A couple of months ago, I visited my family in Mt. Shasta California. As I'm currently learning to get better at sewing, I turned to my Aunt who is an amazing seamstress to see if she had any old fabric I could use to practice with. She began to dig around the closet and after finding a few things for sewing eventually pulled out a beautiful white blouse. She explained that it used to belong to my great-grandmother.

Quality clothing never goes out of fashion, and this piece fit me like a dream. It's also really nice to wear something that can be shared in the family and feels sentimental to don. Here are a few photos of it over a white cami and navy shorts.


This fabric is extremely delicate and sheer, just light enough to hint at what is underneath.


The buttons are all inset with faux diamonds that do a great job of sparkling when the light hits just right.



As far as clothing trends coming and going in and out of style - I like to quote one of my favorite music groups, Public Enemy, who just as timelessly said:

Thanks for reading! All photos taken by photographer and engineer Giuseppe Ottaviano.
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