Think blue

When you say the blue shirt the collective imaginary says 'boring'. This season it's a re-birth, a joyful, sexy and playful one. Spruce it up from your man's closet, like Camille Charriere suggests in her interpretation of the man's shirt or reinterpret your own.

with a leather mini-skirt and flat sandals
with skinny black jeans and Gucci loafers
fasten the first button and let the rest unbuttoned like at the Alexander Wang's runways
wear it over a pair of skinny khakis
buy a sophisticated, feminine painter's version like in Valentino's print ad
bell bottom denim and heels

If you don't own a blue one, when you buy one just remember a few key points:

it should be fitted,
made of a delicate, soft and gauzy cotton, ideally chambray,
the color should resemble a light denim blue.

The white essential shirt

Ok here is classics department. There's no limit to how many white shirts you must own. No less than three is a standard: fitted, button down and oversized.

oversized over cropped khakis and slip-ons
painter's shirt over denim shorts with Birks
fitted raised collar and an high waisted long full skirt. here you can go flats or heels, chic as hell
french collar, one extra button opened tucked in a pencil skirt and heels
french collar, cuffed denim, penny loafers and car coat: a spring winner