Opinion

Style life: light & heavy

The versatile flannel shirt adapts to any forecast

By Diego Armand • October 8, 2013 2:32 pm EDT

Check flannel (worn as scarf) and solid (worn under jacket), both $79.50, Club Monaco. clubmonaco.com Credit: May Truong

  • Flannel, $138, Polo Ralph Lauren. Available at Hudson’s Bay Company, 176 Yonge St. Credit: May Truong

  • Utility flannel, $169, Klaxon Howl, 706 Queen St W. Credit: May Truong

  • Lumberjack button-down, $235, Gitman Bros Vintage. Available at Nomad, 819 Queen St W or nomadshop.net Credit: May Truong

  • Blackwatch button-down, $235, Gitman Bros Vintage. Available at Nomad. Credit: May Truong

  • Red/indigo brushed tartan shirt, $198, United Stock Dry Goods. Available at Sydney’s, 682 Queen St W or shopsydneys.com Credit: May Truong

Here’s a style buzzword: grungerjack. The flannel shirt is the go-to button-down for the season. Wear them thick, thin, in solids or plaids. As the weather gets crispy, they become ideal layering pieces: buttoned up tight under your fall jacket, around your neck as a scarf or tied around your waist 1990s grunge-style, for the warmer moments of your day.

Click on the slideshow above to see the gorgeous images.

All photos by May Truong

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