~ OOTD ~
Shirts with Jeans
My current uniform
on rotation here in The Humble Bungalow.
New white shirt from Old Navy
worn here with classic pearls.
When I was working
White shirts were worn a lot and I owned several in different styles.
Worn tucked into black pants and simple skirts.
On Fridays we wore jeans.
I paired my white shirt with a soft wool blazer, jeans and loafers.
Accessorized with faux pearls...
One Christmas several decades ago, my parents gave me a lovely pair of genuine pearl studs.
( I still have them and wear them often)
One Valentine's Day, a few years later, my husband gave me a strand of Akoya pearls.
I love pearls
My Mom loved pearls too.
When I wear my pearls I always think of Mom.
Mom wore her baroque long opera length pearls almost everyday.
The necklace was a gift to her one Christmas from my father.
Do you wear pearls?
Have you a classic white shirt in your wardrobe?
I also love denim and chambray shirts.
I have two...
I am wearing one right now with my pearls.
This shirt has all the details that make it a classic and yet it is budget friendly.
Keeping a white shirt white is tricky.
If I get a mark on it
I spray it with my pink grapefruit Method brand cleaner
gently scrub with a soft brush before popping it into the wash.
I hang my shirts to dry and smoothe out the edges when they are damp.
Ironing carefully after they are dry.
I wear an apron when I am cooking and cleaning.
It saves my clothes from stains.
I love this linen one from Rough Linen.
It was an early Covid purchase.
Pope John Paull II white rose
blooming in The Humble Bungalow Garden.
White is such an elegant shade...
(White shirt quotes)
"You can wear them with anything.
It's the person and the way that they wear it
that makes it different.
I have been designing white shirts forever,
but I don't get tired of it."
~ Carolina Herrera ~
"The white blouse can be light and floating, impeccable and austere, sumptuous and all-enveloping, tight and close-fitting.
It rises up to frame the face.
It sculpts the body by transforming itself into a second skin.
Imputed with glamour and poetry, freedom and impetuousness, the prim white shirt turns out to have a thousand identities."
~ Gianfranco Ferre ~
How will you style your shirt?
The important thing is having fun with your creative accessories.
A scarf
necklace
brooch
collar up? or buttoned up?
maybe opened up?
as a layering piece over a camisole or top.
The White Shirt is a versatile classic
a worthy workhorse in every wardrobe.
Thank you for stopping by The Humble Bungalow Blog.
~ Be Well and Be Kind ~
