This last week’s project was another Genra Shirt in fabric that jumped the line from anything else in the stash (oops). It’s from Harmony (now sold out) and it reminded me of a classic button-up from Best-Era J. Crew, circa 2013, that was a neon pink oxford stripe with neon embroidery at the yoke.
I don’t know why I remembered a classic fit, long sleeved, stand collar shirt and decided that an oversized, short sleeved, camp collar pattern would be the best way to recreate it, but I am decidedly “meh” about the result:
The fabric is surprisingly stiff for an embroidered gauze and I think that’s what’s bothering me–the short sleeves look elegant and cool in a drapey fabric but in a stiff one, they’re giving “church elder in summer” to me. Maybe it will grow on me?