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Wonder is extremely wearable, such as tweed jackets and classic button-downs.
Sydney Sadick: Wondering About C. Wonder? Sydney Sadick 2011
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Wonder is extremely wearable, such as tweed jackets and classic button-downs.
Sydney Sadick: Wondering About C. Wonder? Sydney Sadick 2011
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Cary Grant Everett Collection Cary Grant, 1940s The Look: Casual Bespoke silk polo shirts, wide-lapel suits by Caraceni and glen-plaids by Hawes & Curtis; Brooks Brothers button-downs, bespoke tasseled loafers, Cartier watches.
Dress Like an Icon Steve Garbarino 2011
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The sentimental mementos are fine to keep around the house, but the angora cardigans, boxy button-downs, and fit-and-flare dresses that haven't been worn in decades are hogging precious closet space.
Amy Tara Koch: A Five-Minute Fix: The Fine Art of Purging Your Wardrobe Amy Tara Koch 2011
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Military coats paired with easy georgette button-downs and ribbed wool skirts were long, lean and elegant.
Jim Shi: New York Fashion Week, Day One: BCBG Max Azria, Richard Chai Love, Vena Cava, Ports 1961 & L.A.M.B. (PHOTOS) Jim Shi 2010
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But I only ever really wear casual stuff with themwhite tank tops or button-downs, the kinds of things that I suppose one could buy at Prada but I never do since they're indistinguishable (to my uneducated eye) from the stuff you can get at Banana.
A Conversation with Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada 2010
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Performing in casual-Friday button-downs and jeans (Trimble and guitarist Sam Halliday) and a greasy sleeveless T-shirt (bassist Kevin Baird) in front of an array of myth-building backlight, the band proved that making a crowd move is now within its reach.
Two Door Cinema Club reels them in Chris Klimek 2011
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Between April 1 and November 1, he switches to button-downs.
How to Earn $4 Billion on Coupons Robert Frank 2011
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I held up a series of button-downs and tailored pants, but she didn't buy any of them.
How many clues does one need to give an overly sexy dresser? 2011
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The sentimental mementos are fine to keep around the house, but the angora cardigans, boxy button-downs, and fit-and-flare dresses that haven't been worn in decades are hogging precious closet space.
Amy Tara Koch: A Five-Minute Fix: The Fine Art of Purging Your Wardrobe Amy Tara Koch 2011
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