Easy-to-style essentials for summer trips

Isn’t packing for a trip weird? A trip of purported pleasure carries you to a distant land, to which you can only bring a small portion of your stuff.



“What do I bring?” you shout back at life. Don’t worry, you can make it really easy on yourself. I want what I packed to be so easy and versatile I could fall into my duffel and come out in something cohesive. That’s how effortless travel dressing should be. Let’s explore a few of my gender-neutral summer travel essentials.



White cotton button-down shirt



White cotton is as classic and versatile as it gets. Pull it for every trip to a warm destination. Tanks and tees are good forms of it, but my choice is always a white cotton button-down shirt. Also called an oxford, this piece has been a casual classic chosen by icons such as Dean Martin and Princess Diana.



A “button-down” shirt differs from a “button-up” shirt because you can button down the collar tip of a “button-down” shirt. Cleverly named, right? It’s more relaxed and sportier than the “button-up” variant, and you can get a decent one at Walmart.



And yes, I said sporty. A lot of what we see as “dressy” today started as sportswear. In fact, a lot of it can still hang with today’s sportswear. Wear one open and roll up the sleeves to pair it easily with running shorts and your favorite sneakers.



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~Nathan Gamache, Missouri-Kansas City ‘23




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