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Desperately seeking silk blouse

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TheGirlOnTheLanding · 07/02/2015 20:15

DH told me today he's booked a posh hotel for dinner and an overnight stay as a treat in a couple of weeks. I'm thrilled (we haven't been away without DC for ages) but on looking at my wardrobe, also slightly panicky. My weekend look is very much casual (ie jeans, t shirts, jumpers), and this place is very much not somewhere you can go to dinner in jeans.

I'm not a dress person, and like simple, unfussy styles in natural fabrics. I am hoping I can wear a pair of wide legged light woollen trousers that I wear for work and dress them up with a new top. The idea I have in my head is one of those minimalist blouses I've seen, unpatterned, high necked but maybe with an interesting detail (pleated neck, sheer panel, split back) but I have spent a long time looking online and though I found a few of that style (in Zara) everything was polyester or viscose. I'm the first to admit that I am very out of touch and don't really know where I should be looking or what I should describe it as when I search! Anyone better informed seen anything that would fit the bill?

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Saurus72 · 07/02/2015 20:28

Take a look on the Jaeger outlet website, there are some really lovely silk tops for not too high a price.

DontKillMyVibe · 07/02/2015 20:29

Uniqlo silk blouses are good quality for the price here

DontKillMyVibe · 07/02/2015 20:52

Not silk but looks like silk. Seem a lot of £ for viscose but has good reviews and comes in loads of colours.

here

321zerobaby · 07/02/2015 20:58

Boden ravello?

Chchchchanging · 07/02/2015 21:01

Cos

DontKillMyVibe · 07/02/2015 21:08

split back

RudyMentary · 07/02/2015 21:30

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TheGirlOnTheLanding · 08/02/2015 13:42

Thanks for the suggestions, will check these out. Cos is the shop I had in my head that had exactly the style I'm after but couldn't remember the name of. Are there other similar places? I seem to remember a thread about a website that was part of H&M but Cos-alike clothing but no clue now what it was called.

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DontKillMyVibe · 08/02/2015 13:57

& Other Stories is probably the place you're thinking of OP

indecisiveithink · 08/02/2015 14:29

I bought a black silk top from cos yesterday.

Chewbecca · 08/02/2015 19:49

I'm coveting this white company silk blouse at the moment.

GraduallyGoneInsane · 08/02/2015 19:53

I got a silk blouse in the Hobbs sale, traditional button down, but with a lace placard at the top. It hangs beautifully but is slightly sheer as it's cream. They had a few styles though.

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