Särmä Linen Shirt

We finally have our own linen shirt. Durable, ecological, and pleasant to wear. Nice and cool in the summer but not cold in the winter. To top it off, it looks damn nice and oozes that sexy frontier appeal, even when worn at the office.

You can wear Särmä Linen Shirt casually on top of your pants or in a bit more formal manner tucked in the pants. This isn't a super formal shirt but it is suitable for work if you aren't required to dress as a penguin.

This shirt is made from 100% linen, that lovely traditional material that used to grow everywhere in Finland.

Why linen?

Some of you might wonder why linen. There are many very good reasons for that:

Breathable natural fiber

Linen is a breathable natural fiber that feels cool in the summer but not cold in the winter. It also wicks moisture away from the body. In other words, a true smart textile of ancient times.

Durable and comfortable

Linen is a very durable material. After all, it stems from an era prior to consumerism and twenty pointless annual fashion seasons. When you caress this shirt for the first time, you might feel a sting of doubt about how comfortable it could be on your smooth alabaster skin. Don’t worry. Linen will feel softer after each wash and it will become more and more pleasant in time. And it doesn't feel like chain mail or barbed wire even on the first time you wear it.

Ecological

When you are on the side of the good guys, you are fascinated by the ecological aspects of different materials. Linen grows even in rugged terrain, and it doesn't require irrigation or extensive fertilizing, or pesticides. Linen is also fully biodegradable. It is pretty cool to sell stuff that doesn't poison the whole planet. And it is even cooler to wear it.

Washing

Wash at 40°C (104°F) with like colors. Do not bleach or tumble dry. Don't leave the shirt in a wet lump after washing. Reshape it gently while still damp. Linen fabric will wrinkle when washed. You can iron the shirt but do it at max. 110°C (230 °F.

Because of the material, the fibers of the fabric can be compressed in the wash, and this material will shrunk about 3-5%. You may return it back to the right proportions by ironing. You can prevent the compression by soaking the shirt thoroughly before putting it in the machine. Don’t shove the machine full of laundry. Reshape the shirt gently while still damp. You can also straighten the shirt with steam by drying it in a sauna or laundry room.

Sizing

Linen is pre-shrunk, so you don't have to take shrinkage into account when buying the shirt.

In the chart below, you can see the actual measurements are taken directly from the shirt itself: chest circumference, waist circumference, back length from base of the collar to the hem, and sleeve length from shoulder seam to cuff. The measurements below are NOT the recommended user's measurements, but measurements of the garment itself.

Size	Chest circumference	Waist circumference	Collar circumference	Sleeve length	Center back length
X-Small Regular	100 cm	90 cm	39 cm	67 cm	72 cm
Small Regular	108 cm	100 cm	41 cm	68 cm	73 cm
Medium Regular	116 cm	110 cm	43 cm	69 cm	74 cm
Large Regular	124 cm	120 cm	45 cm	69 cm	75 cm
X-Large Regular	132 cm	130 cm	47 cm	70 cm	76 cm
2X-Large Regular	142 cm	140 cm	49 cm	70 cm	77 cm

Manufactured in Lithuania

The linen fabric comes from Lithuania, and the shirt is also manufactured in Lithuania. Quite a fantastic deal for this price.