The Grey Shirt Tops We Keep Coming Back To
Grey sits in a strange, useful place between the severity of a white shirt and the flatness of navy or black. A good grey shirt top reads as considered rather…
Grey sits in a strange, useful place between the severity of a white shirt and the flatness of navy or black. A good grey shirt top reads as considered rather…
I spent three winters convinced a gilet was what golfers wore, and nothing on this earth was going to change my mind. Then I borrowed one off a friend for…
A good cable knit earns its bulk. The twist stitch was designed to trap air and hold shape, which means a jumper that collapses into a limp drape the moment…
I spent years thinking beige was the colour equivalent of saying nothing at a dinner party. Safe, invisible, the sort of shade you pick when you can’t be bothered to…
A good black lace top earns its place by being a bit more than pretty. The lace itself needs weight, not the flimsy sort that goes see through under office…
A good halter neck top earns its place through construction, not just the shape of the neckline. The tie or fixed strap at the back of the neck should sit…
A cream cropped top has to work harder than a white one, because there is no clean, obvious version of cream. It shifts with the light and with whatever sits…
I spent years thinking brown was the colour you wore when you’d given up. Beige’s serious cousin. The one that said you’d stopped trying and started prioritising warmth over everything…
Grey is the colour that separates a good knitted top from one that merely photographs well. It has to have enough depth to it, a touch of charcoal or a…
Gold satin holds light in a way no other fabric quite manages, and that is the entire case for it. A good version has enough weight to fall in a…