collared shirts might all be the same. But knowing the specifics of each is the mark of a truly fashionable guy. Bond didn’t pair a bow tie with a point collar or a knit tie with a band collar.

Legend, however, took our favorite shirt of the season, of the band collar variety, and paired it with a gray micro-check suit, which struck the perfect balance of between dressed-up and dressed down.

Ah, the band collar ... it's the perfect in-between shirt style. It's a far cry from the more traditionally formal collar styles (cutaway, point, et al.). Heck, it's even more freewheeling ...

And that's where things got crafty, folks. (So to speak.) The band collar shirt is like any old button-down you already have in your arsenal absent one important detail: The whole damn collar.

The band-collar shirt is as easy as it is versatile: like the missing link between a tee and a dress shirt. Which means it’s perfect under the hard lines of a military-born M65 jacket ...

To Mr. Olberding’s surprise, the store buyers he met with that morning were enamored of his shorn shirt’s uninhibited air. They ordered what would be the first of many proper band-collar ...

But really, it works best with a power suit and a large tie knot ... give your regular shirts a break and try on the Bandhgala (aka band collar). It’s your answer to looking laid-back without ...