Have you seen Coco avant Chanel? It's about Coco Chanel's life as a teenager/young woman before she became thee Coco Chanel. Anyway, there's a scene where she's vacationing by the sea (I forget where, exactly) and she spots a group of sailors wearing these great striped shirts. In the next scene, she's wearing the same shirt with trousers. It's fantastic.
I'm so excited because LL Bean carries very similar shirts and they come in plus sizes up to 3X. They even call them the French Sailor's Shirt.
They come in other colors but the cream with navy stripes is the obvious choice. I don't even know why you'd have to think twice about it.



As a Maine Native & an LLBean customer for over 30 years, thanks for posting this. The quality & service of LLBean are unparalleled, though they have a LOT of work to do to be a good source of plus size clothing. IU seriously doubt that they carry more than maybe 25% of their women's clothing in plus sizes & I have had more than a few discussions with them about this fact over the years. However, up until maybe ten years or so ago, they didn't carry ANYTHING in plus sizes, which is too bad, both for their business & also because we all deserve a chance to purchase products of the best quality, backed by an unconditional lifetime guarantee.
Posted by: Patsy Nevins | June 01, 2010 at 05:30 PM
Hi, I am a doctoral student at Purdue University doing a size-acceptance study. I would like to e-mail you more information. If you are interested, please e-mail me. Thank you.
Posted by: Michaela A. Null | June 02, 2010 at 08:19 PM
I luuuuuv boatneck shirts!!
fyi: I used a previous link to order something from Faith21. Will tell you how it goes.
Also, general fyi: your new font does not display well on my computer. it's very difficult to read. I tried enlarging but it stays the same. Sort of looks like Arial, but with 30% of the font dropped on each letter.
Posted by: leendadll | June 03, 2010 at 10:44 PM
That shirt is one of the most perfect beachwear pieces for a cooler day!
Posted by: LPSFashion | June 07, 2010 at 04:49 PM