Afraid my Ayn Rand schtick was going to be sweeping streets, identify papers and eventually casting off the shirt so not very good but he should have sat in rapt attention as I held forth obv. (Have only read one Ayn Rand, that was enough for me, and it was the one about the street sweeper in dystopia so those were my jokes.)
Elle, I like the linen shirt dress too in theory but I think I could only wear it like that, as an open layer over very specific things, so it’s not versatile enough. And white linen is hard to wear as a dress because transparency. The sale price is very good though so we’ll see, I have a few days to ponder but it does look like a return for all Cos. I think that dress would suit you well though! It’s a thin person dress really. You want to have a lot of empty space between your body and the fabric.
The Arket shirt in a 42 is roomier and a little more comfortable, but has an odd excess of fabric behind the shoulders :( which annoys me. I’ll think about the sizes a bit more. I might well keep it and the broderie anglaise. 😬 Now all I need is stuff to wear it with or I’ll be in ubiquitous blue jeans all autumn.
Bo, there’s so much fun at an Irish wedding the colour is neither here nor there ;) I don’t fancy the collar on the Cos dress you posted at all, I think it’s get tired real quick. Every time I glanced down I’d see those collar points 
Zara and Gainsbourg sounds like a perfect match I must have a look.
Welcome back Voltefarce, good user name!
Shang, thank you for your enabling! Sadly my indecisiveness is now in full swing, my brain is so preoccupied with what I have actually bought. I will get in touch if I must haha.
Quirky, also glad she’s doing well. I agree that I find the guidelines increasingly hard to understand.