This blogs favourite Player (?) Claes Juhlin did a story on "The top 10 linen shirts" on www.kingmagazine.se

Allow me to retort:
A fine count linen (60 Lea x 60 Lea), softened by a 75 minutes enzyme / stone wash.
All executed in a color range so vibrant yet so refined it will make angels weep and fall from the sky.
If I may say so myself.
Any avid fan fabric design will note the fine border of white between the colored stripe and the blue that ever so slightly soften brightness and enhances the "je ne sais quoi" of the shirt.

"Italians do it better"?
Pah!