For Carolina Herrera, a white shirt is ubiquitous: She can be seen wearing one in her office, at the MET, on the runway. In fact, she can be seen wearing a white shirt anytime and everywhere.
White shirt is her uniform, her armor, her “security blanket”, as she herself once put it. But for someone who can and can afford to wear any types of white shirt, Carolina Herrera only wears one type: The one that fits her body, like Melania Trump, whom she has dressed as the First Lady of USA. And apart from some occasional variations like a distinctive seam, a pair of exaggerated sleeves, a mandarin collar, an embroidered soft fabric, Carolina Herrera seems loyal to the classic men’s white shirt with sharp tailoring and pointed collar in white crispy cotton, which is what Melania Trump wears mostly as well. Coco Chanel wore her skirt suit years after years after years, until she became the suit. Perhaps subconsciously Carolina Herrera is doing the same by wearing her white shirt with such discipline, just as her most high profile client Melania Trump, perhaps is doing almost the same: Two foreign women achieving the highest status in the most powerful country in the world, want to become a white shirt, among the men, carrying their men's surnames. Carolina Herrera wears and makes and sells white shirt, she glamorizes and glorifies the white shirt, she is ambassador of the white shirt, and white shirt is her identity.
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The first time when Lady Diana Spencer appeared into the eyes of public in white shirt, she wore it as a well born English upper class girl would wear it, dainty, discreet, with ruffles, ribbons, bows, underneath a cardigan, a jumper, or a tailored jacket, allowing only partial views of what she might be wearing, the collar, the cuffs, the button placket...... Then as time goes by, gone are the ribbons, the bows, the ruffles, as well as the granie cardigan and sheep jumper. Now a Princess both in title and style, Diana’s white shirt is slowly reduced to the essence of a white shirt: white, crispy, fitting and full front button closure, paired with a pair of blue jeans or khaki pants, with a pair of loafers. She looks perfect. So perfect that if white shirt were to be the only thing in her wardrobe, Princess Diana would look just as regal and royal. Seeing her in white shirt gives hope to every single girl and woman who wants to be her or be like her: a white shirt is the most accessible item they can imitate from Princess Diana wardrobe, even they know she can not be imitated, not even by Meghan Markle, her own daughter-in-law. Since becoming the first lady of the United States of America in 2017, Melania Trump has worn a white shirt many times for various public appearances and engagements. She has worn it formally underneath a suit, or casually paired with jeans or khaki pants, or neutrally with a skirt. But Melania Trump's white shirt is almost exclusively of one style: white crisp, slim fit, with hidden front placket; And she has almost always worn her white shirt one style: tucked in, sleeves up, and buttons very done , sometimes even to the last one. Melania Trump had worn white shirts before, very differently. But as the first lady, Melania Trump does not let her guard down. |
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