The Best Flannel Shirts for Men Will Make Everything Better in 2019

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If you’ve avoided flannel shirts recently for fear of looking like you just stepped out of 2014, let us assure you hipster Paul Bunyan is not the only way to wear a lumberjack shirt. Style your flannel with Dickies, cargo pants, or sweats instead of selvedge jeans. Or try Vans or Wallabees over Red Wing boots. There are numerous ways to make the time-honored flannel feel new. Just do whatever feels the most like you (and leave your painted axe at home). Our favorite flannel shirts of the moment don’t apologize for their flannel-ness, with foliage-inspired colors, heavy check patterns, and boxy, even padded cuts that allow you to wear them as a shirt or a jacket, depending on how painfully cold it is outside.

The Streetwear Flannel

Off-White flannel shirt

Off-White flannel shirt

With its classic flap pockets, oversize fit, and strong red, black, and gray check pattern, we’d like this flannel even if it wasn’t considered a menswear grail. The fact that it’s finished with Virgil Abloh’s ironic graphics—in this case, a couple of graffiti-inspired tags under the front pocket and above the back hem—does certainly add a nice twist to the staple. No one is going to confuse you for the Brawny Man in this. Justin Bieber, maybe.

The Heritage Flannel

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Woolrich John Rich & Bros. flannel overshirt

When it comes to flannel shirts, it doesn’t get more iconic than Woolrich, which has been doing its buffalo-check thing for over 150 years now. Still, we wouldn’t count this shirt as a favorite if it didn’t hold up to 2019 standards. It fits well, feels great, and comes in the kind of strong colors we like, such as cobalt blue. Plus, you can’t beat the price.

The Business-Casual Flannel

Ami button down shirt

Ami button down shirt

Ami designs menswear staples with a refined, French-guy twist that makes them irresistible and very flattering. The brand’s checked flannel shirt is nice enough to dress up with trousers and comes in subdued colorways you could easily sneak into your business-casual wardrobe. But while it looks more refined than your average flannel, it’s still made from 100% cotton, which means you can beat it up and wash it with the hot stuff just the same.

The Textured Flannel

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Faith Connexion knitted two tone shirt

Made with mohair, alpaca, and wool, this shirt has the kind of 3D texture you love in a vintage flannel—without the itchy finish. Add in the supersized proportions of both the plaid and the shirt itself, and you’ve got a flannel that feels less lumberjack bro and more NBA superstar arriving at the arena.

The Designer Flannel

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Todd Snyder Scotch plaid flannel shirt

Todd Snyder does good things with color—like this golden yellow check flannel, which has the energy to make even the laziest outfit look considered, without screaming for attention either. Plus, on your TV-and-takeout days, one look at the “Made in New York with Italian fabric” tag will remind you that you’re a high-quality man who only occasionally watches six episodes of a TV show in one sitting.

Because you can never have too many flannels—here are four more we really like.

H&M cotton flannel shirt

H&M cotton flannel shirt

Some things at H&M are cheap in the bad way. This 100% cotton, no-fuss flannel isn’t one of them.

RRL plaid jacquard workshirt

RRL plaid jacquard workshirt

If you think this shirt looks good now, you should see it in 15 years.

A.P.C. Land overshirt

A.P.C. Land overshirt

Like all things A.P.C., this flannel is as clean and streamlined as can be.

Allsaints “Modello” shirt

Because the horizontal check reads like a blanket stripe, this flannel shirt will work with chinos and white jeans in the spring, too.

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