The Pick: one wardrobe essential every gentleman needs

If you had to place a bet on the item you’d be most likely to find in a man’s wardrobe, you would surely choose the classic white shirt. A true staple, the white shirt is omnipresent – but that doesn’t make it imprudent to invest in the best. This is an item that you’ll be turning to day in, day out; you’ll be wearing it all day at work – and while you’re doing subterranean battle on the tube home – so you want it to be comfortable, to feel good against the skin.

Turnbull and Asser are one of the most respected names in shirting, their Jermyn Street store known the world over. Made up from 33 individual pieces of premium cotton, this shirt is made on a hand-worked sewing machine by an expert seamstress. Coming from T&A’s slim fit range, the cut is sleek but not tight-fitting. Having graced the backs of countless gentlemen of note – Bond, Churchill and Prince Charles among them – Turnbull and Asser shirts are the supreme second skin.