Anything But Classic: 11 Inventive Ways to Wear a Button-Down Shirt—According to Street Stylers
After seeing Valentino’s Spring 2020 show, it’s pretty clear that the shirting trend isn’t going away anytime soon. Beyond the catwalks, the button-down was a go-to for the street style set at the most recent round of shows, and we’ve collected 11 suggestions from Phil Oh’s pics for styling this old stand-by here.
A wardrobe basic, the button-down shirt is also probably one of the most symbolic items in your closet. Depending how it’s worn, an Oxford shirt can evoke order (school uniforms), Wall Street power, or preppiness. Less tame was the iteration offered by Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, elevating the morning-after look beyond when she answered the door in a gilded eye mask, tasseled ear plugs, a man’s white dress shirt, and not much more.
Photographed by Phil Oh1/11Belt it—or do the half-tuck
Photographed by Phil Oh2/11Take it off-the-shoulders
Photographed by Phil Oh3/11Let it peek out from under short sleeves
Photographed by Phil Oh4/11Make it a dress
Photographed by Phil Oh5/11Dress down an evening look
