With thirty years of expertise in the French bespoke shirt of French tradition, how could I not start my columns in Monsieur without talking to you about the white shirt?
From the ruffled shirt of Charles IX to Bernard Henri-Lévy’s “war front” shirt, the white shirt is the only male garment that has crossed all eras and all ages.
Clean, well-dressed and versatile, it appears, rolled up and worn, in the intimate self-portrait of the young Ingres, as starched and sensational in most of the illustrations of Monsieur since 1920.
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