Five ways to wear... a check shirt - in pictures

A check shirt (or plaid, depending on which side of the pond you are from) fills a wardrobe void. It is practical enough to be classed as workwear and cool enough to have serious style credentials (see Kurt Cobain’s grunge legacy). American brand Rails specialises in the perfect check shirt (£145, squareonelondon.com). Seriously, they are the softest you will wear and while it’s not a formal piece of kit the number of ways in which it can be worn for casual events is limitless