Graduate Fashionista : The Pinks

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Style File - T. M. Lewin Coloured Shirts

You guys had the white shirts now it's time for some colour.

Summer is here, but that does not mean that colour has to be limited to my nails and lips. These are my top picks from the selection of coloured shirts in the T. M. Lewin summer sale.

Fitted Pink Check Shirt - 100% cotton, Mandarin collar, cap sleeves.

Fitted Stone Check Shirt - 100% cotton, Mandarin collar, cap sleeves.

Fitted Lilac Shadow Check Shirt, , original

Fitted Lilac Shadow Check Shirt - cutaway neckline, button cuffs.

Fitted Pink Herringbone Shirt, , original

Fitted Pink Herringbone Shirt - 100% cotton, double cuff for cufflinks.

Fitted Blue Herringbone Shirt - 100% cotton, double cuff for cufflinks.

The shorter sleeved shirts would go great with my Zara Shorts, my work trousers and also as a layering piece under my navy suit. The longer sleeved shirts would look great on their own paired with either my Zara tulip skirt or my asymmetrical peplum skirt from Miss Selfridge. These are just a few of the outfit combinations, I have come up with off the top of my head.

Stay cool my lovelies.

Monday, June 25, 2012

What to Wear to Work - The Pinks (TM Lewin 1898)

A coloured shirt can be a good way to inject colour into your work wear wardrobe and get away from the corporate basics of black and white. Also Spring/Summer is the time of year when colour is embraced. These are just a selection of Pink shirts which I have for work wear, they can be worn on their own with a trouser or a skirt or under a suit/blazer for a more formal look.

All of my pink shirts are from TM Lewin, and that is because I made the concious decision to start buying quality shirts which would last more than a few washes, before losing colour and/or shape. (you know the type you wear the shirt once, put it in the wash and it never looks the same, even after you have starched it and ironed with steam.) TM Lewin shirts are great quality and price wise compared to other brands they are hard to beat. If you are lucky you may be able to catch a multi-buy offer instore 4 shirts for £90 for guys, or 3 shirts for £75.

Material is the most expensive part of shirt making and TM Lewin uses 100% cotton when making all of their shirts. Unlike some other retailers who use cotton blended with polyester and other synthetic fabrics. Also the buttons on TM Lewin Shirts are sewn using 2 threads to ensure that they hold well and do not pop off after a few wears or washes.