There are plentiful flannel shirts for men on the market, right? And in plentiful varieties, from thick flannel workshirts to heathered flannel dress shirts and classic red-and-black plaid flannel shirts in spades. Many of these flannel shirts for men are assuredly worth their weight, and then some, but what if I told you there was a company out there dedicated only (or at least, for the most part) to making the best men’s flannel shirts on the market?
Too good to be true though it might sound, that’s the aim of Pladra, which focuses on a thoughtfully curated array of men’s flannel shirts with unexpected touches — like printed nature scenes beneath the collar and at the shirt cuff — alongside unexpected color combinations and handsome patterns.
Think of Pladra men’s shirts like a flannel shirt for the modern age — a relatively tailored fit, a vast array of solid colors as as well as plaid patterns, and a few easy-to-shop options broken down by weight and by usage.
For instance, the Every Day Flannel Shirt shown here is a personal favorite, the kind of shirt that’s crisp enough for an afternoon coffee meeting and just plain cool enough to wear underneath a trucker jacket at an indie rock show.
In colors like Portsmouth Blue or the aptly named Autumn Red, Pladra offers a lifetime guarantee alongside its shirts, and the soft, supple yet durable nature of the fabric speaks to that — seriously, Pladra flannel shirts are uncommonly soft while boasting a fit that looks positively great untucked or worn tucked in beneath a handsome cardigan.
For my own daily wear on the road through a Michigan fall or trekking elsewhere in my #FreelanceLife pursuits, I value the brushed midweight cotton flannel build of the Every Day Flannel Shirt — not too restrictive or heavy to wear atop a henley, nor too lightweight to buckle under crisp autumn air. Pladra bills the Every Day Flannel Shirt as one made for three-season layering, and there are options aplenty when it comes to Pladra heavyweight flannel shirts for brisk temperatures and a workwear-like nature.
A word to the wise: The Workhorse Elite Flannel bridges the gap between heavyweight and an everyday weight, but we’ll have more on some of my new favorite flannel shirts in the weeks ahead.
‘Tis the season for finding your new favorite flannel shirt and layering it on up, is it not, my friends? For now, I can’t recommend highly enough that you start off your fall shirt quest by scoring the Every Day Flannel Shirt from Pladra in a rich pattern of your choice — remarkable autumnal layering awaits, my friends.
