White Shirt + Jeans = Perfection? (Also, a project if you are interested!)

"I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes." -Yves Saint Laurent

The perfect Ms. Erin Wasson rocks Britney-style denim shorts, (from NY Social Diary)

My hero Jane Birkin goes classic with rolled cuffs and even carries her famous basket!

I don't think there's a more perfect outfit than a white shirt (tee or button) and jeans (long or short). Maybe it's the American in me, but it just is the epitome of cool, of nonchalance. I never feel better than in a white shirt and jeans. I also think it is so easy to take this look and make it your own. It's all in the choice of jeans, shoes, and other accessories. This is a little celebration of the combination!

A sartorialist rocks a bohemian summer version (photo by The Sart)

Please don't hate on me for saying this, but Caroline Trentini looks cooler to me in this than all the models who wear layers of nu-rave neon (photo by the Sart) Another sart pic, with a great hat (photo by the Sart)
This one from garance dore, super-chic, no?
from Karla's Closet- the yellow shoes and aviators add personality
from Fashion Blanket-so effortless

If this outfit were an episode of Friends, it would be called "The One Where Mossy singlehandedly brought the high-waist back."

Rumi of Fashion Toast rocks the faded denim
Camille of Childhood Flames goes skinny and dark

One of the greatest things about the white shirt and Jeans ensemble is that makes such a great base for experimentation. Witness:

Camille of Childhood Flames goes for docs and tightsKate Lanphear looks completely like herself with Balenciaga glads (I'm so tired of typing the whole word) and suspenders. She proves that it isn't hard to show your individuality with the most basic of looks.

Melanie Huynh adds a leopard scarf to change the whole lookEmmanuelle Alt goes cropped and adds a white Chanel jacketShiva Rose looks effortless with a vest

Valentine Fillol-Cordier. So chic, all she added was a jacket (photo from Garance Dore)

Just add plaid (I'm a rhyme dork, clearly not a poet, sorry) (photo from the Sart)

And I can't help myself, sorry Reese, Jake looks great in his tee and jeans. I just have to add, my fantasy of meeting the perfect man involves him wearing a white shirt and jeans!

This is the project I'd like to do, with your help!

Let me know if you are game for this: I'd like as many of you as would like to participate to send me pictures of you in a white shirt and jeans, doing it your way, and I will post them a week from Friday:) You can email them to me at septembergurl29@gmail.com, or post them on your own blog and leave me a message and I'll come to collect them! (you can also send pics of your fave icons/ fashionistas/ boyfriend/ grandma/ whoever in their fave white shirt and jeans!)

Photos from an obscene number of sources, including The Sartorialist, Garance Dore, thefashionspot.com, fashiontoast, childhoodflames, fashionblanket, style.com, and nysocialdiary.

If anyone catches a mistake in my labeling of pictures, or anywhere in my posts, please let me know, and if you are the owner of any of these pictures and want me to remove them, let me know and I will do so immediately!