Trend: White Shirt

The history of the white shirt is pretty vividly demonstrated by actresses of the past and present centuries. In the 1940s, Judy Garland and Marlene Dietrich walked in white, similar to men's shirts. The 1950s were remembered by the frivolous white shirt that Princess Anna from the Roman Holiday supplemented with a scarf. Brigitte Bardot was fond of similar shirts in the sixties. In the 1970s, the heroine of Diana Keaton from "Annie Hall" combined a strict white shirt with a two-piece suit. The 1980s - the era when white shirts were worn by schoolgirls from films about teenagers. Pulp Fiction, which appeared on screens in 1994, is remarkable for Umy Thurman’s voluminous white shirt. The 2000s were marked by Kira Knightley's messy white shirts from Pirates of the Caribbean, romantic shirts like Scarlett Johansson in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and finally a starched collar blonde performed by Tilda Swinton from Limits of Control.

1. Angelina Jolie in "Jia" by Michael Christopher / Actress Ava Gardner2. Anna Packin in Gus Van Sant's "Find Forrester"3, 4. Audrey Hepburn in William Wyler's "Roman Holiday"5-7. Audrey Tautou at Coco to Chanel by Ann Fontaine8. Actress Brigitte Bardot9. Cate Blanchett in Todd Haynes's “I'm Not There”10, 11. Designer Coco Chanel12. Diana Keaton and Woody Allen at Annie Hall Woody Allen13, 14. Actress and Princess Monaco Grace Kelly15. Actress Greta Garbo16. Shot from "Deadly attraction"17. Actress Judy Garland18. Actress Janet Gaynor / Actress Katherine Grayson19. Johann Vocalk in Til Schweiger's "Barefoot on the Pavement"20. Kim Basinger in Nine and a Half Weeks by Adrian Lyne21. Actress Marilyn Monroe22, 23. Actress Marlene Dietrich24. Shot from Alfred Hitchcock's Window to the Yard25. Scarlett Johansson in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" by Woody Allen26. Sharon Stone at Paul Verhoeven's "Basic Instinct"27. Gwyneth Paltrow in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" by Anthony Minghella28. Tilda Swinton in Jim Jarmusch's "Limits of Control"29, 30. Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction31. Frame from the film "Live your life" by Jean-Luc Godard32. Zoe Deschanel in Mark Webb's "500 Days of Summer"

Once designers preferred to lay out white shirts in neat piles on the far store shelves, now they can be included in a dozen bows in one show. The white shirt knows neither social nor age restrictions: it is worn by Alyona Doletskaya and Cecilia Dean, Tavi Gevinson and Susie Bubble. The same can be said about the relevance of the shirt. Fashion magazines in one voice claim that a white shirt can be worn both at work and at a secular reception. A couple of years ago, the same was said about basic alcoholic shirts and T-shirts.

1-3. Photos from the blog All the Pretty Birds4, 5. Photos from the blog Altamira6-10. Photos from the Citizen Couture blog11. Photo from the blog Face Hunter / Photo from the blog Garance Dore12-17. Photos from the blog Garance Dore18. Alena Doletskaya / Emily, the author of the Cupcakes and Cashmere blog19. Anya Zyurova, fashion director of Russian Tatler20. Cecilia Dean, Founder and Editor of Visionaire21. Danny, Chic Muse Blog Author22. Joanna Hillman, Harper's Bazaar / Kate Lanfire, Senior Fashion Editor, American Elle Style Director23. Lauren Santo Domingo, editor of American Vogue24. Anastasia Barbieri, editor-in-chief of Vogue Hommes / Natalia Alaverdyan, fashion editor of Russian Harper's Bazaar25. Polina Sokhova, fashion editor of Russian Vogue (center) / Sarah Burton in the final of the show Alexander McQueen SS 201126. Shala Monrok, Pop / Taylor Tomasi Hill Editor, American Marie Claire Style and Accessories Director27. Vanessa Coyle, Senior Fashion Editor for British Harper's Bazaar / Designer Vika Gazinskaya28. Zanna Roberts, senior fashion editor for American Marie Claire

