Henley
Crewneck top without a collar, with a short button placket. Made of jersey or fine ribbed knit, it sits between a T-shirt and a sweater: more casual than a sweater, dressier than a T-shirt. It goes with jeans, corduroy and chinos, and works well under an overshirt.
In the catalog
From the Guide
- Black on top is the hardest color: safe only with jeans, with everything else at best “works”, and with navy trousers we avoid it.
- We avoid a black top with navy trousers.
- We avoid a black top with navy trousers: both tones are dark and too similar, so the difference looks like a mistake.
Related terms
- Oxford shirtShirt made of Oxford cloth, usually with a button-down collar whose points are buttoned to the shirt.
- Poplin shirtShirt made of poplin: smooth, dense and fine, with a collar that carries a tie, such as the wide-spread cutaway collar.
- Chambray shirtShirt made of chambray, which from a distance looks like lightweight denim.
- Camp-collar shirtShirt with a flat, open lapel collar without a collar stand and a straight hem, made to be worn untucked.
- Band-collar shirtShirt that has only the collar band and no collar points.
- PoloShort-sleeved top with a shirt collar and a short placket with two or three buttons.