The knitted T-shirt is a little more dressed up than your average cotton crew neck which, to be fair, has its roots in underwear. A knit offers a more premium take on the wardrobe workhorse.

Designed to offer added insulation without feeling bulky, most are made from weightier yet breathable loose-weave fabrics. This added heft makes the knitted T-shirt an ideal option for wearing tucked into tailored trousers or smartening up a pair of neatly cut shorts.

Elsewhere, sports brands knit their workout gear from performance-enhancing fabrics because the seamless construction prevents chafing and offers a greater range of movement.

The Printed T-Shirt

World-renowned Parisian label Givenchy carved itself a niche in recent seasons as a purveyor of powerful printed T-shirts. But if you’re not the kind of man who can afford to blow the average week’s wages on something you’ll spill ketchup on, then there are plenty of other digital prints on offer.

Hype, Ted Baker, Scotch & Soda, Zara and Stussy are just a few of the labels producing high-quality, soft cotton jersey T-shirts featuring summer-appropriate motifs each season, at much more affordable price points.

Although at first glance a printed T-shirt might seem like a headache to integrate into your existing wardrobe, doing so is actually surprisingly easy. Keep it cool by teaming with a pair of denim shorts or distressed jeans for a Cali slacker vibe, or smarten it up for the city by layering it under a dark, unstructured blazer.

When it comes to picking a design, all-over is the way to go this year – florals, geometrics, leopard and camouflage and all fair game, and each will help you stand apart from the guys who can’t bring themselves to leave the safety of Breton stripes.

The Logo T-Shirt

Before you call this out as the worst U-turn in style history, there is a marked difference between grown-up graphic T-shirts and the cringeworthy slogan types you’d expect to find on a lad’s holiday.