Four ways to work it

It’s time to rethink the classic shirt. Here’s how to turn a weekday staple into something that’s far from office friendly. Let’s be honest, there’s nothing new about a standard cotton shirt. But the way you wear yours can take it away from first-jobber cliche to something really fashion. Deconstruct the shirt as you know it and put it back together in these four ways. Hey presto, you’ll turn into street-style blogger catnip.

The NSFW shirt: four ways to work it

Prada put corsets over Hawaiian shirts for the autumn/winter show, and Kim Kardashian wore one over a long T-shirt dress this month, so things over things are a thing at both the catwalk and celebrity ends of fashion. A camisole over a shirt is a more grungy version of this idea, and fits with slacker-friendly new brands including Jacquemus and Marques Almeida. Add a lackadaisical stroll for the full effect.

When this trend hit last year, it was filed with other outlandish style tics such as shoulder-robing and pretending to talk on the phone because it looks good in a picture. But, actually, this is an easy way to change up your shirt-wearing, and one that encourages the kind of dressing we can all do before coffee enters our system. Take any “Your shirt is the wrong way round” comments on the chin: it’s a life hack that we can all (pun intended) get behind.

Alexa Chung’s ruffled blouse was the big-hitter of her Marks & Spencer collection from earlier this year. The reason? Those ruffles, which are exaggaratedly feminine (lol) and retro (lol again). The ruffled blouse also has a fan in social media’s recent crush, Barb from Stranger Things. Therefore, this is the shirt to wear if you’re in pursuit of Instagram likes.