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4 Essential Holiday Shirts For Your No-Iron Travel Itinerary
Let's face it, nobody wants to spend the first precious hours of their holiday wrestling a luke-warm travel iron circa 1996. Yet, every summer we optimistically pack crease-prone pieces, only to find ourselves Googling “how to steam clothes using a hotel shower” again. This year, we can do things differently. Four shirts, four destinations, and not a single iron in sight.
Consider this your holiday capsule wardrobe, sorted. Beach days, city wanders, harbour sunsets and gallery afternoons — we've got them all covered.
Milos, Greece
Featuring Ana, The Oversized Shirt in Pink Cherry Stripe
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While everyone else is queuing for snaps of the sunset in Santorini, the smart money's on Milos. Think volcanic coves, an otherworldly white lunar landscape and roughly eighty beaches to work through at your leisure. Milos rewards a wardrobe you can rumple, salt-splash and sling over a wet swimsuit without a second thought, which is precisely the job description for Ana. Cut in a fluid, oversized silhouette, she's crease resistant, roomy across the bust (no gaping, no emergency safety pins, no drama), and finished with a classic collar and chest pocket for good measure.
Styling Inspo: Wear open over a brightly coloured bikini for the beach club, then knotted at the front over denim shorts when the day cools. Accesorise with tortoiseshell sunglasses and gold hoops to carry your look through to cocktails in the harbour.
Shop Ana in Pink Cherry Stripe
Copenhagen, Denmark
Featuring Claudia, Navy Cotton Jersey Shirt with Woven Collar & Cuffs
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Copenhagen doesn't do fuss, and neither does Claudia. This is a shirt built for a city best explored by bike and crammed with design museums and hip Nordic restaurants. Claudia's stretch jersey body moves with you and won't cling, while woven Swiss cotton sateen at the collar, cuffs and placket give the polish of a proper button-down without any of the packing anxiety. The white cocktail cuffs can be worn long or folded back to a bracelet length, and Claudia layers beautifully under a blazer or knitwear when the Baltic breeze has other ideas.
Styling Inspo: Take Claudia on a gallery-hopping trip by pairing her with a warm-toned midi skirt and trainers. Swap your footwear for ballet pumps or low block heels and layer with a camel trench for a night on the town.
Hvar, Croatia
Featuring Colleen, Regular Fit White Crease-Free Shirt
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If ever a shirt was destined for a Croatian island, it's Collen. Don't you know she was specifically designed with travel in mind? Hvar's lavender fields, boat-hopping and harbour-side bars call for a shirt that can go from ferry to sundowners without a wrinkle in sight, and that's Colleen’s forte. Crafted from premium cotton twill with a polished, crease-free finish and a flattering fit, Colleen stays sharp and ready for anything.
Styling Inspo: Versatile Colleen looks fab unbuttoned over a navy-striped swimsuit at the beach club, then paired with patterned high waisted, wide leg trousers for a chic evening dinner in the old town.
Paris, France
Featuring Lottie, Ivory Oversized Shirt with Pleated Exaggerated Cuffs
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Some destinations call for a slightly more theatrical shirt and Paris is one of them. The City of Love demands a piece which can breeze through long lunches, longer museum queues and even longer relaxed evenings on a café terrace. Enter Lottie, cut in a weighty, crease-free crepe with an easy, relaxed fit, a soft neck tie and those wonderfully dramatic pleated cuffs. Show-stopping yet practical, and never looking overdone Lottie has that Parisian "Je ne sais quoi" nailed, right down to the gold buttons.
Styling inspo: Slip an unbuttoned Lottie over a black slip dress to wander the Marais and tie her into a neat little bow with cuffs peeping from a relaxed blazer for dinner.
