Take a men’s staple and make it
your own.
No, this is hardly fashion news – Coco, yeah, the original one, made
that principle the foundation of her line. Crisp, simple white shirts have been
showing up on ladies ever since, to iconic results:
Even icons need to be updated,
ladies. So:
What makes the ultimate white shirt of today?
What makes the ultimate white shirt of today?
The determining factors of the
shirt are as follows:
Fabric weight
Cut
Collar
No more and no less. I strenuously
object to chest pockets on women shirts – who with a bust needs that? I also
vote for decently opaque color – this is not the garment to get nasty with.
Research:
I could not think of a better place
to research this than La Garconne, a NY store that specializes in
directional clothing, fashion that is stark and bold in its daring simplicity. The
look of the moment for them requires a smaller pointed collar, straight and
even boxy fit, light weight fabric – like so:
For me, however, that cut is
problematic – you can only wear it loose, slung over a tight pencil skirt,
teetering in ski high stilletoes. Pair
it with anything else and you look dowdy, unintentionally so.
Their other offerings, while nice,
are too close to a blouse, a whole different species. As in this:
Blouses can be easier on the wearer
than the shirt – they are slouchier, require less posture, less control. But
every now and then any career woman needs to exhibit strength, and for that a
blouse is sadly insufficient. The ultimate white shirt you don when you need
an armor – like a gladiator in a white shirt (Olivia Pope, I’m looking at you!).
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