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Wearing linen in the office

I work in an office with a smart casual dress code, very much on the casual end. The only prohibitions I know of are: no denim, no unironed clothes, trainers allowed but they must be black. And yet people break these rules all the time and no one cares.

We're at the start of a heat wave right now in the UK, and I decided to switch from cotton dress shirts to linen shirts. So I picked up these shirts today, and I have a few questions:

First, is wearing linen tucked in to a pair of chinos okay for the office?

Second, is it acceptable to wear shirts like this to work without an undershirt? The whole point of wearing linen is that I'm not sweltering all the time, I don't need another layer.

Are linen shirts supposed to be a little looser than cotton dress shirts, even in an office environment?

Finally, any opinions on how this looks, the fit, etc. would be appreciated. I know that my shirts and chinos are not ironed - this was a spur of the moment photoshoot after buying this. I would absolutely iron my clothes before wearing them into the office.

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