Tradlands JJ Linen tunic (gift for review) | small
Eileen Fisher slouchy ankle pants | large, petite
The Palatines slides
Marsell Dritta 4 bag
Wearing the JJ Tunic over Tradlands Catt tee (gift for review), size small
Happy Tuesday!! As promised, this week I’ll be reviewing and posting outfits of my three new Tradlands shirts: JJ, Catt & Tourist. ** I’ve had them all for a couple of weeks and have already worn and washed each of them.
First up, the JJ linen tunic (which is on sale now, incidentally!). I received both the small and medium in this to try and decided to keep the small because it fit better on me overall. And how nice that I did NOT have to size up to fit my hips, which is something I always have to do. This way the top fits like it should and the hip area has room – but not too much – to accommodate my curves. Love it!
And of course there’s no boob gap, or any gap, really, because Tradlands sews the buttons closer together. To be fair, I don’t really HAVE boobs, but even so, I have experienced boob gap in shirts where the buttons are placed too far apart.
I have worn this shirt a few times: yesterday, I wore it like this, closed with my Eileen Fisher pants & The Palatines sandals. When we were in Costa Rica I wore it with leggings and my Birkenstock sandals to dinner at the hotel, and I’ve also worn it around the house that way.
It’s a great piece for travel because it can act like a tunic, or as a lightweight jacket/layer for putting on or taking off as you need to. I haven’t worn it that way yet (I did take it on vacation in anticipation of doing that though!), but here I showed you what it looks like over a white tee. It would be easier to layer over a tank top, or something without sleeves because it can get rather snug at the shoulders with a tee underneath. If you thought you’d want to layer it more, or wear it as a jacket primarily, I’d recommend sizing up a size, so you have more room in the arms.
I love the quality of the linen; it’s more of a mid-weight linen, so it’s more opaque and ever so slightly less wrinkly looking than super-light weight handkerchief linen. I took the photos here after a full day’s wear so you could get a look at how it looks, and in my opinion, it looks like linen should after being worn, but not a complete mess. At first, the linen can feel a little scratchy, but it softens up with wear and washing.
Overall, I’m very impressed with all my Tradlands pieces, but I think this is my favorite. Because, linen! Can’t get enough linen…
Quality is very good, and the buttons are substantial, not cheap, flimsy things, which I appreciate. And they’re all ethically made in the US. I’ll have full reviews/outfits of the other two pieces this week too – stay tuned!
Oh, and please use code grechen for 15% off orders over $50 (expires 6/6)!!
Who already has and loves Tradlands? What are your favorite pieces?
**This post was NOT paid for/sponsored by Tradlands but they did send me three shirts to review and keep.
I just got this same tunic over the weekend, wore it all day on Sat and Sunday and I love it too. The linen feels like such good quality and is thicker than most. I wore mine over leggings one day and as a “dress” too (but this was for puttering around the house ‘cuz it’s too short on me to be worn w/out pants). I’m hoping to acquire another Tradland’s shirt…maybe one of their oxford’s.
I have a Tradlands oxford that I love. I did size up (usually an XS but got the X) and I’m glad I did. Question– your tunic looks blue in the pictures but on the website it looks gray. Can you clarify what color it is? Thanks so much.
it’s grey – i couldn’t get it to look exactly “right” in the photos…
it does tend to have a slightly blue-ish tint to it, but it’s definitely more grey in person
Thank you! And I meant that I got the S in the oxford (not the X). 🙂
I need to get those EF pants. They are out of the Med. I am more of a size 12, but am losing weight. Should I get the MP or ML?
Thanks
Gloria
in my experience, the petite sizes are really small – like i tried the medium petite and thought they were too snug on me in the hips. i feel like the large petite roughly translates to the size medium in the regular length for example, but even just a bit smaller than medium regular. i think you’d be happy even after you loose weight with the size large, regular and hemming them if you need to…these pants are just the best when they’re on the slouchier side in my opinion…
This is a VERY flattering outfit on you!! I love how the hem of the pants hits at just the right length and the width is perfect. Love the colors and the style of the whole outfit. Very nice! No wonder you love these items!!
thank you karen! i love this outfit 🙂 – i do have the pants rolled up one time FYI, for anyone who’s wondering. even petite length pants are too long on me….
Completely agree with Karen – this outfit is top notch!
I have three Tradlands shirts, myself. The Clare, which is a linen/cotton blend that I think is the perfect chambray shirt, the Arapahoe (the buffalo flannel dreams are made of), and I recently added the Althea sweatshirt in heather grey. I should probably wear a medium in all of them but I sized up because I felt more comfortable. I’ve been eyeing one of the Barcelona shirts, too. Safe to say I love Tradlands!
ps: Thanks for shipping my slowre stuff so quickly!
oh, what do you think about the sweatshirt, generally? i need a new “basic” sweatshirt. how is the fit?
I love button-front shirts like this one worn open! (Though that may be a defensive move because of serious boob issues.) Thinking iof giving this a try – or one of the Everlane square shirts. This also looks great on you buttoned up, by the way. The length is perfection.
Generally, I love it! My only complaint is one of the things I love about it – it has a wider neck, which is great for me because I’m not crazy about things close to my neck. However, this does sometimes make it tricky finding the right shirt to wear underneath it because if the collars aren’t similar, a significant amount of the undershirt collar shows. This can be great if I’m layering it over a button down with a nice collar to feature, or one of my many similarly wide-neck shirts, but awkward if it’s a t-shirt with a closer to true crew collar. I think the effect would be less if I had ordered my proper size, but other reviewers mention the wideness of the neck, too. Other than that, it is the coziest sweatshirt I have ever owned. It feels like it’s been mine for a lifetime, but doesn’t look like it! Hope that helps (sorry about the novel)!
oh..the wider neckline is a deal-breaker for me then – the JP sweatshirts I have have wider necklines and i find them annoying for layering, and also not very warm when it’s cool. I appreciate them in warmer weather, but at this point, i’m looking for a good basic sweatshirt with a “normal” neckline and long sleeves LOL
I like it both ways…as shirt and as open “jacket”! Tradlands has upped their game style wise since I first ordered from them. Great linen!
Ah! So I helped a little, then. 😉
Have you checked out American Giant, yet? I only have a pair of pants from there, but I bought a couple shirts for my husband and they are great quality basics. They have men’s and women’s crew neck sweatshirts available.