ELEANOR | Pure linen summer blouse

I have owned linen before and it lived in the dry cleaning pile. This one goes in the machine.

Linen is the fabric everybody recommends for a Phoenix summer and almost nobody actually wears, because the linen you can buy is either expensive or it arrives with care instructions that guarantee it gets worn twice and then hangs there. So the summer ends up being a polyester that claims to breathe and does not. Eleanor is linen you can put in the wash on a Tuesday.

It is 100 percent linen, and that is the part that matters, because the open weave is what lets air move through the fabric instead of trapping it against the skin. The silhouette is loose rather than shaped, so the material stays off the body where the cooling actually happens. And it is machine washable, which is what puts it back in the rotation every week instead of waiting for a trip somewhere.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• Actual linen, not a linen look. The open natural weave is what moves air, and no blend imitates that once it is over 100 degrees outside.
• It goes in the washing machine. No dry cleaner and no special cycle, which is the difference between owning linen and wearing it.
• Loose enough to stay off the skin. The cut holds the fabric away from the body rather than following it, and that gap is where linen does its work.
• Twelve colors. Enough range that you can own two without them looking like the same blouse twice.

Buy more, save more

• Buy 2 and save 10 percent
• Buy 3 and save 15 percent
• Buy 4 and save 20 percent

The discount is applied automatically at checkout.

How it fits

Eleanor is cut loose and runs true to size, in S through 5XL. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because linen only cools you when there is air between the fabric and your skin, and a close fit removes exactly that. The size chart lists chest, length and sleeve in inches, measured flat.

30 days to change your mind

Send it back within 30 days for a full refund. There is no restocking fee and no questions about why.

A few recent reviews

It creases, as linen does, and I do not mind. It is cool and that is what I wanted.
Etta L., Mesa

Washed it twice already. Came out fine both times, which is more than I expected.
Mavis D., 72

I have the white and the beige. They do not look like the same top, which surprised me.
Pauline K., Tucson