THE BUTTON IS BACK.
Whether top-to-bottom or on the cuff, these four-holed fashion accents are keeping shirts happening in a season dominated by all things tweedy and Juicy. They also serve as a common thread, bringing together popular retro prints and timeless menswear tailoring.
“You don’t need to change classic styling to add an edge,” said New York shirt designer Liz Logie.
It just takes the right closing statement.
Note the row of delicate buttons gracing Thomas Pink’s elegant “cocktail cuff.” The oversized fabric fold draws inspiration from the custom shirts worn by Sean Connery in the James Bond movies of the 1960s.
Oversized mother-of-pearl rounds add attitude to Logie’s designs.
“People love my buttons,” Logie said. “It’s really fun to take a tailored silhouette and make it unpredictable.”
French designer Anne Fontaine has spent the past decade redefining the traditional white shirt. This season marks the debut of her first print. Reminiscent of fashion illustrations from the ’40s and ’50s, it is reproduced on a background of–what else?–crisp white cotton. Find it at Fontaine’s new Chicago location, the latest in a growing number of boutiques in Europe, the United States and Asia.
