Men's Flannel Shirts

Mens flannel shirts, 300 GSM and nothing lighter

There is one flannel shirt in this range and it is the right one. 300 GSM cotton flannel, the heavyweight end of the flannelette scale: dense, soft, warm on a cold start and better every time you wear it. Two patch chest pockets with button closures for the phone and the keys, a woven Jetpilot trim on the front, and a cut that works open over a tee at the ramp or buttoned up when the wind gets into the dawnie. It is the flanno you wear to smoko, to the boat and to the pub, and nobody asks which one it was for.

The shirt

The Mens Flannel Shirt is the one you buy here: 300 GSM cotton flannel, button-front, two patch chest pockets with button closures, the woven trim, and a body cut to layer over a tee. The workwear-badged Flannel Shirt is the same build with the workwear badge, sold through the Jetpilot workwear dealer network and listed here so the whole family sits on one page; it lives with the rest of the dealer-sold kit on work shirts and tees. Red, blue, orange and mustard on the Jetpilot shirt, black on the workwear one, S to 3XL on both.

Why 300 GSM matters

GSM is the weight of the fabric per square metre, and it is the number that separates a flannel shirt from a flannel-print shirt. Lightweight flannels sit around 150 to 200 GSM and feel like a shirt. 300 GSM holds warmth, holds its shape and cops a winter of ute seats, boat ramps and bar stools without going thin at the elbows. It is the difference between a flanno you replace every June and one you hand down.

How to wear it

Open, over a heavyweight tee, sleeves pushed up, at the ramp while the ski warms up. Buttoned, on its own, on the tinnie when the wind comes across the bay. Under a hoodie in July, when the flannel becomes the layer the hoodie forgot. It goes from site to pub without a change of clothes, and it looks like it belongs in both.

Shirt or jacket?

The shirt is unlined. The Quilted Flannel Jacket and Layered Flannel Jacket take the same 300 GSM cotton flannel outer and back it with a 210T polyester taffeta quilted lining and 100% polyester fill, hood on the Quilted and hood off the Layered, which turns a flannel into a winter jacket. Moving, layering, heading out after work: the shirt. Standing still in the cold, a dawnie at the ramp or a seven o'clock start: the jacket. Both halves of the family are on flannel jackets and shirts.

Sizing and care

S to 3XL, cut to go over a tee; the size guide has the chest measurements. Cold wash, inside out, dry in the shade, stay out of the dryer, and the brushed finish will outlast the ute. Layer it under a 320 or 340 GSM hoodie on the coldest mornings, and the rest of the long sleeves, tees to sun shirts, are on mens long sleeve shirts.