What is sizing like at Cloth & Stone?

Cloth & Stone generally runs true to size, but the cut is deliberately relaxed and drapey, so almost everything wears a touch roomier than the number on the label suggests. If you want that easy, lived-in look the brand is known for, take your usual size and you’ll be spot on. If you’d rather a top sit closer to the body, this is one of the rare cases where I’d tell you to size down rather than up. I learned that the hard way: my first Cloth & Stone button-down was a size up “to be safe” and I spent a whole summer with sleeves swallowing my hands and a hem I could have used as a picnic blanket. Lovely fabric, wrong call.

Who are Cloth & Stone?

Cloth & Stone is an Anthropologie-exclusive label built around one idea: easy to wear, easy to love. Think soft tencel and rayon button-downs, gauzy tanks, chambray shirts and the kind of throw-on dress that does ninety per cent of the work for you. The fabrics are the whole point — they’re washed and finished to feel broken-in from day one, which is also why the fit reads so forgiving. It’s laid-back, lightly bohemian, and built for brunch, errands and warm-weather travel rather than anything structured.

How the fit actually works

Because the line leans on soft, fluid fabrics rather than tailoring, the silhouette skims rather than holds. Here’s how I’d guide you through it:

Tops & button-downs: true to size for a relaxed look. Size down only if you want a neater shoulder and less volume through the body.
Tanks & tees: generous and floaty — the most forgiving cut they do. True to size unless you like things fitted, in which case drop one.
Dresses & rompers: usually true to size, but check the waist seam on anything elasticated — the bodies are roomy, so a defined waist matters.
If you’re between sizes: go down. The fabric grows a little with wear, and the relaxed cut already builds in room.
Petite frames: Anthropologie stocks Cloth & Stone in petite, and it’s worth seeking out — the regular cut can overwhelm a shorter torso.

My honest take after years of styling this kind of soft shirting: the fabric is the hero, but it’s also the trap. Drapey cloth photographs beautifully on a hanger and then puddles on a real body if you’ve gone too big. When in doubt, trust the smaller size.

How to style it

Cloth & Stone is a tucking-and-half-tucking brand. A relaxed button-down looks aimless left loose, but tuck the front into a high-waisted trouser or denim and suddenly it reads intentional. I live in mine half-tucked with wide-leg linen and flat sandals, sleeves pushed up. For the tanks, layer — a soft cami under an open shirt is the brand’s whole aesthetic in one outfit.

Where to shop the same easy, soft look in the UK

Cloth & Stone is hard to get hold of here, so these are the labels I send clients to when they want that same relaxed, soft-fabric feel.

High street

Hush — the closest British match in spirit: soft, easy separates and drapey shirting cut for real life. Start here.
Seasalt Cornwall — relaxed, breathable cottons and gauzy tops with that same lived-in, coastal ease.
COS — for cleaner, minimal versions of the soft tencel shirt; beautifully made and quietly elegant.
White Stuff — gentle, casual button-downs and jersey basics with a slightly folk, easygoing feel.
Uniqlo — unbeatable for the soft rayon and tencel basics that sit underneath everything; brilliant value.
Mango — the fashion-led option, strong on fluid shirts and easy dresses each season.
Boden — reliable for relaxed, washed cotton shirts in proper prints, with a generous, friendly fit.

Premium

Toast — the spiritual home of the relaxed natural-fabric shirt: linen, soft cotton, considered cuts that age beautifully.
Sézane — that effortless Parisian softness, with gorgeous blouses and tanks in fluid fabrics.
Baukjen — grown-up, sustainable easy-wear with the drape and forgiving fit Cloth & Stone fans love.

Luxury / designer

Joseph — the gold standard for fluid, beautifully draped shirting and relaxed tailoring.
By Malene Birger — soft, slightly bohemian luxury with elevated easy pieces that feel special.
Totême — minimalist, drapey separates with quiet-luxury fabric and that perfect undone shape.

Two to know (the left-field picks)

CP Shades — a cult Californian independent making soft, garment-dyed cotton and gauze shirting; honestly the closest thing in fabric and feel to Cloth & Stone you’ll find.
Xírena — another under-the-radar label devoted entirely to gorgeous, lived-in soft shirts and easy separates — pure drapey-shirt heaven.

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