Crinkled Organic Linen Button-Up Shirt

Received this the other day and it is truly like a delicate seersucker. The stripes are well defined but understated and a great color. If it's anything like another shirt I have from a couple of years ago, you wash it and smooth it out and air dry (I use double identical hangers to eliminate shoulder bumps). I tend to go up a size so it can be comfortably worn as a buttoned tunic to so there are no gaps when sitting. More often than not I wear this style as a very light weight jacket over a tank/cami. It might be hot outside but stores etc. are often chilly. Ladies of an age are never happy with the temperature :-) Personally, I prefer the longer lengths. The short length seems to hit me at the worst spot. Good thing there are choices! I am 5'4 but give a taller appearance (long legs) but I can see how this might not be a good length for petites. The stepped hem is only about an inch difference between the front and back and really isn't noticeable when wearing the shirt. Gorgeous fabric --- you get what you pay for unless you have a coupon or it's on sale!

I really like the puckered linen fabric, so was sorry that this was much too long on me. If it's long on the model, it's going to be really long on a petite person (and this does not come in petite sizing). I'm not sure why EF is going all in on the super long shirts. Some of us just want a normal length and the choices are either long (most of them) or short. So I recommend if you are above average height (5'3" is average) AND like long tops. The new sizing makes this especially frustrating. I was (mostly) a PS or XS since the 80s and now I'm apparently a PP or XXS, although I'm really not that small and have not shrunk. So my choice is now either somewhat or very oversized: it would be nice to have the option of sizing down. For this kind of shirt, oversized is fine, but I prefer having options. Also, someone needs to fix the size chart, which is just wrong. Eileen Fisher is such a great company in many respects, but the size chart--it's important to have that be accurate to save the hassle, time, and expense of shipping things back and forth, before you learn to ignore it! Thank you!