Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
* ⬇️ All these products are linked below ⬇️
* Thanks @PetersPrism for stopping by - subscribe to the man!
* Peter and I also did this video all about chambray: youtube.com/watch?v=aVdDMrtQaLA
It sounds like a factoid but most of the time, natural materials breathe better — but the conversation doesn't stop at the word "cotton." In this video, Peter's Prism and I go through 11 different fabrics, including 7 ways of making cotton, that are ideal for keeping you cooler in hot weather, especially if you're dressing smart casual.
Full article with more options: stridewise.com/best-summer-fabrics
*THE SEERSUCKER SUITS*
Mine: Flint and Tinder glnk.io/3vzrq/stridewise2p5
His: Engineered Garments haloshoes.com/products/engineered-garments-andover-jacket-in-navy-cotton-seersucker
My loafers: Astorflex glnk.io/3vzrq/stridewise7kw
His loafers: GH Bass fave.co/4qDsSio
His poplin shirt: Drake's fave.co/44YlKVj
My hat: Two Roads shrsl.com/4wjw3
*LINEN*
Alex Crane: shrsl.com/4wjw2
Quince: fave.co/4dtOSpq
everything else is custom or no longer sold but here's Proper Cloth bit.ly/pc-stridewise
*HEMP*
The hemp denim chinos: ktku.co/xb
Taylor Stitch's hemp lineup: taylor-stitch.nnh2.net/4GRR3o
*SILK*
That Quince shirt is now either a full button up or it's a polo like Peter's, but in black: fave.co/4krW47U
*OPEN KNIT WEAVES*
My light blue cotton-linen one: Flint and Tinder glnk.io/3vzrq/stridewise6cn
James Bond's: Sunspel fave.co/42NCaLl
Taylor Stitch's glnk.io/3vzrq/stridewise4qd
*CHAMBRAY*
Mine: Flint and Tinder glnk.io/3vzrq/stridewise93x
Peter's: Amazon Essentials amzn.to/3GNNkdL
*DENIM AND GAUZE*
Naked and Famous, the gauze shirt: tateandyoko.com/search?type=product&q=gauze
High Noon summer denim: nakedandfamousdenim.com/high-noon-selvedge
*SATEEN*
Benzak's sateen chinos: These are no longer available
Taylor Stitch discontinued my fatigues but the market's most beloved fatigues are
- Tellason ktku.co/xd
- Orslow witheredfig.com/collections/orslow-fatigues
00:00 Natural fabrics are usually best for summer
00:55 Linen
02:25 Hemp
02:58 Wool in summer
03:32 Seersucker
04:59 Poplin
05:37 Silk?
06:04 Open knit weaves
07:15 Gauze shirt
07:54 Chambray for summer
08:18 Lightweight summer denim
09:00 Sateen
10:21 Wrapping up
* ⬇️ All these products are linked below ⬇️
* Thanks @PetersPrism for stopping by - subscribe to the man!
* Peter and I also did this video all about chambray: youtube.com/watch?v=aVdDMrtQaLA
It sounds like a factoid but most of the time, natural materials breathe better — but the conversation doesn't stop at the word "cotton." In this video, Peter's Prism and I go through 11 different fabrics, including 7 ways of making cotton, that are ideal for keeping you cooler in hot weather, especially if you're dressing smart casual.
Full article with more options: stridewise.com/best-summer-fabrics
*THE SEERSUCKER SUITS*
Mine: Flint and Tinder glnk.io/3vzrq/stridewise2p5
His: Engineered Garments haloshoes.com/products/engineered-garments-andover-jacket-in-navy-cotton-seersucker
My loafers: Astorflex glnk.io/3vzrq/stridewise7kw
His loafers: GH Bass fave.co/4qDsSio
His poplin shirt: Drake's fave.co/44YlKVj
My hat: Two Roads shrsl.com/4wjw3
*LINEN*
Alex Crane: shrsl.com/4wjw2
Quince: fave.co/4dtOSpq
everything else is custom or no longer sold but here's Proper Cloth bit.ly/pc-stridewise
*HEMP*
The hemp denim chinos: ktku.co/xb
Taylor Stitch's hemp lineup: taylor-stitch.nnh2.net/4GRR3o
*SILK*
That Quince shirt is now either a full button up or it's a polo like Peter's, but in black: fave.co/4krW47U
*OPEN KNIT WEAVES*
My light blue cotton-linen one: Flint and Tinder glnk.io/3vzrq/stridewise6cn
James Bond's: Sunspel fave.co/42NCaLl
Taylor Stitch's glnk.io/3vzrq/stridewise4qd
*CHAMBRAY*
Mine: Flint and Tinder glnk.io/3vzrq/stridewise93x
Peter's: Amazon Essentials amzn.to/3GNNkdL
*DENIM AND GAUZE*
Naked and Famous, the gauze shirt: tateandyoko.com/search?type=product&q=gauze
High Noon summer denim: nakedandfamousdenim.com/high-noon-selvedge
*SATEEN*
Benzak's sateen chinos: These are no longer available
Taylor Stitch discontinued my fatigues but the market's most beloved fatigues are
- Tellason ktku.co/xd
- Orslow witheredfig.com/collections/orslow-fatigues
00:00 Natural fabrics are usually best for summer
00:55 Linen
02:25 Hemp
02:58 Wool in summer
03:32 Seersucker
04:59 Poplin
05:37 Silk?
06:04 Open knit weaves
07:15 Gauze shirt
07:54 Chambray for summer
08:18 Lightweight summer denim
09:00 Sateen
10:21 Wrapping up
