Denim Shirts as Interior Design Inspiration

I have had the same denim shirt in my closet for ten years, and it just keeps getting better and better. 

It’s a Levi’s. Stick with the people that know denim best, right? 

I bought it in New York on Canal Street and one of the many anonymous yet very serviceable clothing shops that line the street. The signs climb the the walls of the buildings in that part of town, each vying for your attention. The only real way to to know what shop you want to go into is by looking into them and seeing what they have to offer. 

It was a particularly cold day, I remember, when I popped my head into the shop. I went in more for respite and relief than shopping. But as I looked around, pawed my way through stacks of clothes, I really just wanted to add a layer to my armor before I attempted to head outside. 

There it was. The familiar red label poking its head out from the left of the applied breast pocket. It had been years since I had considered a denim shirt. The familiar “golden arches” of the yoke sewn into the back. The mother of pearl snaps that decorated the front instead of the more familiar buttons. 

Maybe I wanted to be a cowboy that day. Or perhaps, it’s true, that some things are so classic that they never go out of style. Over the years I have paired the shirt with jeans  to go out with friends, a pair of cut off khakis to scale the beaches in Cape Cod, and even with a tux jacket to head to event downtown. It become a trusted friend and fail safe member of the family. 

Items like denim shirts are rare. They don’t require much thought. They get softer and better with time. And for some reason, they always just seem to work. 

I have always wanted to create homes that are as essential as a denim shirt.