Le Power Shirt
Plus Le Belt, L'Attitude, Le Cut, obvs.
Shirts are like teenagers: it is only after they have tortured you, driven you mad and nearly broken you that they are prepared to love you unconditionally. Until recently, I was one of those anxious shirt-parents with a closet full of the things, which I would try on, hate, fling off, try on again, get too hot in, get too cold in, until finally giving in and defaulting to a plain black turtleneck simply to stop the nightmare continuing. The shirts sat in my wardrobe resentfully, developing an abandonment complex that made me feel incredibly guilty for not paying them enough attention. I didn’t understand them and they punished me for it. I felt like a lost soul who would forever be excluded from the ranks of Interesting Women Who Wear Shirts, who include but are not limited to: the late Joan Didion; Vogue stylist Tonne Goodman; creative director Tallulah Harlech; fabric designer Carolina Irving (find her at Through the Wardrobe); businesswoman Alison Loenhis and Me & Em founder Clare Hornby. But more of them and their shirt-wearing talents later.
