5 Men's Work Shirts: vegan + ethically made
With the office work world slowly morphing back into real life meetings, instead of the full time work from home model, many of us are finding the old work clothes don’t quite, ahem, fit quite as well as they used to. Whilst it probably won’t take too long for most to get back in shape, and the more structured pieces will once again come back into daily use, it’s going to be interesting to see if men’s work wear, in particular, is going to go back to a suit as the basis of traditional office attire. Or whether it will be more of a less formal, less structured, profile which appeals.
In any scenario, there’s always a need for good shirts to wear to work in the office, and if you are looking for ones which are ethically and more sustainably made, from vegan materials, here is our round up of five which have caught our eye lately.
Orion by Opera Campi
Made to order, in Italy, which is how we would like ALL fashion to eventually happen. (To avoid garment waste.) Currently, a 14 day dispatch from order.
100% hemp long staple yarn. Corozo buttons.
Colour: Denim Primitivo, yarn dyed.
World wide shipping.
Palm Island linen shirt by Wolf in Sheep’s clothing
Hand cut and made in Suffolk, England. Made from 100% linen from Mill Soktas.
Rigid collar and cuffs.
Features corozo buttons made in the UK by Courtney & CO British button makers.
Also available in plain pale blue, navy blue, white & pink linen.
a.04 by A.BCH
Long sleeve men’s linen shirt with collar.
Made to order in Melbourne, Victoria, by A.BCH, a local company with one of the highest standards of transparency and sustainability that we, at FK&Q know of.
Tailored modern linen shirt, with corozo buttons and optional chest buttons. (Because it is made to order, you can also customise the size if need be.)
Fabric made from 100% GOTS certified organic linen, grown in France. Spun into yarn in Hungary, woven into fabric in a C02 neutral factory in Belgium.
Also available in White and Raw Denim.
Highly recommended - for both high standard of sustainability but also wearability.
oxford shirt by ISTO Portugal
Tailored in Portugal, this classic cut Oxford shirt has a button down collar and a front left pocket.
Made from heavy weight 175 g/sqm organic cotton fabric.
ISTO is a Portuguese label, offering a transparency breakdown of garment costs on their website. All garments are made in Portugal.
World wide shipping available.
Double cuffed shirt by Wolf in Sheep’s clothing
Notched, double (or French) cuffed formal work shirt. Hand cut and made in Suffolk, England.
100% cotton from Soktas shirting mill.
Note: this is not organic cotton, but it is one of the rare options for ethically made double/French cuffed men’s work shirts, so we thought it worth including with this caveat.