ELSIE | Embroidered square neck blouse

Everything I own is printed by a machine. You can see a person made this one.

There is a difference between a blouse with a pattern on it and a blouse somebody worked on, and you notice it the moment you have the thing in your hands. Most of the closet is the first kind. It is fine, it washes, it does the job, and none of it has ever made you want to look at it up close. Elsie is the other kind.

The square neckline is worked with embroidered roses, raised off the fabric so the detail sits at the collarbone where it is actually seen. The sleeves carry open lace bands set into them, which lets light through and keeps a decorated blouse from feeling heavy. The fabric is a lightweight linen, so it drapes softly and the loose cut hangs rather than holds.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• The embroidery is at the neckline. Roses worked around a square neck put the detail where a person standing in front of you will see it, which is the point of embroidery at all.
• Lace bands keep it light. Openwork set into the sleeves lets air and light through, so a decorated blouse does not turn into a warm one.
• A square neck sits differently. It runs straight across rather than dipping, which flatters the collarbone and gives a short necklace somewhere to sit.
• Linen, and loose. Lightweight linen drapes instead of holding a shape, so the blouse follows you rather than the other way around.

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

Elsie is a loose fit and runs true to size, in S through 3XL. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because linen softens with wear rather than growing, and the embroidered neckline needs to sit flat to look right. There are nine colorways and the embroidery reads differently on each, so it is worth looking at the photo for the one you want. The size chart has the flat measurements in inches.

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

The roses are raised. I keep touching them, which is a strange thing to say about a blouse.
Faye O., Asheville

Linen wrinkles and I knew that going in. It looks right that way.
Dorothea L., Springfield

I took the multicolor one. Look at each photo, they really are not the same blouse.
Roseanne T., 65