LINDA | Gold embroidered linen shirt

The gold catches the light when I move. In a photograph you cannot even tell it is there.

There is a category of clothing that only reveals itself in person, and it is the category worth owning. Most of what arrives in the post is the opposite: it looked interesting on a screen and turns out flat in the hand. Linda is the other way around, which is why the photographs undersell it.

The embroidery is worked in soft gold thread across a deep purple ground, so the pattern sits slightly proud of the surface and catches light as you turn. Because the two colors are close in depth, it reads as texture from a distance rather than as decoration. The fabric is linen, so it breathes properly, and the cut is relaxed enough to layer over or wear on its own.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• Gold on purple, not gold on beige. Two deep tones together mean the embroidery has warmth without glinting, which is what keeps it out of evening-wear territory.
• Real linen. It breathes rather than just feeling light, which is the difference between comfortable at noon and comfortable at four.
• Embroidery, not print. The thread sits on the surface, so the pattern has depth you can see up close and feel under your hand.
• Relaxed enough to layer. Worn open over a plain top or buttoned on its own, with light trousers or a skirt underneath.

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How it fits

Linda is a relaxed fit and runs true to size, in S through 3XL, in the one purple colorway. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because linen has no give and a close fit will feel close all day. Machine wash cold and tumble dry low. Linen creases, and on this shirt that is part of how it looks rather than a fault. The size chart has the flat measurements in inches.

30 days to change your mind

Send it back within 30 days for a full refund. There is no restocking fee and no questions about why.

A few recent reviews

Better in person than in the pictures, which almost never happens the right way round.
Cleo V., Savannah

Wore it over cream trousers to a gallery opening and felt properly dressed.
Gladys N., Asheville

It creases. It is linen. If that bothers you this is not your shirt.
Hallie B., 70