O ne of the common misconceptions about fashion is that you need to be wearing a fresh-off-the-catwalk trend or a pair of shoes the internet has deemed to be “hot right now” in order to be considered on top of things. The truth of the matter is that great style is a more nuanced phenomenon, a subtle change in the temperature of fashion’s front room. Good style can suddenly become the way the cuffs are pushed up to the elbows on a classic Oxford shirt, the manner in which a rough blow-dry is tucked into an oversized poloneck, how a cashmere jumper is worn strewn on top of an overcoat in lieu of a traditional scarf.
Enter, then, the white T-shirt “crescent”, the latest barely-there dressing tweak that is poised to take your look from ordinary to on-trend this spring. I say poised — chances are you’re already a master of the art of layering a white T-shirt under your chosen crewneck knit and leaving just enough (crescent-shaped) tee on display that your look might be considered “a bit fashion”..
