When I was my daughter's age, a key element of my wardrobe was a chambray work shirt or two. Mine were Levi's brand, in a men's small. I am not sure they were even made for women then.. It was a light blue chambray (a kind of cotton that is much thinner then denim), collared, a little tab at the collar, I think double front pockets with a little place in one of them for a pen and the little Lev's tab on the left breast pocket, long sleeved, long tails. I wore the shirt in phases: freshly ironed, somewhat frazzled, and completely grubby. During the freshly ironed phase I would wear it with jeans, tucked in, and maybe a blazer. Or untucked with a white turtleneck (those were big) under it and a hand-tooled leather belt slung low on the hip. As the shirt became grosser I would knot it in front, mostly unbuttoned, wear it with grungy jeans and my Frye boots (which A wears today). Hand made leather items were big, so I had hand made leather sandals, a hand made brown belt, and a saddle colored hand made leather purse. This was sort of the look , minus the classy shoes.
Recently, A has been interested in a chambray work shirt. Unfortunately, mine is no longer around. Boo hoo. So I looked around and it seems they are on the market in abundance, both in "my" style, and in modified versions. I could not, however, find a duplicate of my Levi's workshirt.. Here is what I found...
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| Gap |
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| J Crew |
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| Banana Republic-$69.50 |
This one is pretty close to my old shirt- $14.99 on ebay (plus shipping). The work shirt revival is almost as dear to my heart as Frye boots. What is your old clothing passion?
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