It’s actually harder to think of a place where you can’t wear a white button-down shirt than to name all of the places you can
Photo: Courtesy of the Retailers It doesn’t get more classic than a white button-down shirt. An ideal option for 100-degree July days, formal job interviews, “creative” job interviews, your ten-day vacation to Crete, your 3 a.m. visit to the bodega — it’s actually harder to think of a place where you can’t wear a white button-down shirt than to name all of the places you can.
$245 Buy at Shopbop Buy Theory ‘Tenia’ Cotton Blend Blouse Michelle Kennedy — co-founder and CEO of Peanut, a social-network app for new parents — loves Theory’s Macina Luxe shirt. It runs a bit longer, she says, and “looks amazing with baggy jeans or tailored trousers — it makes you look ‘put-together,’ even when you were literally just elbows deep in a game of Paw Patrol.
$58 Buy at Everlane Buy Everlane Linen Notch Short-Sleeve Shirt If a lighter fabric isn’t cooling enough, you might want to consider a short-sleeved button-down. Sara Jane Emmons, associate manager of brand development at body-hair-care line Fur, recommends this short-sleeve linen number from Everlane that features a pajama-inspired collar. She owns it in blue-and-white stripes and says she wants to add an all-white version to her closet too.
$58 Buy at Everlane Buy The Air Oxford Shirt For a similar look in a fabric you can wear year-round, this Everlane style — a slim-fit pick from the men’s section — comes recommended by Biz Lindsay, director of brand marketing and communications at Harry’s. “I borrow from the boys,” she says. “It’s big enough to be slightly oversize and have a drop in the shoulders, but tailored enough to still look neat tucked into jeans,” Lindsay says. “I usually have two or three on rotation in my closet.
$25 Buy at Lands' End Buy Lands' End School Uniform Boys Long Sleeve Oxford Dress Shirt “I have a rule that a white shirt should always look like you pinched it from someone else,” says GQ style writer Rachel Tashjian. “Think Carolyn Bessette, or Jennifer Aniston in Vanity Fair talking about Brad Pitt’s missing ‘sensitivity chip.’” Her white button-down of choice is the Lands’ End Boys School Uniform shirt.
$310 Buy at Moda Operandi Buy Totême Capri Shirt “My favorite white button-downs are oversized and drapey and made of cotton or linen,” says Nicole Rice, who runs the Instagram @simplicitycity, which shares vintage fashion photos of timeless styles like white button-down shirts . “I am drawn to this style from Toteme for its versatility, crispness, and boxier, boyfriend-style cut. It can look casual untucked with jeans or leggings or formal tucked into a high-waisted, dressier pant.
$61 Buy at Amazon Buy Cubavera Short Sleeve 100% Linen Guayabera Shirt For a looser-fitting, more billowy option that can double as a beach shirt or a dress, COA NYC designer Amanda Lurie suggests a guayabera shirt. “A guayabera is a men’s linen summer shirt that originated in Cuba and has pleats on the front and back,” says Lurie, who has bought many new and secondhand ones over the years.
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