Best Shirts for Men with a Rectangle Body Shape
With a straight torso, add shape through structure and layers, not by making shirts tighter.
This guide is for the rectangle body shape: chest and hips within 5% of each other, with a waist between 90% and 98% of the wider of the two.
Look for
- Regular or tailored fits with a crisp collar and structured shoulder
- Patterns such as checks, gingham and horizontal stripes that add width
- Overshirts and layers that add depth to the upper body
- A hem that is long enough to tuck in, or a straight hem to wear out
Skip or adjust
- Very loose shirts that hang straight down and look shapeless
- Skinny shirts that cling and exaggerate the lack of a taper
- Long, untucked shirts that hide the waist and shorten the legs
More for the rectangle body shape
Shirts for other body shapes
These are starting points, not rules. If you love a style that isn’t listed, wear it.