White Shirt: more than a classic, a wardrobe essential for women
Regardless of the ever-changing fashion trends, the women's white shirt remains a staple in the female wardrobe (after being literally borrowed from his).
If there's one item that should never be missing from your wardrobe, it's a white shirt. There's nothing more reassuring than this garment that women have borrowed from the bourgeois male wardrobe to transform it into a cornerstone. Today, in 2024, it's unthinkable to imagine a selection, even a capsule wardrobe, without a clean, sharply cut white shirt. 'Crisp' because it's starched or 'fluid' because it's made of soft silk, each season designers reinterpret this item that has cultivated a reputation for being indispensable.
It can be elegant if impeccably tailored or casual if left partially or fully unbuttoned, tucked into classic trousers or left out to transform it into a lightweight poplin blazer. It's treated like a blank artist's canvas, ready to be personalized, which is why the white shirt is a must-have that just waits to be thought of or worn to have character.
The White Shirt, beyond its bourgeois image
It's not just one style, because we're in a period of transition: while oversized and voluminous forms are appreciated for their undeniable comfort, at the start of 2024 designers began showcasing fitted, slim-cut white shirts. It's the rediscovery of the 90s silhouette, as minimal as it is sensual, that makes a mark in the boldest outfits. In both cases, however, the daring aspect is essential to overturn its bourgeois image, a mere everyday uniform already adopted in the most formal looks. It's its eclectic and transversal use that makes it indispensable in the female wardrobe. Just think of the first cover of Vogue Italia under Franca Sozzani's direction. It was July 1988.
The disheveled white shirt outfit trends in 2024
The classic ensemble pairs the shirt with a basic blazer or straight jeans, but that's not what makes it cool. It's the attitude of transforming this garment into something special. In 2024, it should be worn unbuttoned and, why not, even crumpled. It's clean and fragrant but looks like it's already been worn: retrieved from the wardrobe, found on the chair, or stolen from the boyfriend (or lover?), then worn with sweatpants, tennis miniskirts, or left open over a tight-fitting dress.
