10 Best Unisex Oversized Shirts to Buy Right Now
Finding a good unisex oversized shirt that actually works, not just in theory but in daily wear, is harder than it sounds. Most brands slap "unisex" on a men's medium and call it done. Cord Studio builds from a different starting point: free-sized silhouettes in 100% handwoven linen, designed to sit well on different bodies without requiring a size chart negotiation. Every shirt here is made from handloom linen or handwoven cotton — fabrics that breathe, soften with washing, and don't fall apart after a season. Here are the 10 worth buying right now.
Alice Print Unisex Shirt
The Alice Print is the most recent introduction to Cord's gender-neutral collection – a short-sleeved boxy linen shirt with a notched collar and sleeves. This shirt features a gentle, illustrative print which makes it eye-catching but at the same time, understated. Its size accommodates medium and large sizes, and the shirt fabric is lightweight enough to be worn even on hot summer days and yet durable enough to maintain its structure throughout an entire day. If you are looking for just one shirt that can fit into a gender-neutral wardrobe perfectly and still feel like you've made a great choice, then here it is.
Black Bird Applique Unisex Shirt
This is the shirt you wear when you want the clothing itself to say something. Printed birds and flowers adorn the hem and the cuffs, with appliqué designs placed on top — handmade work that requires time and cannot be mass-produced in factories. This shirt features a relaxed box cut made of 100% linen and is meant to be worn untucked. Not only is this piece designed with intricate printing, but it is made with craftsmanship as well. The colour choice of black makes this shirt versatile for year-round use.
Dayflower Print Unisex Oversized Shirt
The Dayflower design by Cord Studio is one of their more subtle prints – a tiny flower pattern on handwoven linen that comes in a 3/4 sleeve style. The length of the sleeve allows it to have more versatility than just a regular short-sleeve shirt – comfortable enough to wear in spring and summer, yet allowing layering during the fall months. While being a free-size design and therefore oversized in all sizes, the 3/4 sleeve provides enough finesse to set it apart from the rest of the bulky options in the collection.
Home Alone Unisex Oversized Shirt
The Home Alone shirt is meant for those who prioritise comfort above all else. It is made out of hand-woven linen fabric and comes in an oversized style. What’s great about the shirt is that it is something that will make you feel like you’re making an effort even when you are not actually doing anything. The linen material is just a bit heavier than the printed shirt, meaning that it would be very practical as the weather cools down. You can wear it underneath your sweatshirt and knitwear, and it won’t turn into a stiff piece of clothing.
Underwater Print Unisex Oversized Shirt
One of Cord Studio's original unisex shirts and still one of the best. The Underwater print — soft blues and greens, underwater flora — has a calming, unhurried quality that photographs well against almost any background. It's made from 100% pure handwoven linen in a classic free-size cut that's been a consistent part of the Cord range across multiple seasons, which tells you something about how well it holds up. Wear it as a beach cover-up straight off the sand, or button it properly and pair it with linen trousers for a pulled-together look. It handles both without looking like it's trying too hard in either direction.
High Tea Unisex Oversized Shirt
The High Tea print has a distinctly botanical quality — the kind of pattern that reads as considered rather than decorative. On a 100% linen base in a relaxed oversized cut, it's one of the more timeless pieces in Cord's unisex range. It works well for anyone who wants a print that isn't trying to be a statement, just quietly interesting. Pair it with tailored shorts for a relaxed smart-casual look, or with wide-leg linen trousers when you want the top half to do more of the visual work.
Dark Blue Jungle Applique Unisex Oversized Shirt
Dark blue is a more considered choice than black for a statement shirt — it's rich without being heavy, and the jungle appliqué detailing on this piece sits against it well. Like all Cord appliqué work, this is done by hand, which means every shirt carries a slight variation. The linen base is pure handwoven, giving the fabric the kind of texture that synthetic alternatives can't replicate. The oversized cut is consistent with the rest of the range — free size, designed to sit well without fitting in the conventional sense. This is the evening pick from the unisex range: wear it to any occasion where showing up in something handcrafted matters.
Electric Blue Unisex Shirt
The most visually bold pick in this list. Electric blue linen is a commitment, and Cord Studio leans into it fully — full sleeves, handwoven base, and pixel applique that references digital texture in a tactile, handmade format. It's a genuinely interesting design idea: the contrast between handcraft and pixel grid gives it a character that most printed shirts don't have. The full-sleeve cut makes it usable through cooler weather, and the oversized fit keeps it from reading too formal. If you're going to wear one colour-forward shirt, this is the one that has the most considered reason for being loud. Pair with neutrals and let the shirt be the whole outfit.
Folk Applique Beige Unisex Oversized Shirt
Beige linen with folk applique is one of those combinations that looks deceptively simple in a thumbnail and genuinely impressive in person. The natural colour of the handwoven linen lets the applique work read clearly — you're not fighting a busy background. This is the piece in the unisex range that feels most at home at Indian cultural occasions: a festive gathering, a daytime celebration where you want to wear something locally rooted without being costumy about it.
Ivory Folk Emb. Unisex Set
The only co-ord in this list, and it earns its place. The Ivory Folk Emb. Unisex Set pairs a relaxed-fit oversized shirt with wide-leg shorts, both in ivory with folk embroidery detailing. Buying a set removes the matching problem entirely — which matters for travel packing and for anyone who'd rather not think about coordination. The gender-neutral construction means both pieces work across different body types without fitting the logic that assumes a gender. The folk embroidery on ivory is quiet and well-placed — it adds craft without overwhelming the clean base colour. This is the set to reach for when you want to look intentional about what you're wearing without spending the morning deciding.
All ten shirts are made from natural fibres — primarily 100% pure handwoven linen from Indian handlooms. None of them requires a size negotiation beyond free size. The prints and appliqué work are done by hand, which means they carry actual variation rather than a factory print's consistency. If you're looking for unisex oversized shirts that hold up across seasons, body types, and occasions, the Cord Studio range is one of the most considered options available from an Indian independent brand right now.
FAQs
Q1. What makes a shirt truly unisex - not just oversized?
A: A shirt is genuinely unisex when the silhouette, proportions, and fit logic aren't built around one body type and then just sized up. Cord Studio's unisex shirts use a free-size construction with a boxy, oversized cut - no darts, no waist shaping, no assumptions about shoulder width. The result is a shirt that wears differently on different bodies, but works on all of them, rather than one body type wearing it \"correctly\" while others make do. The notch collar and dropped shoulder proportions are deliberately neutral.
Q2. How does Cord Studio's free size actually fit?
A: The free-size construction gives an oversized fit through a size large, which means it fits comfortably as a relaxed shirt up to approximately a 42–44 inch chest. Beyond that, it transitions from oversized to fitted. It won't work as an oversized shirt for a size XL or XXL frame, but it's genuinely generous for most body types up to a large. The boxy cut means there's no waist taper, so the extra fabric distributes evenly rather than pulling in any one direction.
Q3. Does handwoven linen look and feel different from mill-made linen?
A: Yes, noticeably. Handwoven linen from Bhagalpur looms has a slightly irregular texture — not rough, but with a natural variation that mill-made fabric doesn't have. It feels softer against the skin than most commercial linen, and it breathes better because the weave is less uniform and therefore less dense. It also gets softer with every wash rather than staying stiff. The trade-off is that it wrinkles more easily than mill-made linen, but the texture means wrinkles read as character rather than neglect on most of these silhouettes.
