in praise of smocks

when I was at primary school in melbourne we had to wear pinafores (or pinnies)

and before the term started my mother and I would visit the neighbourhood fete

to purchase hand-sewn smocks to wear over my uniform during art class.

I still remember the excitement of choosing between the various colourful and cheerful fabrics.

believe it or not this was actually in the late eighties/ early nineties

but ever since then I guess I've been in search of some sort of simple uniform

hence my appetite for collared shirts and scratchy-warm wool.

additionally I am currently attracted to anything smock-like,

functional, simple and well-made...

this shirt no. 2 by once-auckland-now berlin (sigh!) shirtmaker sherie muijs
would be perfect... black, long and linen...

I hope she never stops making them!

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image: shirt no.2 by sherie muijs