It is one of the key pieces of any male or female wardrobe.
The shirt had its origin in Upper Egypt, more specifically in the court of the pharaohs who created a piece called Kalasiris, which consisted of two rectangles of cloth sewn on the sides with an opening for the head to pass. Since antiquity that this clothe has evolved over the centuries and won the format that we know today, while it became a symbol of social status patent by the choice of fabrics, the embroidered applied and especially for its whiteness, the more the shirt was white was the highest social stratum of the person who wore it. Until the nineteenth century, the collar was always used up, as paintings of those times show, only from the year 1853 came to be used down to the point to distinguish the rich from the poor by color, i.e. nobility and bourgeoisie wore the white collar and workers the blue. Now you realize the symbolism attributed to economic crimes?
In the twentieth century the shirt acquires its unisex status, specifically in 1930 thanks to Coco Chanel and since then, this garment also becomes part of women's wardrobes. The shirt has also become an essential element in the world of work, is a benchmark of professionalism and consists of all the dress codes for businesses companies, in particular in its white version. On the other hand, remains a symbol of power, try remembering the silhouette of the yuppies of the 80s to have a sense of their importance in terms of class differentiation. For women, the shirt is a complement of femininity and in this matter we are not very picky, we used all kinds of patterns and colors that fit our style, giving the shirt a statute of basic piece in our closet. This year the catwalks showed the best that can be combined with a shirt and we cannot say that we are lacking good reasons to use it, even if you have to steal it from the wardrobe of your husband, boyfriend or brother. Anything goes, so use it every day.
