Tommy Bahama

The Pacific City outpost of Tommy Bahama stocks the brand's island-easy apparel and beach-house goods, the polished end of the surf-town wardrobe.

The linen shirts are the reason to walk in: the exact register between "on vacation" and "still employed" that a beach dinner calls for. If you are heading somewhere with a dress code written in vibes, this is the store that solves it.

Useful to know about when you are freshly cleaned up from an appointment and the evening calls for looking like you did not try too hard. Pair the shirt with gray blending or a clean trim (see the kind of finish we mean in our gallery) and the not-trying-too-hard look is complete.