair a short- or long-sleeved linen shirt, button-down collar or otherwise, with short or long jeans and 100% cotton trousers. Please do not commit the blasphemy of wearing linen with anything synthetic, especially as a cover-up for your swimwear, if that happens to be the case.

Formal, Elegant, Show-Stopping Style:

Contrary to what many people believe, it is acceptable to wear a linen tie with linen. Ideally, though, wear cotton, or a fiber with less linen content, for the shirt; as for the tie, if it must be 100% linen, it is the centerpiece and should stand out.

Traditional, Conventional, A Classic:

If you wear a guayabera or a Filipino shirt, completely forget about wearing a tie or tucking it into your trousers; that would be another blasphemy. In any case, if you wear a linen shirt without a tie, you can leave it untucked, or tuck it in with a nice belt matching your shoes, making this look much more formal.

A long-sleeved guayabera is acceptable at formal evening events, and you can wear it with black dress trousers, even if the event is in the city, and of course use other textures such as cotton or linen itself. If it is short-sleeved, it is strictly casual.

TIP: If you have a linen shirt made to measure (which is ideal), remember that the drape of this fabric, or in other words its cut, tends to be looser than that of dress shirts. So do not insist that your tailor give it a slim fit, because that will not work.

Now that there are no more doubts, get yourself a linen garment, and you will fall deeply in love with it.