Dermatologist founded
Founded by Dr. Taylor Bullock, MD, FAAD, a board-certified dermatologist, and shaped by real patterns of sun damage on the hands, arms, and neck.
Your skin remembers
Dermatologist-founded UPF 50+ clothing designed for everyday life.
Salt & Shade creates lightweight, breathable sun-protective clothing designed to provide UPF 50+ protection without looking or feeling like traditional sun-protective apparel. Premium quarter-zips bring everyday coverage to hands, arms, necks, driving, walking, travel, outdoor dining, golf, boating, and long bright hours outside.
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Why it is different
Sun protection that feels like something you already want to wear.
Lightweight UPF 50+ clothing
Lightweight, breathable sun-protective clothing designed to provide UPF 50+ protection without looking like traditional sun gear.
Hands and necks matter
Coverage is centered on the areas patients miss most often and dermatologists treat again and again.
Made for bright hours
Everyday UPF clothing for errands, travel, outdoor dining, school pickup, and the sunny hours that add up.
Brand direction
Country-club polish, coastal restraint, technical intent.
UPF 50+ quarter-zips
The signature Salt & Shade quarter-zip.
Men
Men's Lightweight UPF 50+ Quarter-Zip Sun Shirt
A polished sun-protective layer for bright commutes, patio lunches, golf, boating, weekend travel, and long hours outside.
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Women
Women's Lightweight UPF 50+ Quarter-Zip Sun Shirt
A refined UPF 50+ silhouette with an elegant collar, soft structure, and discreet hand coverage for daily sun.
PreviewThe overlooked zones
Hands, arms, and necks are where everyday sun quietly adds up.
Salt & Shade starts with Dr. Taylor Bullock, MD, FAAD's observation: people may care about sun protection and still skip sunscreen because daily application can be inconvenient, sticky, or hard to tolerate on arms, hands, and necks. The answer is not to shame the routine. It is to make coverage easier to wear.
Why Salt & Shade exists
Sun-protective clothing for the places people actually miss.
Hands
Hands collect years of incidental sun from driving, walking, golf, boating, and errands. They are also one of the places where sunscreen is easiest to forget or avoid.
Forearms
Arms are exposed constantly in warm weather, but sunscreen can feel sticky, inconvenient, or uncomfortable, especially for men with hair on their arms.
Neck
The sides of the neck often show cumulative sun exposure, visible aging, and changes such as poikiloderma of Civatte.
Daily life
The problem is not only beach days. It is commuting, patios, school pickup, travel, golf, boating, and the bright hours that quietly add up.
Founder
Designed by Dr. Taylor Bullock, MD, FAAD, a board-certified dermatologist.
Salt & Shade began in clinic, after seeing too many patients with years of sun exposure on the hands, arms, and neck, and too many honest conversations about how inconvenient sunscreen can be for daily life. The brand is the credible, wearable answer for everyday sun exposure that also happens to be ideal on the course and on the water.
Learn more about the dermatologist behind Salt & Shade at taylorbullockmd.com.
- Founded by Dr. Taylor Bullock, MD, FAAD
- Board-certified dermatologist
- Built to be the most credible UPF apparel in the category
- Everyday UPF 50+ clothing with golf and boating built in naturally
Why UPF
For the places sunscreen is least convenient.
UPF apparel helps reduce UV exposure through covered fabric. UPF 50+ fabric permits roughly 1/50th of UV radiation to penetrate under test conditions. Salt & Shade focuses on the high-exposure zones a dermatologist sees constantly: hands, forearms, and necks.
Read the UPF GuideProduct / technology
Designed into the details.
The collar, placket, sleeve length, thumb-hole cuff, and fabric hand feel are all being considered through one lens: credible sun protection that still looks elevated.
Explore the DetailsFAQ
Frequently asked questions about UPF clothing.
What is UPF clothing?
UPF clothing is fabric-rated sun-protective clothing. UPF measures how much ultraviolet radiation can pass through fabric under test conditions.
What does UPF 50+ mean?
UPF 50+ means the tested fabric permits roughly 1/50th of UV radiation to pass through under the test conditions.
Is Salt & Shade dermatologist founded?
Yes. Salt & Shade is founded by Dr. Taylor Bullock, MD, FAAD, a board-certified dermatologist.
Sun protection education
Dermatologist-guided UPF clothing resources.
Guide
UPF clothing for hands
Why hand coverage matters and how thumb-hole design helps cover a commonly missed area.
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Sun protection for neck and chest
How neck exposure, visible aging, and poikiloderma of Civatte inform the Salt & Shade collar direction.
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UPF clothing for golf
Sun-protective clothing for long bright hours on the course without looking like technical gear.
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UPF clothing for boating
Why reflected light, wind, water, and long exposure make wearable sun protection useful on the water.
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