All hail the white shirt

A short post this one, dedicated to the white shirt.

Once deemed boring, the white shirt really is a marvel. It can be paired with blue jeans or shorts, tucked in or left out, dressed up or dressed down, buttons done up or undone. Versatile is its middle name.

There's nothing quite like a white shirt - preferably long sleeved with a collar and good tailoring. Once it was all about short sleeved, pretty blouses for women. Now, it's all about finding a shirt that can can act as the staple to any outfit.

Alexa Chung - my favourite fashion muse  - demonstrates this perfectly in her high-waisted black shorts look (see above). The jewellery adds a touch of glam to the outfit. And that's another pro of the white shirt......you can experiment, since the shirt acts as a blank canvas. Teeming a red-lip with the white shirt - or painting your nails in a bright colour - is another way of making the shirt reach its true potential.

The white shirt ooozes class, and I would say there's a touch of androgynous sex appeal in there too. Who says shirts are only for guys in their suits?

Think fierce: fierce, feisty and white.

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