Button-down shirts lean more casual, while button-up shirts (in the classic menswear sense) lean dressier. Button-downs are also often more versatile—they can be Oxfords or short-sleeved.

For most people, "button-down" and "button-up" are interchangeable. We use the term off-handedly whenever we need to refer to a dress shirt that has buttons up the front and buttons on the cuffs.

Timeless and practical, shop a rainbow of summer button-up shirts in cotton, linen, chambray, silk, crochet, and more.

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Luckily, Amazon’s fashion department is packed with breezy button-down shirts that can be dressed up or dressed down, worn on their own or layered underneath blazers and jackets. There are airy ...

I tried on button-up tops at Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy. The shirts from Gap and Banana Republic were the same price, but were made up of different fabrics.