But the short-sleeve button-up shirt really isn't scary at all, and is indeed a menswear staple that's crucial to many looks, as well as an item that should be in every man's wardrobe.

This breezy style looks—and feels—cool as hell. Inside, the best short-sleeved shirts for men, from brands including Percival, Prada, Lululemon, and more.

Third, keep in mind that short-sleeved button-downs cannot be worn every place that long-sleeved button-downs can. They are a replacement for a T-shirt, not for a long sleeve.

Stylish men on the best short-sleeve button-downs, button-ups, and popovers, including shirts from Uniqlo, Todd Snyder, and Buck Mason.

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“I hate short-sleeved shirts,” says Richard James, the Savile Row tailor. “If I see someone in a short-sleeved shirt, I don’t even think middle management, I think loser.

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The 2012 version of the short-sleeved button front shirt is a far cry from the 1960s take, which was adopted and made famous by NASA engineers cheering on the Apollo 13 landing.

Wearing a plain white short-sleeved top with a large black letter T printed on the front can make a man up to 12 per cent more attractive, scientists claim.

Full shirts are smart. But the short-sleeved, buttoned-up shirt is a pariah. Even the most obtuse menswear snobs don’t know exactly why this shirt is so frowned upon, but all agree that it is.

NASA’S APOLLO engineers were smart men and that’s why they wore short-sleeved, white dress shirts through sweltering summers in places like Houston. Back in the 1960s, “I don’t think ...