The elevated shirt doesn’t have to be tent-like, or down to your knees
The adjective most often affixed to a blue shirt is “humble”. That is, until now. This year, the blue collar has gone decidedly upmarket. Say goodbye to the basic blue shirt, and hello to the elevated blue shirt.
This is confusing, because it runs contrary to the principles of shirt-wearing, that the usefulness and appeal of a shirt resides in its simplicity. Those principles have been the basis of how shirts have been framed in fashion for years – a wardrobe device, used to engineer different looks. A cotton shirt worn open at the neck, with a pair of jeans, for ultimate blue-jean chic, or worn under a crewneck sweater with the collar poking through, for minimal layering. Or tucked into a below the knee full skirt, to modernise the midi length. The shirt is a foil, a plain background against which your look can pop.
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