Normally I wear a t-shirt and button-down shirt which I keep tucked into pants with belt but there's no concealing anything that way. I'm going to try pocket carrying a .380 but if I want something bigger it'll have to go on the belt. I've tried ankle carry but am not a fan.

With the warmer weather and a desire to carry more so than I have, any recommendations about yea or nay to concealed carry with this type of shirt? Pros and cons?

Like these? Guyabera shirt - Bing Images

They look to be good for it in the pictures, being designed to fit loosely and untucked ... and if you're in South Florida. They would be uncommon in Arkansas. I'm of the opinion that clothing should blend in with that of the local population. I'd stick with a solid color with minimal decoration.

Actually dark colors with elaborate print patterns hide guns even better than solid colors.
I wear aloha type shirts frequently ( pretty common attire here in AZ) and they conceal very well.

Those are the shirts I'm looking at.

I believe I could get away with solids when carrying IWB, but I'm looking at patterns for OWB carry - kind of like how the Navy camoflauged ships in WWII.

Unfortunately that style of shirt is uncommon around here but I just can't bring myself to wearing a regular button down untucked as it looks so sloppy.

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Originally posted by marksman41:

...I just can't bring myself to wearing a regular button down untucked as it looks so sloppy.

I've seen ads for these, do not have one:

https://www.untuckit.com/collections/shirts?page=2

Look up camp shirts. Same type shirt. That is what I wear and you will find tons of them. I used to get mine from Kohls and just purchased two more from Belk for just that reason. They help conceal very well and are comfortable to wear. I buy the camp shirts that are even all the way around.

Talking about breaking up a pattern, I saw an advertisement for aloha shirts in Scots plaids; get your clan's.

https://scotstee.com/collectio...tan-plaid-collection

Guayabera shirts seem to be the standard shirt for dentists around here. I know lots of people that use them for concealed carry. It’s a pretty common shirt here. Camp shirts and other straight hemmed shirts will work.

Guayabera style shirts work well. I live in SW Fl. and they are comfortable in the heat of summer, and allow carry of an IWB holster.

I had forgotten about camp shirts, those are a great option. As are the scottish hawaiian shirts!

Shirts that have an even hem all the way around look better to me as an untucked dressing style.

gunnitt - besides IWB, do you ever carry OWB with a Guayabera shirt?

I have tried OWB but personally I found myself checking constantly to make sure it was covered, so that was short lived.

Old post, but fishing shirts have some great options to include vent flaps in the back. And if you go up a size, a feller doesn't print nearly as much as they think they do.

I thought to some, the untucked Hawaiian shirt whispers ‘gun’. Yes, just whispers, doesn’t scream, and only to the few.

Ordered a white 4 pocket "chacabana" many years ago. I could probably wear a level 3a underneath it. The large wears like medium but is long enough to look like a doctor's coat, probably more on the formal attire side of options ( wedding, illegal underground nightclub . I haven't worn a white collared shirt in over a decade.

https://www.mojitocollection.c...Lc-WHExoCmqMQAvD_BwE

I carry with a shirt over my gun about 75% of the time for work. I don't leave home without a gun off duty.

I have everything from "Work" type shirts:

https://www.dickies.com/work-s...3EAQYASABEgLX4fD_BwE

https://www.dickies.com/work-s...3EAQYASABEgLX4fD_BwE


https://www.royaura.com/produc...AEAQYBCABEgJw6vD_BwE


To "Bowling Shirts"

https://www.marinelayer.com/pr...paign=surfaces&gQT=1

https://www.kingsize.com/produ...AEAQYCCABEgI8KfD_BwE

To a more dressier style:

https://buddhastoneshop.com/pr...yEAQYAiABEgINlvD_BwE


I also like Kuhl and Vertx:

https://vertx.com/products/mac...sEAQYASABEgKNN_D_BwE

https://www.kuhl.com/kuhl/mens/short-sleeve/

And have more than a few Guyabara's!

There's more than enough styles of button down, "square bottom" type shirts that you can wear untucked and not look like-
A) A slob
B) you're toting a pistol
C) a Columbian drug kingpin

A few hints- buy a size or half size larger than you normally wear, it hides the gun much better.
A good belt and holster are part of the solution to cood concealment. IWB helps hide a gun just a little better.

*** Most people *** don't look for a gun or just don't know. I mean, how much are you looking at another person's waist area? Granted, those that do carry all the time, cops, and probably bad guys are the ones that do pay attention to stuff like that.