Kate Sokolov, co-founder of Social Goods, raved about it when I set out in search of big-bust-friendly button-downs. She wasn’t the only person to praise the shirt, either. It’s so dependable that Pawling wears it with everything from formal pants to cutoffs. “I feel put together but not trying too hard, polished but not preppy,” she says.
Like the oversize men’s shirts Pawling relied on until she found this one, Ayr’s works so well because it has the “look of a starched oxford shirt” that betrays how soft it really is, making for a boxy but not-too-big silhouette. It’s exactly what Iva Pawling, founder of Richer Poorer, had in mind when her search for the perfect button-down began. What made crowning a winner challenging was that there wasn’t one button-down that ran away with the title of “most-mentioned by our panelists.” Ultimately, Ayr’s Deep End shirt won because it’s the Platonic ideal of a button-down: You can imagine wearing it anywhere in any which way. Sizes: XS–XL | Fabric: Cotton | Design details: Oversize pocket, longer back hem | Price: $$
To help you find the very best, we put together a panel of fashion obsessives to come to a consensus. And as with other staples - like white T-shirts, black T-shirts, and a true-blue pair of jeans - there are a bunch of options out there. bodega trip, say, versus a formal finance interview). This most versatile of basics can be high-brow or low-brow, depending on where and when you’re wearing it (a 3 a.m.
It really doesn’t get more classic than a white button-down shirt, which is now just as much a fixture of womenswear as it is menswear. It then became an essential for Ivy League students, as Derek Guy, editor at Put This On and blogger at Die, Workwear, previously explained to us - and from there, became a pillar of the American wardrobe. Brooks of the Brooks Brothers dynasty copied the button-down shirt from the shirts he saw polo players wearing in England.
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