ABOUT
The brand and other things.
THE BRAND
Celebrating the Everyday Heroines, You.
Inspired by the multiple roles that women brilliantly play without fanfare, SHIRT NUMBER WHITE translates the artistry of shirt making into thought-evoking women’s wear, merging form and function, stylishly. Focusing on creating concept women’s shirts for the everyday, the brand reimagines and re-interprets the classic white shirt with carefully crafted, artisanal pieces that are inspired by breaking shape for form and function.
THE DESIGNER
A dialogue between womenswear and menswear.
Founded by designer Shannon Lee, SHIRT NUMBER WHITE’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.
PHILOSOPHY
Not wardrobe staples, but wardrobe statements.
With the belief that clothes are meant to be worn and lived in, a key focus of the brand is to go straddle the avant-garde and classic, to find the right balance of constructing well made clothes that are interesting and unorthodox yet timeless and classic. Shirt Number White wants to make the wardrobe, not build it.
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Breaking shape, one shirt at a time.
Angular construction has become a unique signature of Shirt Number White. Whether romantic or utility, the tension of opposites is felt in the sublime construction, material expressions and considered detailing. Driven by the pursuit of quiet beauty, Shannon is always looking for new ways to make, and wear a shirt. The notion of breaking shape; that each shirt has a story of its conception and how it was made is integral to the process.
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