The Button Down Edit
Thoughts on finding the Easy Breezy Chic Vibe
A picture is worth a thousand words, no? What about these four pictures?
The obvious part of the collage is that Laura is wearing the same blue button down in each of the outfits- we love an outfit repeater. But what haunts me about these images is the FIT of said button up; it’s perfection.
In the last year or two I’ve been dedicated to the quest to find a button up that fits JUST right. There is a particular way that button downs are worn that make me want to scream with glee. And not just Laura’s. Of course, I have the receipt to prove it.
The Olsen’s know how to wear ‘em;
Zoe Kravitz kills it;
J.Law looks great in them;
Charlize Theron nailed it;
I purposefully picked these photos because not only do these button up shirts look amazing; but they are being worn in real ways. These pictures are not staged photos where the outfit only looks good when we are contorting our body to get the shot. No, this button- up fits like a dream as the wearer walks down the street to grab a coffee.
My inspiration photos do show these button downs in a more informal setting but my investigation isn’t limited to that. Oh no, I think the tips I discovered are just as relevant for those among us who need to tuck our shirts in and wear them into a slightly more formal space.
BUT- as a warning- this is not your manager’s button up. This is not going to be the button up you wear into a job interview or for a major presentation. These are button ups that give an easy-breezy-chic (EBC) vibe.
And I KNOW we are all invested in this because my internet friend
posted this note and the response is; YES! How do we get a button down to fit well?As a note; a button- DOWN is a shirt that has small buttons on the collar to keep it in place. Mostly I am looking at button- UP shirts which have no buttons on the collar. Honestly, in my brain I still think of them as button-downs but that is technically inaccurate so I’m going to do my best to call them button ups.
There are really 2 key pieces in finding a button up that gives us the EBC vibe and those are; (1) MATERIAL and (2) FIT. And, obviously, some observations on STYLING.