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What the third summer does to linen
The Journal · No. 14

What the third summer does to linen

Everybody sells linen on how it looks in the first week. Here is what two years of washing actually does to the weave, the colour and the shape — with the same shirt photographed four times.

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Elise Marchand · 6 minutes · Aug 28, 2026
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