Issey Miyake is my all time favorite Vogue designer and this is my all time favorite shirt. It is comfy but still has some style. This is my fourth time I have made this since the pattern came out in 1990. I am SO glad I never got rid of this pattern.I know I will make more of this design.

The shirt is made of a dark striped seersucker, pima cotton shirting for the piping, and a “M’liss” quilting cotton floral for the accents, all 100% cotton.  I chose to topstitch the pleats and plackets with a tiny zigzag which adds to the casual vibe. The neckline, cuffs, and shoulders are piped with a bias shirting stripe. I got brave and put my label on the outside back collar. The colors of the label were just a perfect match and I don’t think it was too ostentatious.

The sleeves in this pattern are short, IMO. I am quite petite and I added an inch and a half to the sleeve length. A lot of attention needs to be focused on the sleeve construction. While the pattern appears to be be a poor draft, it is brilliant. The sleeve is cut in a way that makes it have a true bias meeting strait of grain at the placket/underarm seam. It fits together perfectly as the bias has been taken into account in the draft. I needed to interface the placket to deal with the bias.

I love this pattern and will definitely make it again. It gives me a real go to comfy shirt that I love to wear.

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