Dubai: Picture this, it’s a hot summer afternoon in Dubai and a job interview is underway. Questions, answers and follow-ups move back and forth across the table. But one question kept pulling at Stephen Wanless, and it had nothing to do with the job. It was about first impressions.
In a city where summer afternoons test every collar, how does a man stay composed in a work shirt? Could a classic shirt help manage perspiration without changing how it looked? The idea followed Wanless home. “It got me thinking about how hard it can be to feel put together and composed in a work shirt in the heat, particularly summers in Dubai,” he says.
He went online that evening to see what existed, but nothing matched. “I couldn’t find a shirt that did what I had in mind, so I started researching fabrics to see what might be possible.” A little curiosity turned into two years of work. And finally that question now has a name on it.
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StephenCharles is a Dubai-founded premium menswear brand, made in the UAE. Its debut collection introduces the Legacy Shirt and the Foundation Trouser. Both pieces pair understated design with practical details developed for life in warmer temperatures.
