Button down shirts are definitely not your average shirts. Its timeless appeal gives you that chic elegant look without doing too much or trying so hard. It is not your ordinary shirts because it has so many styles to be sported. Here are some styles that we recommend. 1. Button down shirts can be anything but buttoned down, if you wear it right. Even when you must dress for the office, you can accessorize a button-down shirt to add style and interest to an otherwise boring wardrobe item. Pair a button-down shirt with a skirt, slacks or jeans to create a look from casual to office chic. You also can add a vest or a cardigan to ramp up the color, if you want.
2. Put on a white or a skin-colored camisole beneath a button-down shirt. You can either let the camisole peek out through the shirt or just use the camisole to cover any accidental glimpses of skin or your bra if the shirt happens to gap.
3. Button the shirt, leaving the top two or three buttons unbuttoned. This creates a casual and attractive look. You can leave a few more buttons undone if you have a camisole or tank top under the shirt.
4. Leave the shirt untucked as long as it is a style that fits your waistline neatly. Most button-down shirts of this style end at or just below the waistline. If the shirt is longer or unfitted, tuck it in for best results. Many experts recommend tucking in silk shirts because they are typically more formal styles.
5. Roll up the cuffs at your wrists two or three times for an informal and carefree look. Another alternative is to wear a button-down shirt with French cuffs and choose a pair of cufflinks with a chunky bauble to add bling to your wrists.
6. Wear the button-down shirt with a vest (unbuttoned) or a cardigan. This style looks especially neat with a white button-down shirt. Add a belt around your natural waistline if you wear a cardigan. If you pair a button-down shirt with a jacket with lapels, keep the shirt collar inside the lapels and don't let the collar overlap the lapels.
7. Combine a button-down shirt with a long skirt, a shorter skirt, jeans or slacks. Just about any item of clothing can look smashing with a button-down shirt.
8. And last but definitely not the least Add a long, chunky necklace. Wear the necklace outside the shirt beneath the collar. Chunky pearl necklace our commonly associated with button down shirts because of Audrey Hepburn and some other stars that sports it.
So remember, in our tips above, the things you will need to style your button down shirts are: Camisole or tank top, Vest, Belt, Jeans, Slacks, Cufflinks, Cardigan, Jacket, Skirt, Long necklace. These are just some of the ways to style it. There are many more. The possibilities are endless. Be imaginative!
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