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Item of the week: the striped shirt

What it is: A classic wardrobe staple that recurs season-after-season is that of the striped button-up shirt, a piece once reserved for the office but has evolved to become a significant part of the dailywear wardrobe. From pinstripes to pencil stripes, there is no end to the variations in this print. However, in SS24 collections, it was the...

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Item of the week: the knit polo

What it is: While the knitted polo may seem like a more recent evolution of the standard polo shirt, its roots actually lie in the 1950s, where the classic shirt initially garnered traction. Also sometimes referred to as a ‘sweater polo’, the shirt was first popularised by Italian designers and later seeped into the wardrobes of the American...

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Item of the week: the print shirt

What it is: Print shirts are a regular part of fashion week collections, however each season they are defined by current trends and the desires of consumers. For SS24 menswear, for example, the most common iteration was bold, graphic prints in a myriad of colours, mostly seen on loose-fitting shapes that bore resemblance to 80s cuts. In place of...

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Item of the week: the rugby shirt

What it is: A brief overview of the rugby shirt’s history would reveal little in the way of surprises. It is often believed that the piece in fact originated at the suitably named Rugby School in England in the 1830s, and grew in popularity alongside its fellow sport. The piece itself has also not changed drastically since its birth. The only...

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Item of the week: the white shirt

What it is: If there was one item that stood above the rest for the AW23 season, it was the white shirt, spotted in abundance for both menswear and womenswear collections, alike. It was also not subject to one form, and instead could be spotted in a multitude of silhouettes, ranging from exaggerated oversized shapes to fitted deconstructions....