Voile Shirting Fabric

Listen: this is fantastic cloth. If you like clothing at all - and let's face it, if you're here, you like clothing - you owe yourself lengths of this material. I've been putting this review off for months. I'm busy. But it's worth saying loudly: This is sensational cloth. Astonishing. I like it so much I've ordered it in three colors, and I've had it made in both short-sleeve and long-sleeve configurations. (The short sleeve was a mistake, but a happy one: the fuchsia short-sleeve version with beautiful, thick pearl buttons is lightweight and perfect for holiday in Bali.) Most voile is simply too sheer. It's lightweight, all right, but it's so translucent that you can't comfortably remove your jacket without feeling like you're showing off every hair on your chest. You can look through thirty voile swatches at your shirtmaker's place and convince yourself that his material is different, but when you get that shirt home, it's going to be the same: too sheer. Uncomfortable. Relegated to the back of the closet just like the last one. I live in southern China and am desperate for cool shirts - most of the commonly-available voiles are so thin that they make me blush. This voile is different. I don't know how, but it manages to be breezy and beautiful but not too sheer. The fabric has a beautiful drape and is amazingly thin, but you don't feel like you're wearing tinted cellophane when you look in the mirror. I'm not the product reviewing type. I'm terribly busy and I frankly don't give a hoot what you wear. But this stuff is so good that I feel like I owe it to my fellow man to spread the word. This is worth your time! Buy some. Spring for the nice buttons that your shirtmaker has tucked away or search for some and provide your own. But do it and do it now. You'll thank your shirtmaker, you'll thank me, and we'll all wind up thanking Will. Fantastic stuff.