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The cropped top can be worn buttoned up for a sleek silhouette on a dinner date or unbuttoned over a tank for a museum-hopping day in Rome.
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026
Shirt unbuttoned, sleeves rolled up, the silhouette takes on a new life.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Rather than stealing one of her husband’s tops, the style savant wore a Yohji Yamamoto white button-down, unbuttoned and tucked into her skirt.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
Williams didn’t need a tie, choosing instead to decorate his neck with, well, his neck, leaving his shirt unbuttoned halfway down his chest.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026
Shirt unbuttoned, sleeves rolled up, the silhouette takes on a new life.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Rather than stealing one of her husband’s tops, the style savant wore a Yohji Yamamoto white button-down, unbuttoned and tucked into her skirt.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
Williams didn’t need a tie, choosing instead to decorate his neck with, well, his neck, leaving his shirt unbuttoned halfway down his chest.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Unbutton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbutton. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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unbutton
verb
un·but·ton
ˌən-ˈbət-ᵊn 
: to unfasten the buttons of (as a garment)
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