Getting Shirty
WITH A LAYERED CAPE OF SUNRAY PLEATS, THE FLOATING WHITE SHIRT TRANSCENDS THE STRUCTURED NORM WITH A TURN TO DELICATE CHARACTER. ITS MODE IS FOR BLOUSING, BILLOWING AND BEAUTIFYING THROUGH ITS DIAPHANOUS SILK AND LINEN FORM.
ILLUMINATE PIERROT SHIRT, , ILLUMINATE LACE CULOTTE, , ZIMMERMANN
THE CUFFED AND COLLARED WHITE SHIRT, A CANVAS FOR DRESSING, ASSUMES THE AVANT-GARDE WHEN SUITED WITH PERSONALISED OUTERS. A FINE COLLAR BROOCH AND EMBROIDERED DEPICTIONS OF TAILORS’ MARKINGS MAKE IT FASHIONABLY UTILITARIAN IN ITS FINE DECONSTRUCTION.
SLEEVELESS WOOL JACKET, , TROUSERS IN COTTON BLEND, , MAISON MARGIELA. RELAXED COTTON SHIRT, COS, . BUTTERFLY BROOCH IN GOLD, JEANNE FEGHALY COUTURE, . SILK SCARF, STYLIST’S OWN
THE EDWARDIAN STARCHED COLLAR IS A PROVERBIAL FLEX IN A NEW TAKE ON ‘LE SMOKING’ TUXEDO COUTURE. THOUGH A SILHOUETTE OF THE FEMME CLASSIQUE, THE BLOUSE-AND-BOW WHITE SHIRT IS, CONVERSELY, THE MOOD OF A MODERN CHARISMATIC.
FRANÇOISE JACKET IN NOIR CRAIE STRIPED WOOL FLANNEL, , MIA SHIRT WITH BOW IN SILK CREPE AND ACETATE, , FRANÇOISE TROUSERS IN NOIR CRAIE STRIPED WOOL FLANNEL, , SHOULDER BAG TERENCE IN PATENT CALFSKIN, , CELINE
SAM RAWADI
KIM PAYNE
IVA OSYPYSHYNA
STEFF HAWKER
LUCY SEMAAN
MARK ANTHONY NAVARRO
ALEK / JEEL MANAGEMENT
ALISSA THOMAS
Is it possible that one innocuous garment is also the single most powerful piece of fashion a person can own? A sartorial chameleon, the white shirt can be the star or support act, as suitable for a film premiere as it is for a farm. Steeped in histories that include everyone from Marie Antoinette to Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, its potential for appropriation makes it the blank canvas of style. What it is is simple. What it can be is anything but
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A CORE FOR THE DAPPER ACCOUNTANT IS AN UNLIKELY FOUNDATION OF MODERN FANCY, BUT THE SLIM-CUT POPLIN SHIRT, THOUGH GENERIC IN ITS HISTORY, IS PERENNIALLY LOVED BY THOSE OF AN ANNIE HALL PERSUASION. CUT TO COMPLEMENT A SLOUCHY SUIT, IT WORKS 9–5, 5–9.
REGULAR LONGLINE LINEN BLAZER, , LINEN SLIM-LEG TROUSERS, , COS. SLIM-FIT COTTON-POPLIN SHIRT, MR PORTER, . VENTURA MONK-STRAP SHOES, BOTTEGA VENETA, . GOLDEN NECKLACE WITH WHITE CRYSTALS, HERALD PERCY AT POISON DROP, . TIE, PIERRE CARDIN,
THE SHORT-SLEEVE WHITE SHIRT, A SUMMER STAPLE, PLAYS ROMAN HOLIDAY WHEN PAIRED WITH A BRIGHTLY SPLASHED NECK SCARF. IT CONJURES THE SARTORIAL TRAVELLER, POISED FOR RUGGED ADVENTURE IN THE MOST HEPBURN OF GRACEFUL WAYS.
SHIRT, SPORTMAX, . EAGLETON JEANS, ACLER AVAILABLE AT BLOOMINGDALE’S, . MEDIUM D-JOURNEY BAG IN DIOR OBLIQUE JACQUARD, CHRISTIAN DIOR, . SILK TWILLY, HERMÈS, . FISH EARRINGS IN WHITE AFRICAN JADE, BOTTEGA VENETA,
NUANCED IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE FASHIONABLE MARINER, THE BOAT-NECK WHITE SHIRT NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. AS THE CAPTAIN OF AN ENSEMBLE, IT WORKS WITH BOTH MINIMAL ADDITIONS AND AS A MINIMALIST SILHOUETTE.
