Whenever I wear one of my bespoke shirt dresses, a man stops me and asks me if I’m wearing a dress or a shirt. Chicks look me up and down, and maybe ask me where I bought my shirt dress. I never tell them, but I dig you so much that I’ll share: I’ve had them made by Belgian-born shirtmaker Freddy Vandecasteele.

When Freddy Vandecasteele first measured me, I told him I wanted a shirt dress that fit well, but short and loose enough that it might be mistaken for a boyfriend’s buttondown. My first bespoke shirt dress was Oxford blue cotton, and the second was black linen. Both had a “KD” monogram that matched the fabric. I loved the Oxford blue bespoke shirt dress for its classic menswear vibe, but I loved the linen more for its minimal maintenance: it looks lovely wrinkled.

So for this July’s Basque Country trip, I had Freddy Vandecasteele make me three more shirt dresses, in linens in classic menswear colors…

Wanting.

Anna Matuozzo is famous for her hard-to-get, handmade shirts. I’m curious about Anna Matuozzo bespoke shirts, but I don’t know if I’m thousands of Euros worth of curious…

Wearing.

I found shirt-maker Freddy Vandecasteele through a gentleman friend. Freddy is fast, a perfectionist, and charges around $200 for a bespoke shirt, with no minimum order.

I visited him in Studio City, and ordered a made-to-measure shirt dress, boyfriend-button-down style…

Hating.

Brooks Bros custom shirts are a waste of dough, dahling…