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"The Montgomery" Breton shirt | Blue - M

£70.00

"The Montgomery" Breton shirt | Blue - M

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"The Montgomery" Breton shirt. A Classic that Never Drifted. Some pieces never need reinventing. The Breton stripe was born in 1858 as part of the official uniform of the French Navy. Its distinctive horizontal stripes weren’t created for fashion, but for function, making sailors easier to spot against the sea. More than 160 years later, it’s one of the few garments that has remained genuinely timeless. Over the decades, the Breton escaped the coastline and found its way into art, cinema and popular culture. Pablo Picasso adopted it as part of his signature look. James Dean gave it effortless cool. Jean-Paul Belmondo embodied French nonchalance in it, while Brigitte Bardot and Audrey Hepburn