BLOUSE IN POPLIN, TOD’S, . MOLTRASIO HAT IN COTTON, LORO PIANA,
MARIE ANTOINETTE IS CREDITED FOR FRAMING THE WHITE SHIRT AS A MARK OF ONE’S FASHION PROWESS. IN PORTRAITS, HERS WERE RUFFLED AND LACED, SILKEN AND LAYERED, ALL MORE PREPOSSESSING THAN PERSPICUOUS. IT’S A LOOK THAT CONTINUES TO ENCHANT IN ALL ITS FEMININE, PARISIAN WAYS.
BUCKLE-BELT TRENCH COAT, & OTHER STORIES, . PLEATED COTTON SHIRT WITH RUFFLES, ELISABETTA FRANCHI, . WREN CREPE KNIT SHORT TUCKED SKIRT, TIBI AVAILABLE AT BLOOMINGDALE’S, . NOAH SANDALS, MALONE SOULIERS, . ANNA HAT IN SATIN MIREILLE, LORO PIANA, . STOCKINGS, STYLIST’S OWN
AS AN UNEXPECTED LAYER, THE SCULPTURAL WHITE SHIRT MAKES FOR A FASHION CENTREPIECE. IT MANIFESTS POWER UNDER A SIMPLE BLACK DRESS, AND BECOMES A SARTORIAL STATEMENT WITH THE ADDITION OF LUXURIOUS LEATHERS.
FUNNEL-NECK TOP, QASIMI, . FITTED CREPE DRESS, , LONG LEATHER GLOVES, , LIMÉ. LEATHER KNEE-HIGH SOCK BOOTS, & OTHER STORIES, . RADIANT HUGGIE EARRINGS, ISHARYA AVAILABLE AT POISON DROP, . SILK SCARF, STYLIST’S OWN
MODERN MINIMALISM IS THE HOME OF THE PERFECT WHITE SHIRT DRESS. AND THOUGH IT NEEDS LITTLE ELSE, WHEN COMPLEMENTED BY A BAG AS ICONIC AS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY WHITNEY BAG BY MAX MARA – A PRESTIGIOUS COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE FASHION MAISON AND THE RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOP – IT CREATES AN EXCEPTIONAL SYNERGY AND A TIMELESS ELEGANCE.
STRETCH GABARDINE SHIRT DRESS, , COTTON SHIRT, , WHITNEY MEDIUM BAG IN BLACK, , WHITNEY MICRO BAG IN MIDNIGHT BLUE, , MAX MARA
ROLLED UP AND RELAXED DOWN, THE CUSTOM-FIT WHITE SHIRT IS THE FOREVER UNIFORM OF UPSCALE CASUAL. A PLATFORM FOR EVERY KIND OF DENIM JEAN, IT’S A COMPOSITION OF SIMPLE SEXINESS AND COMFORTABLE STRUCTURE.
CUSTOM-FIT SEERSUCKER SHIRT, , CUSTOM-FIT LINEN SHIRT, , VINTAGE CLASSIC DISTRESSED JEANS, , LEATHER ROLLER-BUCKLE BELT, , POLO RALPH LAUREN. GOLD-PLATED CHUNKY EARRINGS, MISHO AVAILABLE AT POISON DROP, . SEBAGO LOAFERS, FARFETCH, . SOCKS, CALVIN KLEIN,
THERE HAS LONG BEEN THE STORY OF THE TIMELESS STAPLE WARDROBE, MADE FAMOUS BY IT-WOMEN OF THE NINETIES. A HIGH ROTATION OF AN EXQUISITE WHITE-COLLARED SHIRT, DENIM JEAN AND BLACK BLAZER TO ACHIEVE AN AGELESS, SENSUAL SIMPLICITY.
OVERSIZED BLAZER IN VIRGIN WOOL AND SILK GRAIN DE POUDRE, , DIORIVIERA LONG SHIRT IN COTTON POPLIN, , FLARED JEANS WITH DIOR GRAPHIQUE, , CHRISTIAN DIOR
MADE FOR FORM AND FUNCTION, A SLICED, SHORT-SLEEVE SHIRT IS A NEW SILHOUETTE SUITED TO GENRES MOST UNEXPECTED. FRESH WITH STREET AND SPORTIF GEAR, IT TAKES THE WHITE SHIRT INTO A NEW REALM, EVER-EXPANDING, EVERLASTING.
CAMILLE SHIRT, BOUGUESSA, . ADIBREAK SHORTS, ADIDAS ORIGINALS, . FROM TOP GOLD-PLATED CHUNKY CHAIN NECKLACE, MISHO AVAILABLE AT POISON DROP, . GOLDEN VOLUMETRIC CHAIN WITH SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL, MARNI AVAILABLE AT POISON DROP, . ICON COTTON STRETCH BOXERS, CALVIN KLEIN, . HAT, STYLIST’S OWN. SILK SCARF (WORN UNDER CAP), ZARA, . AIR JORDAN 4 SNEAKERS, NIKE, SHOP SIMILAR. LONG SOCKS, H&M, SHOP SIMILAR
