Comments on: Fabulous in Any Language!

By: Pinkleader

Pinkleader — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:28:16 +0000

I have found that if you wash the linen instead of dry-cleaning it (wash in cold, tumble on low), over time it softens nicely and doesn’t wrinkle as much. Love the linen. Good luck to the Annalucia on the interview.

By: Annalucia

Annalucia — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:28:47 +0000

Ah! Molte grazie to the Plumcake and all the kind ladies who gave their opinions and advice on this matter.

The pretty beige dress, alas, will not do, even if the link did not lead to a little notice saying “Sorry, this item is unavailable.” The beige color does the Annalucia no favors, and the tie belt…well, even as a younger and slenderer woman, her figure could only be described as “rectangular” – no waist, and anything that ties there merely calls attention to this unfortunate fact. So she favors tunic-length shirts with no belts. But perhaps the brightly-colored linen shirt will serve the purpose. And she will definitely go looking for the caramel sandals.

By: KateriBella

KateriBella — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:45:51 +0000

Plumcake, the KateriBella also “glistens like a saran-wrapped mule.” The perfection of this statement needs nothing more than a hearty laugh and a nod in agreement — superb!
Gemdiva, I, too, am terrified to wear linen. I have a cream linen pant and jacket combo that looks absotively wonderful on me…but don’t like looking like I just took something out of the dryer 2.7 moments after I put it on!

By: sabrina

sabrina — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:16:35 +0000

Hrmf. All due respect to the Plumcake, and much is due given the excellence of the posts preceding this one (both authored by the Plumcake and the Francesca), but.. Macy’s shall never be Marshall Field’s to Chicagoans. Full stop!

By: in la

in la — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:54:09 +0000

I actually liked the sound of the aubergine shirt as well — not my own personal style, but it sounded like the Annalucia, she was comfortable in it and could pull it off smashingly. I’m envisioning the original outfit proposed, but perhaps with a pair of elegant embellished flat sandals in a caramel-like light brown?

By: maryb

maryb — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:30:27 +0000

The linen dress is really attractive, but if wrinkling is a worry, I always kind of like the wrinkling in my linen shirts and not so much in my linen skirts. I wonder if a big linen shirt might not be good with another fabric bottom. I also liked the sound of the aubergine shirt.

By: gemdiva

gemdiva — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:49:34 +0000

I’m not so sure about linen. I myself adore it and usually end up buying it when I see it and regretting it when I actually wear it. Hence, I have many wonderful linen outfits hanging in dry cleaning bags in my closet that I am terrified of wearing. On another note, you have awakened memories of my childhood with the “glistening”. My mother used to say “a lady never sweats, she glistens”. Too funny :-)

By: dinazad

dinazad — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:18:32 +0000

Oh, but linen is supposed to wrinkle – and curiously enough, it still looks good wrinkled. It adds a hint of insouciance to an otherwise too stern outfit.

By: Nabushi

Nabushi — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:03:00 +0000

LINEN? Oh honey, no. I do a wrinkle test: grab a handful of the fabric and crush. If the creases remain, I don’t even try it on. Life’s too short for linen!

By: g-dog

g-dog — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:41:39 +0000

oh – but linen WRINKLES, unless the silk helps. And, perhaps depending on the weave, the seams in linen pull (separating warp from weave – or whatever you call the longitudinal threads from the latitudinal threads). So you have to be very careful about fit – no tight/snug spots when standing or sitting – or they will loosen up nicely on their own by separating the threads at the seams.