The short sleeve shirt has a bad reputation and most of it is deserved. Too boxy, too thin, sleeves that end in the wrong place and somehow make every arm look worse than it actually is. The problem is not the category. The problem is that most men have only ever worn bad versions of it. Get the fit right and a short sleeve shirt is one of the most useful things in a warm weather wardrobe. We’re talking about shirts where the sleeve hits mid bicep rather than drifting toward the elbow, where the body tapers enough to look considered without pulling across the chest, and where the fabric has enough weight to drape rather than cling. Camp collars, classic points, linen, cotton, printed or plain. We’ve been through a lot of options to find the ones that photograph well and feel even better in person. These are the short sleeve shirts that have nothing to prove and everything to offer.