Summer Staples

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White linen trousers are about as summery as it gets. For these, I used a heavy weight off-white linen which holds just the right amount of wrinkles. The pattern came from Burdastyle 11/09, with modifications. I’ve made this pattern a couple of times, and I always like the result.

I wanted belt carriers, but one thing that bugs me about belt carriers is that they always seem unnecessarily bulky. They kind of have to be made with self-fabric, and self-fabric is kind of always heavy, and they kind of always have to consist of 4 layers of fabric. I had a bit of time yesterday, so I played around with another way of doing it by turning in the edges of a long strip (3/4″ wide) of self fabric and another long strip (5/8″ wide) of silk charmeuse, layering them on top of each other, and topstitching. It worked like a dream, and I think this may be how I make my belt carriers from now on.

I faced the hem with a crazy silk print that looks very “now” peeking out at the turnup. I lined the back to a few inches below the crotch with a silk charmeuse in a color that’s somewhat close to my skin tone. This will make the trousers warmer, unfortunately, but it’s necessary with white pants.

Back view

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This is the back, inside out. There's a silk charmeuse lining. I faced the waistband with silk taffeta.

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cuff detail

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Here's the belt loop, backed with silk charmeuse

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