Wallis Brightly Striped Linen Blazer
Monday 16th July, 2018
Clothing photos, Jackets, Labels

This light linen blazer from Unicorn is one that I've worn a lot this summer, when I've needed to take the chill off mornings and evenings. I like its cheerful colours.

Wallis striped linen blazer

Wallis striped linen blazer, showing yellow stripe

Wallis striped linen blazer, showing stripes

Wallis striped linen blazer, showing label and purple lining

Wallis striped linen blazer, showing purple lining

Wallis striped linen blazer, showing purple button

Wallis still exist, but they don't make such colourful clothes any more. I know this, and I know the blazer is 24 years old, because yesterday, someone told me how nostalgic it made her feel. She'd bought such a jacket, exactly the same style and size, when her now 25-year-old daughter was one year old. She'd loved it — ” but somewhere along the line between multiple house moves, it got lost. And Wallis discontinued the line.

Which is a shame, because I'm sure people would buy it. A few weeks ago, the owner of a stall in the local market told me that a lady saw me shopping there the previous week. A few minutes after I'd left, she asked him, should he see me again, to ask me whether I'd sell her the blazer.