Leave this luscious blouse to me. Please. I beseech you. July 16, 2025 20:27
Leave Her to Heaven is one of my favorite films. And books. The plot: Successful novelist meets beauteous woman. On a train, natch. Though engaged, she — that she played by Gene Tierney, one of the most gorgeous women ever to walk this earth in my humble O — must have him. Hilarity does not ensue. She gets him. His polio-stricken brother is part of the package. Helen is not happy. (Though she does become a camper. At Back of the Moon, no less.)
If you've seen the film, you know what happens next. Likewise the book. Which is, by the way, authored by Ben Ames Williams. Read it. I urge you. I read it in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene (perfect, no?) which left the Blue Gardenia home without electricity for two weeks — by candlelight. Yes. Candlelight. That, my friends, is not as easy or as romantic as you may have heard. Light flickers. Wax melts. You get the picture. But if I may trot out that very old, very tattered, exhausted cliche: I couldn't put it down. Really.
But I am here to talk about my favorite blouse ever. Ever. Really. In the whole wide world. It's simple. Buttons up the front. Long sleeves that drape ever so elegantly over the cuffs. It looks comfortable. Chic. Effortless. In a word: Perfect.
I think I'd use McCall 6689 to get the look. There are blouses on TBG that resemble this blouse more closely. But I'd choose this one. I love the gathers. The small French cuffs. I've had this in my collection for years. It may be time to make it. Yes. I think so.
We'll address those marvelous palazzos later. We will. Promise. Meanwhile watch the movie. Read the book. That's an order.
