This Summer, I proclaimed a moratorium on t-shirts. Suddenly, they seemed hot, clingy, and unflattering on me, but buttoned-up tailored shirts were too confining in humid weather. I wanted loose, light, breezy tops, and I ended up with with a half-dozen I really love: three are cotton gauze, the other three fine cotton batiste. All are white or cream with delicate insertions of lace or embroidery, except one cherry- red print, and are either oversized, or shorter and loosely gathered from a yoke, and have loose sleeves. I've been wearing these blouses constantly with slim cropped pants, long shorts, or rolled skinny jeans, and find that the loose-over-slim combo makes me feel just structured enough, but free and comfortably cool. The lacy white tops are pretty with antique brooches at the neckline. You could call these feminine blouses boho, or boho-lite--not my usual style--but they feel deliciously summery to me. I found them at Madewell, Marabella, and in thrift shops.
