Silk Suzane shirt, £100, Sezane (sezane.com); leather India trousers, £445, Whistles (whistles.com); Sandals, from a selection at Loeffler Randall (loefflerrandall.com); baroque pearl ovate earrings, £159 and dome pearl cuff bracelet, £235, both Missoma (missoma.com)And the anchor for many of Sylvie’s outfits?
A silky shirt. There’s a gold Yves Saint Laurent blouse, which she teams with an Alaïa belt (swoon); an olive green wrap-style number that was actually an altered Topshop dress; and an emerald version worn with a silver suit.There is no barrier to entry with the silk shirt: it is universally flattering and doesn’t require any skill to style.
This blouse from Sezane could be tucked into your oldest jeans, and voila: instant French chic à la Charlotte Gainsbourg.The washable silk relaxed shirt, £122, (everlane.com); Oversized silk shirt, £299, (winserlondon.com); Silk long-sleeve shirt, £130, (jigsaw-online.com); Silk pintuck oversized swing blouse, £250, (meandem.com); Equipment signature slim fit silk shirt, £235, (farfetch.com); Heidi silk collarless blouse, £270, (cefinn.com); Gauge 81 Kura silk body, £331, (selfridges.com); Silk shirt, £59.95, (massimodutti.com)Of course, it’s not a low-maintenance garment.
I don’t wear mine as often as I’d like because they’re usually in a bag by the door that I’m forever failing to take to the dry cleaner – but the newest generation are machine-washable courtesy of Boden, M&S and Jigsaw.Sylvie’s look proves there is a shortcut to Gallic chic and it has nothing to do with trends.
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