Overshirt linen and cotton - Olive green

The lightweight overshirt

The ideal layering piece in workwear style

The overshirt, also known as a shacket (short for shirt + jacket), is still somewhat new to the list of men's wardrobe essentials, yet it's not yesterday's news!

Like many garments that have achieved the status of "timeless essentials", the overshirt has its origins in the military. The so-called "Battle Dress Uniform", was robust, comfortable and with the many pockets above all very practical. The working class then adopted this shirt-like jacket for the same reasons for which the soldiers appreciated it. Eventually, numerous fashion brands adopted it, making this workwear jacket so popular over the last 40 years that it finally made it on the famous list of essential garments for men (and women, for that matter).

Combining the elegance of a shirt with the comfort and practicality of a jacket, the overshirt is the ideal layering piece: worn open or buttoned, over a plain t-shirt or a dressy business shirt, under a denim jacket or a wool coat, the casual elegant simplicity of the overshirt sets no limits to the possible combinations. Ideal for mid-season, it becomes a sweater and a jacket at the same time and is a more casual alternative to an unlined blazer.

And it is all these qualities that ensure this garment clearly deserves a place in our essentials.

The four C's: classic collar and casual cut

To make this overshirt as easy to wear as we promised, we kept it simple, efficient and classic. True to the original style of the overshirt.

The cut is casual, meaning it's straight without being oversized, with a very slightly rounded hem.

We kept the collar classically straight, with a collar leaf length of 6 cm. This results in a collar that suits everyone and the ideal balance to wear this shacket with both, crewneck T-shirts or sweaters as well as shirts with classic collars.

The tough stuff: corozo buttons

This overshirt has many buttons: from the placket to the chest pockets to the sleeves. So we needed a particularly strong material that would not stray away from the elegance of the shacket or our environmental consciousness. We found these criteria in corozo.

Corozo, also known as Tagua or "vegetal ivory," grows on the tagua palm tree in South America. It is actually the protein of the seed of this palm that serves as the base material for the eco-friendly buttons. Naturally shiny and with an inimitable fine grain, corozo buttons are also scratch-resistant and extremely durable. So button up or down your shacket as much as you like, these buttons can take a lot!

A blend of linen and cotton

For a durable yet breathable fabric

For a summery overshirt, there is no magic recipe. You simply have to choose a fabric made of materials that meet the climatic requirements of the season. Cotton makes up 84% of our shacket, while linen makes up the remaining 16%. Absorbent, hypoallergenic, antibacterial, durable, lightweight, airy - and the list goes on. The bottom line is that we have two natural materials with many properties that are highly valued in the summer and complement each other beautifully in our lightweight overshirt. And as far as looks go, linen adds a light but very nice texture that is perfect for summer looks.

This summery fabric is made in Spain, from the same centuries-old weaver, who provides the fabric for our chinos. This positive experience and the shared belief in a responsible textile industry led us to selet yet another fabric from their catalog.