Why a shirt will always work
@mariemarot la star of shirts.
Cause it’s the only piece that doesn’t ask questions.
At 8 a.m., you button it, tuck it into jeans or trousers, slide on loafers, and you’re “work appropriate.” At 8 p.m., you loosen your hair, undo a button (or three), smudge on lipstick that doubles as blush (fav lipstick is corail from Chanel), and bäääm — apéro-ready.
It’s one of the rare things that takes you from day to night without a costume change. It works with a velvet blazer. It works under a giant coat. My current obsession: a Marie Marot shirt + wool fringe skirt + whatever shoes I feel like. Somehow, still works.
That’s the point: a shirt has no rules. Oversize, tucked, half-tucked, open over a tank — it adapts.
Formulas I swear by:
Shirt + vintage blazer + jeans = instant credibility.
Shirt + skirt (mini, midi, wool, fringe, whatever) = transitional season magic.
Shirt as jacket (oversized, worn open) = lazy but chic.
Shirt + Kaki trousers is the shit by the way it’s always a good combo.
Marie Marot gets it best. Her shirts — safari styles, stripes, pyjama cuts — prove how versatile this “basic” really is. They do comfort, they do style, they even do slay.
@mariemarot shirt with turtle neck.
One shirt. No rules. That’s why it always works.
@mariemarot Hepburn shirt
