From a white tee and jeans to an LBD with a red lip, some of life’s greatest outfit formulas are also the simplest.
Those baulking at the prospect of finally actually getting properly dressed again will be pleased to hear summer 2020 has proffered another straightforward yet stellar pairing: the oversized, manly shirt and its new best friend; the denim mini.
Not only is this marriage of micro mini and maxi shirting at once fashion forward and simultaneously ultra low key, but the very quotidian nature of its composite parts means there’s every chance you have at least 50 per cent of the ensemble already lurking at the back of your wardrobe.
Mannish shirts are big news for summer 2020 and, paired with a micro mini and chic slip on sandals, they just look cooler than cool.
In fact, so unquestionably feel good is the combo that country singing legend Shania Twain made reference to the outfit formula in her 1997 track Man! I Feel Like A Woman. Need a refresher? “Go totally crazy, forget I’m a lady, men’s shirts, short skirts, oh oh oohh, really go wild yeah, doing it in style”
Frankly, if it’s good enough for Shania, it’s good enough for me.
Shop the look
Organic linen shirt in grapefruit, £95, With Nothing Underneath | Buy now
Denim mini skirt, now £117, Re/Done | Buy now
Linen blend safari shirt, £550, Jil Sander| Buy now
Ribcage skirt, £50, Levi's | Buy now
White linen boyfriend shirt, £225, Asceno | Buy now
ASOS DESIGN denim pelmet skirt in midwash blue, £20 | Buy now
Arden denim skirt, now £38, All Saints | Buy now
ASOS Design oversized cotton dad shirt in sand, £25 | Buy now
High waisted deconstructed skirt, £50, Levi's | Buy now
Oversized cotton blend poplin shirt, £260, Acne Studios | Buy now
High waisted denim mini skirt, £320, Heron Preston | Buy now
