Now that I’m nearing my mid-thirties, I can no longer coast on the handful of fast-fashion dress shirts I kept in rotation throughout my twenties. At a Glance: The Best White Dress Shirts for MenLuckily, I think we’re in the golden age of buying off the rack. How We Chose the Best White Dress ShirtsThe thing about white dress shirts is that they’re dictated by two complementary, and sometimes opposing, objectives: looking good and feeling good. Fit: More often than not, you’re going to find terms like “traditional fit,” “modern fit,” or “slim fit” when shopping for white dress shirts. That’s also the reason many traditionalists consider Brooks Brothers to be the gold standard for dress shirts.