A dress shirt (in American English), or simply shirt (also button-front or button-up shirt) is a shirt with a collar, a full-length opening at the front from the collar to the hem, and sleeves with cuffs. It is predominantly used by men, women usually wearing blouses. The opening fastens down a placket using buttons or studs, and the cuffs close with buttons or cuff links. Dress shirts are normally made from woven cloth, and are often accompanied by a jacket and tie, for example with a suit or formalwear, but the shirts are also worn more casually without.
The term button-down is often used now in American English to refer to shirts in general, though elsewhere, for example in British English, it still refers exclusively, as originally, to a shirt with a buttoned collar. In British English, this garment is known as just a shirt, while a dress shirt is specifically a more formal type; the evening variety worn with black tie or white tie is also discussed below. Some of these formal shirts have detachable collars attached with collar studs.
The term button-down is often used now in American English to refer to shirts in general, though elsewhere, for example in British English, it still refers exclusively, as originally, to a shirt with a buttoned collar. In British English, this garment is known as just a shirt, while a dress shirt is specifically a more formal type; the evening variety worn with black tie or white tie is also discussed below. Some of these formal shirts have detachable collars attached with collar studs.
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