In the spring and summer of 2011, you should pay attention to the length of the shirt sleeve. Dolce & Gabbana, Erdem and Stella McCartney prefer to leave it traditional. Charles Anastase, Lacoste and Paul Smith roll up the sleeves to the elbow or sew shirts with three-quarter sleeves. The most current trend is offered by Alexander Wang, Chloe and Michael Angel, who are cut off their sleeves from their shirts. According to the designers, shirts can be tucked into skirts, pants and shorts, as Band of Outsiders, Gap, Hermes, Jil Sander and Moschino do, and you can wear a jacket: this is what Balenciaga, Maison Martin Margiela and Terexov do. Whether you want to fasten a shirt under your throat or leave a few buttons undone is up to you. The first method is promoted by Carven (adorns the collar with a brooch with large rhinestones), Celine and Chanel, and the second is Dries Van Noten, Dsquared2 and Michael Kors. An interesting way to wear a shirt - backwards - offers Rad by Rad Hourani.

1. 3.1 Phillip Lim Pre-Fall 2011 / Akris SS 20112. Alexander Wang Resort 2011 / Antonio Berardi SS 20113. Araks SS 2011 / Balenciaga SS 20114. Band of Outsider SS 2011 / Barbara Tfank SS 20115. Bill Bass SS 2011 / Brioni SS 20116. Carolina Herrera SS 2011 / Carven SS 20117. Celine FW 2010 / Celine Resort 20108. Celine SS 2011 / Chanel SS 20119. Chari SS 2011 / Charles Anastase SS 201110. Chloe Resort 201111. Costume National Resort 2011 / Dior SS 200812. Dolce & Gabbana SS 2008 / Dolce & Gabbana SS 201113. Dries Van Noten SS 2009 / Dries Van Noten SS 201114. Dsquared2 SS 2011 / Edun SS 201115. Erdem SS 2011 / Fendi SS 201016. Gap SS 2011 / Hermes SS 201117. Hussein Chalayan SS 2011 / Jason Wu Pre-Fall 201118. Jil Sander SS 2011 / Jil Stuart SS 201119. Karen Walker SS 2011 / Kenzo Resort 201120. Lacoste SS 2011 / Maison Martin Margiela SS 201121. Marc Jacobs FW 2008 / Marc Jacobs SS 201022. Michael Angel SS 2011 / Michael Kors FW 201023. Michael Kors SS 2011 / Moschino SS 201124. Organic by John Patrick SS 2011 / Oscar de la Renta SS 201025. Paul Smith SS 2011 / Peter Pilotto SS 201126. Prada FW 2009 / Preen Pre-Fall 201127. Proenza Schouler FW 2010 / Pure Joy Fashion FW 201028. Rad by Rad Hourani SS 2011 / Ralph Lauren SS 201129. Rodarte FW 2008 / Stella McCartney SS 201130. Terexov SS 2011 / Tommy Hilfiger SS 201131. Trussardi 1911 SS 2011 / Twenty8Twelve SS 201132. United Bamboo SS 2011 / Viktor & Rolf SS 201133. Vivienne Westwood Red Label SS 2011

1. Alexander Arngoldt FW 20102. Asos White FW 2010 / Chloe FW 20103. Cos FW 2010 / Cushnie et Ochs SS 20114. Fred Perry FW 2010 / H & M SS 20115. Katerina Levina FW 2010 / Keller Fall 20106. Maison Scotch FW 2010 / Ruby SS 20107. Massimo Dutti Fall 20108. Tucker fall 20109. Shooting Takuna Panichgul's collection for Gap10. Sportmax Code SS 2011 / United Bamboo Resort 201111. Uniqlo + J FW 201012. Urban Outfitters FW 2010 / Valentino for Gap Lookbook Collection13. X'U FW 2010/7 for All Mankind SS 201114. Zara November 2010

KSENIYA MARCHENKO designer brand X'U

A white shirt made of formal clothes turned into casual, and her combination with jeans or loose shorts has become the norm. And although no one treats the white shirt with the same trepidation and few people care about the starched collar and cuffs, yet this piece of clothing is special.

