July can be a sleepy month in fashion—if not in American politics—so we thought this would be an ideal time to do an investigation on some of our favorite runway trends from the past year; focusing on trends that were styling-based as opposed to a new garment silhouette. We wanted to be able to try it with pieces that already exist in our closet; no calling in clothes and no purchases allowed. We settled on five key styling hacks—double polos, sheer anything, aprons, skirts over pants, and the backwards shirt, which we go into today.
Much like The Row’s oft-discussed “ ” around your neck, we wanted to know—can we pull off these trends IRL? Or is their allure just the fact that they’re on the runway? Like literally everyone with friends, we often text each other when getting dressed—it’s especially fun to experiment when you have someone just as invested in the experiment as you are. First up, in our styling hacks experiment, we tried the backwards button-down shirt trend, which we have been low-key obsessed with since ’s fall 2024 show. On the surface it’s simple: get a shirt and put it on backwards, but as we soon discovered, not all shirts are made equal.
Here’s my first attempt. I love this shirt because it’s very light, so I thought it would work well for this. I paired it with a skirt to keep the silhouette easy.
I think the CJR shirt and the skirt has a real summer, breezy vibe. Did you button your shirt all the way to the top? I realized tha.