OFF THE CUFF

Read between the lines of fashion’s mainstay: the button-up shirt. Macro and micro, the classics are our go-to in challenging times both in the greater world and, actually, in our morning getting-dressed routine. Shirting for daywear is obvious – no prizes there – but cinched and waisted, as shown here at Balenciaga, or twisted and turned at New York labels Monse and Alexander Wang, is what saves it from cliche.