About Claridge + King

Laurann Claridge and Lizbeth King, sisters and partners in Claridge + King, launched their eponymous company in the fall of 2008. For years the two searched in vain for an oversize men’s style button-down shirt they could lounge about in, sleep in, wear to the beach, or throw on over a mini skirt or leggings. “Ever since I was a teenager, I loved wearing my dad’s and, later, my husband’s worn-in, button-down shirts,” Claridge recalls. “The problem was, while the sleeve length might work, the tails were too short. Or perhaps it was roomy enough, but the cuffs extended past your fingertips.” Claridge, a former style editor for both national and regional glossies, worked on prototype after prototype to get the proportions right on the slightly oversized button-down shirt. Fascinated by English Savile Row suiting and shirting, Claridge + King collections pay homage to the tradition of fine tailoring, while adding a soft, feminine twist to classic men’s styles made expressly for women.Read their story