I love men's white shirts, which have long replaced my dress. And the image of a girl waking up with matted hair sitting on a window-sill in a huge white men's shirt on a naked body is already so beaten up that he does not even want to comment. But still this image is so strong that, while offering a dress shirt in the collection, I subconsciously repelled it, deliberately removing slackness and shapelessness, giving it a cut of severity and clarity.

1. Abby Lee Kershaw in i-D, Winter 2010 / Ana Neborak in French L'Officiel, October 2010 2. Ajak Deng in Arise, autumn / winter 20103. Ann and Kirby Kenny in Russian Vogue, August 20104. Agnes Dane at W, January 20075. Abby Lee Kershaw in the second issue of The Gentlewoman6. Anya Rubik in the advertising campaign of Giuseppe Zanotti SS 2011 / Anouk Leper in the Belgian Elle, September 20107. Filming on the Balenciaga SS 2007 collection in i-D / Filming from Russh, December / January 20118. Blake Lively at Interview, September 20109. Chanel Iman in Allure / Charlotte Benson in Italian Vogue, November 201010. Cynthia Dicker in French Marie Claire, September 2010 / Constance Jablonski in Japanese Vogue, September 201011. Filming from Dazed & Confused, January and June 201012. Shooting from the Ukrainian Elle, September 2010 / Shooting from the Factory, autumn / winter 201013. Advertising campaign Filippa K FW 201014. Shooting from Kinki / Gedra magazine Decauste in Bon, autumn 2010 15. Advertising campaign Givenchy FW 201016. Frida Gustavsson in H & M Magazine, Winter 2010 / Filming from Harper's Bazaar, December 199317. Heidi Mount in Japanese Vogue, September 2010 18. Shooting new models in white shirts from i-D / Jenny Sinkberg in Zoo, autumn 201019. Carmen Pedaru in Numero No. 117 / Lara Stone in W, September 2010 20. Filming from Korean Marie Claire, June 2010 / Lena Lomkova in Turkish Vogue, December 201021. Lily Donaldson in American Harper's Bazaar / Lindsay Wixson in Purple Fashion, Fall / Winter 201022. Linda Evangelista in Italian Vogue, September 199123. Lisanne de Jong in the Russian Harper's Bazaar, September 201024. Anya Rubik in Mango FW 2010 advertising campaign / Marina Palm at Cover, September 201025. Marta Streck at Numero No. 119 / Mona Johansson in Danish Elle, August 201026. Nadia Auermann in British Vogue, October 1993 / Filming from Playing Fashion, summer 201027. Shooting Blonde Ambition, Pop, Fall / Winter 201028. Shooting from Vogue Novias, spring / summer 201029. Sarah Blomqvist in Turkish Vogue, August 2010 / Sasha Pivovarova in H & M Magazine, autumn 201030. Stella Tennat in American Harper's Bazaar, 199931. Shooting from Allure, April 1998 / Daria Verbova in American Vogue, September 200432. Shooting from Russian Vogue, September 2010

Viktor & Rolf’s shirt of silk and cotton is not enough for many to dare to buy even with a 50% discount: its price is $ 1,145. But the same for 3.1 Phillip Lim costs $ 475. For a shirt with epaulettes and large metal buttons Burberry Prorsum will have to pay £ 290, and for a similar with spikes on the cuffs from the line Burberry London - £ 250. Rag & Bone sells white shirts for $ 180. And in Lacoste they can be purchased for about $ 155. Any democratic brand can find a white shirt: from H & M and Topshop to Next and New Look. But if they go to the stores of these brands, rather, for fashionable stretched sweaters or wiped jeans, then follow strict shirts to Gap or Uniqlo. In the latter, in addition to high-tech blouses, the Uniqlo + J collection beloved by all is sold.