The best white T-shirts are essential to every sartorial arsenal. Just as hardworking as denim jeans, a trench coat or trainers, classic white tee’s complete your wardrobe all-year-round.
A masculine staple in the early 20th century, a white cotton crew neck was military issue during the Second World War, before actors Marlon Brando and James Dean brought it to Hollywood in the Fifties. When Karl Lagerfeld styled one under Chanel’s iconic tweed blazer – its fashion icon status was secured.
