Must-Have Versatile Shirt for Your Fall Wardrobe

Fall is in full swing, but you and I know that means that temperatures fluctuate wildly. It’s all about layering on style for the next couple of months, so you can easily add or take off the warmth. That’s just one reason I think a denim or chambray button-up is a must-have versatile shirt for your fall wardrobe.

How to Shop Here: To shop the items I feature, just click on the words in the captions of photos, the highlighted words in my text or the images in the shopping widgets I sometimes include. When you shop through my links I potentially earn a commission on your purchases, but at no additional cost to you. Thank you so much for supporting my work here by shopping my links. Items that have been gifted to me by the associated brand are indicated with “c/o”.

Not only does this versatile shirt layer nicely over and under other things in your wardrobe, but this classic blue goes with so many other colors, too.

Since other fun colors, like wine or burgundy, garnet red, shades of green and chocolate brown, are taking center stage this year, it’s nice to have a chambray shirt to balance those pigmented pieces in your outfit. I love the way this Frank & Eileen vintage stonewashed indigo denim shirt kind of grounds my claret red wide leg pants.

Of course, you can also wear a chambray or denim shirt:

• over a tee or tank & unbuttoned
• under a sweater
• under a vest
• with a skirt
• under a jumper dress
• with joggers
• with jeans – blue, black, ivory, etc.
• with dressier trousers
• with cords
• and there’s probably more!

What’s the difference between a denim shirt and a chambray shirt? Generally, not much. You’ll see the same types of shirts called one or the other. But a true denim shirt is generally a little heavier, whereas a chambray shirt is often lighter. But both are basically cotton shirts. You’ll find them fitted, boxy, long, short, with buttons, with snaps, with front pockets and without. And if you prefer, you can also find them with more bows and ruffles instead of straight lines.

Here are a few other ways I’ve worn mine in the past…

By the way, I love these claret Emmett wide leg pants from Madewell shown again below. They fit true to size; I’m wearing a 30 standard fit. If I wanted to wear them with heels, as shown on their website, I’d have to opt for the tall fit. They do come in petite sizes, too. And they have plus sizes as well. I think the claret is lovely (my photograph represents the color better than theirs does), but they come in navy and brown also.

I’ve gathered up a wide assortment of versatile chambray and denim shirts in the boutique below. They’re at all of your favorite stores, and there’s truly one for everyone.

Shop the Post:

You can shop the look through the links in the copy above or through the shopping widget below. Sale prices are not always reflected in the widget, so click through to get pricing info. Remember, if you purchase anything through these links I potentially earn a commission, but at no cost to you. Thank you for shopping through Dressed for My Day. I am grateful!

Don’t Miss a Post:

If you like what you’re seeing here at Dressed for My Day, I invite you to subscribe to my email list. You can receive an email each time I post (about 6 times weekly) or just on Saturdays. You choose! But you’ll also receive the password to open up all the subscriber freebies I offer. You can subscribe HERE.