As the Roark team tells it, a quick stop for authentic mole while on a trip through Oaxaca turned into attending an elaborate wedding (“boda” means wedding in Spanish) in a rural Mexican village. The twist? The bride and groom were… dead. (Strange time to take those vows, but good luck to the happy couple!) Anyway, this is the shirt that was born of that experience. Taking inspiration from the traditional patterns and detailing found on Mexican guayabera shirting, Roark’s La Boda Gonzo Shirt is made in Mexico of lightweight Mexican cotton slub. Featuring custom wooden buttons and an embroidered geometric pattern, it’s a shirt that’s a little bit dressy, but still plenty relaxed and breezy. Even if you don’t get the chance to wear it to an impromptu post-mortem wedding deep in the Oaxacan Sierra Madres, Roark insists that it’s the perfect piece of “formal wear for the present and afterlife.”
Price: $99