blouses & shirts women

A.P.C. varies the collar across its women's shirt range: a classic one on the Kayla shirt, a button-down on the Sophia Button Down shirt and an officer collar on the Baby Doll blouse. Fabric and fit then narrow the choice further, with poplin, oxford and silk on offer.

A women's shirt is chosen by its collar

The Kayla shirt keeps the lines most women's shirts start from, a straight cut and a classic collar, in white organic cotton with mother-of-pearl buttons engraved with the A.P.C. name. The brand adds a blue striped version in cotton poplin, with the same type of collar and the logo embroidered on the chest. Both are cotton shirts for women that tuck neatly into cropped jeans in stonewashed indigo Japanese denim.

For the office, a classic collar sits well under a tailored jacket, buttoned to the top or open at the neck. Tucked into gabardine trousers, a white Kayla makes a clean, simple outfit for every day of the working week. A.P.C. also offers flowing striped shirts in brown and in ecru for days when the shirt is worn loose over the waistband, a softer look that still suits a jacket.

Button-down shirts for women casual enough for weekends

The Sophia Button Down shirt is one of the more relaxed button-down shirts for women, short in the body with sloping shoulders, side slits and a pocket embroidered with a tone-on-tone logo. A.P.C. finishes it with white mother-of-pearl buttons. Short oxford shirts in lilac, light blue and white share the same shape as the Sophia, and they look right worn open over a ribbed T-shirt in white on warmer weekends.

In the summer months, A.P.C. pairs the button-down collar with short sleeves in the Uniforme short-sleeve shirt, slightly fitted at the waist, in a blue organic cotton with a logo embroidered on the pocket. That chest pocket echoes the one on the Sophia, which ties the two shirts neatly together. On cooler evenings, a button-down shirt for women goes under an alpaca cardigan in taupe, collar out over the knit.

Blouses for women, flowing or gathered

Among the blouses for women, the Baby Doll blouse stands out for its gathers at the shoulders, wrists, bust and back, with an officer collar and four faux horn fastenings. A.P.C. also offers stand-up collar blouses in ecru and light blue, a flowing blouse in dark green and tie-neck blouses in navy blue and in almond green silk. A women's blouse with gathers sits well over a straight denim skirt in indigo selvedge.

With the sleeves rolled up once, a silk blouse leaves the wrist free. A.P.C. includes chain bracelets and rings in silvertone or goldtone brass among its jewellery, and a bracelet stands out against the almond green. The tie-neck in silk, in particular, is one to hang rather than fold. The brand's advice on storing silk and viscose is to hang them on a padded hanger, which keeps their drape. Gathered, tied or buttoned down, any shirt or blouse from A.P.C. is best judged, first of all, by its own collar.