At times, menswear classics — like the Oxford shirt or the blue jean, for instance — don’t need too much tweaking. But when an update rolls around, especially from one of the best menswear designers in the country, like Billy Reid, the results are worth keeping an eye. Take the Billy Reid Shoals Shirt — it’s a hard-wearing, classic denim shirt with a few Billy Reid-approved updates, and it’s been in the designer’s line for years.

It’s already one of the best denim shirts for men, but when it gets updated, as with the Billy Reid Shoals Twill Shirt, it gets even better. The key here is the use of rich organic cotton that gets better and softer with every wear, in my experience. But the update this time around?

The use of that same fabric in a rich Slate Green color, the kind that pairs well with everything from a navy shawl collar cardigan to a classic fisherman sweater or an indigo trucker jacket.

Plus, touches like Billy Reid‘s signature spade pockets, to go along with handsome antique brass hardware, serve to make this a stylish shirt bound to get noticed anywhere you go. One of the best men’s shirts, period, nmade even better? That’s the Billy Reid way, my friends.