With the belief that clothes are meant to be worn and lived in, Shirt Number White straddles the avant-garde and wearable to find the right balance of constructing well-made clothes that are unconventional and unorthodox, yet timeless and classic.

Founded by designer Shannon Lee, the brand’s continual dialogue of artful tailoring and concept storytelling is informed by his decade-long experience working in both women’s and men’s brands. His designs reflect the connections between both disciplines of tailoring and pattern-making, allowing him to weave the avant-garde and wearability into statement pieces that are the accumulation of experiences past, perspectives present, and future visions of modern shirt making.

Angular silhouettes and form in are a signature in the Shirt Number White pieces. Entangling the romantic with utility, tension of opposites are felt in sublime form building, seam construction, material expressions and artfully considered detailing. Driven by the pursuit of quiet beauty, Shannon is always looking for new ways to make and wear the shirt.

The design notion of breaking shape; that each piece has a unique story that defies its current form and space, is an integral part of the design process. With the brand’s expansion into creating peripheral pieces that pair with each shirt, SN°W+ (Shirt Number White +) presents more wardrobe building grounded in this philosophy.  

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