Help me decide which floral print looks classy.

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Hi. I was after a floral print shirt.I came across these two from Zara.I can not decide which would look chic and is versatile too.

Thank you in advance for suggestions.

Or anything from Sezane https://www.sezane.com/en/product/chlo-shirt/ecru#size-4

https://www.sezane.com/en/collection/Tops

Some of the shirts here look nicer than the Zara ones

www.next.co.uk/shop/gender-women-productaffiliation-tops/category-shirts-pattern-floral?p=1#0

Neither, tbh. Perhaps these?

https://blakemill.co.uk/products/white-with-pink-sakura-tree-accents-shirt?variant=41098060759074&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=4&gclid=CjwKCAiA5L2tBhBTEiwAdSxJXwa5s5o1LQMfalmzCw12G1SVqfnJNz14aQ93cT-8P6aQPC9Ua-LRBhoCpqgQAvD_BwE

https://theensa.com/products/embroidery-white-cotton-shirt-2018-autumn-new-fashion-women-blouse-long-sleeve-casual-tops-loose-shirt-blusas-feminina-plus-size

https://www.toa.st/products/embroidered-collar-stripe-cotton-shirt-oyster-grey-birch

not floral:
https://www.reiss.com/style/ST405462/D57945#D57945

https://www.arket.com/en_gbp/women/underwear-loungewear/loungewear/product.washed-cotton-shirt-white.1186428001.html

https://www.arket.com/en_gbp/women/shirts-blouses/product.asymmetric-wrap-shirt-white.1199937004.html

https://www.arket.com/en_gbp/women/shirts-blouses/product.scarf-collar-blouse-beige.1212525001.html

I’d recommend arket in general for shirts - I’ve got a few from them and really like them.

Love the one on the right.

I'd wear the one on the left (black and white), my grandma would wear the one on the right (fumpy, prettyin pink floral disaster).

The pink one is better, but I'd want to add a lot of black to the overall outfit for contrast (I like multicolour spring florals with black).

I like all of those - particularly the Sister Jane one.

They're all so much more interesting than a "crisp white shirt" or a "nice silk shirt"

I might wear the monochrome shirt (never the pink one) but only if the pattern matching was better.

I prefer the more colourful one, I see it as a a fine for now shirt, not an investment piece that you'll be wearing for years. For classy you can't beat a decent white shirt perfectly laundered.

The ultimate flower printed blouse?

defensia-blouse-3

Why am I thinking of Grayson Perry?

Limited imagination perhaps?

The reverse, I fear.

Neither are classy. To be frank, few prints are. If you want to wear a floral print, stick to something classic like a Liberty print.

If you say so. "Grayson Perry" gets trotted out with (tedious) regularity.

Why am I thinking of Grayson Perry?

It’s an interesting point. If men in drag take over all the prettiest, flounciest, most ‘feminine’ clothes - what are we left with?

I recall going off Vivienne Westwood (women’s clothes) because a man whose name I’ve forgotten wore a lot of her designs on a season of Big Brother years ago. I just didn’t feel the same about about it any more …

But I don’t always want to wear grey trousers and a black polo neck jumper …

If men in drag take over all the prettiest, flounciest, most ‘feminine’ clothes - what are we left with?

Clothes which aren't a parody of women's? (The linked blouse wasn't really pretty or 'feminine' imo. Flouncy, to be sure. Urgh)

I would haunt a stately home in that.

But I like it …

I don’t find it a parody. It’s a bit tongue in cheek and overblown - but as someone who grew up with a mother who made her daughters the most elaborately smocked dresses I’m always delighted to see that sort of craft is still available. I’d buy the whole collection if I could.

I wear a lot of floral tops but I wouldn't wear either of those. The black and white one is ugly and the pink one is insipid. Sorry.

Thank you all.x

I don't think it is a parody.

There's been some horrible responses here OP. I like both of them. I think they would both look nice with (something like) the denim skirt in this article.

What to buy now

The second one is lovely!
You can dress it up with dress slacks or down with jeans.

I would wear it with ripped jeans, black belt and a black blazer. Low ponytail, big glasses, high heels in black or pink.

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@Josette77 Thank you both for your suggestions on how to style the shirts.