r/HerOneBag • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago

Meta Weekly quick questions help thread

This is the r/heronebag quick questions weekly help thread.

Whether you‘re new to the one bag life or a seasoned light traveller, this is the place to ask your quick one-off questions related to techniques, shopping, and everything else to lighten your load.

This post is the best place to initially ask questions that we get a lot of which are similar, especially if you have looked in a flair and found almost-but-not-quite what you wanted.

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u/goodchivesonly_ 1d ago

Looking for the perfect warm weather button-down/cover up. Here’s what I want:

- linen, linen-blend, or even gauze cotton

  • white, natural, or even a light stripe
  • oversized and drop shoulder, slouchy feel
  • doesn’t wrinkle easily and easy to launder (is this possible?)

I generally dress loose and flowy during the summer and fitted button-downs just don’t match my vibe so I haven’t been able to find the right one. Not worried about cost if it’s my one perfect top.

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u/agentcarter234 1d ago edited 1d ago

Have you looked at Eileen Fisher? That’s like the OG high quality loose flowy linen brand.

I have a few oversized gap linen shirts - a white one and an unbleached linen color one in what I think they called the boyfriend shirt at the time, and a white/tan stripe that is an actual men’s shirt. None were more than $30 due to gap’s constant sales. Are they the best quality linen? Probably not. Have they held up well for several years of wear and laundry? Yes, and I wear the white one all the time. I wash them in the washing machine and usually throw them in the dryer on regular with other clothes. If I hang dry them instead, and kind of shake them out and untwist the sleeves when hanging, they dry slightly rumpled but not wrinkled. Or the hang it up in the bathroom while you shower trick works on dryer acquired wrinkles.

https://www.gap.com/browse/women/linen-shop?cid=1189708&mlink=1,1,Adult_PDP_Linen_CTA#department=136&style=3030428&sleeveLength=1929

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u/ButterflyFew2523 19h ago

Tahari has exactly this - I find them searching Tahari textured or crinkle linen button down on ebay/mercari/poshmark etc. They’re really awesome and exactly what you’ve described here- even the easy to launder, not wrinkly part.

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u/Psychological-War287 42m ago

Aritzia has this linen blend - I think it’s called cruise linen - with a synthetic that keeps it wayyy less wrinkly than pure linen