PAULETTE | Summer blouse with an asymmetric placket

The buttons run off to one side, so there is no button sitting right where the pulling happens.

A row of buttons straight down the middle is asking for trouble. It lands a fastening at the widest point of the chest, draws a hard vertical line over the stomach, and gives you something to check every time you catch yourself in a window. Which is how a lot of us ended up with a drawer of pullover tops and no button-front blouses at all.

Paulette moves the line. The placket runs asymmetrically rather than down the centre, so no button sits at the point where a straight one would strain, and the off-centre line breaks the front into two uneven halves instead of splitting it evenly down the middle. The fabric is lightweight and breathable with a relaxed drape, so it falls away from the body rather than holding against it.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• No button at the strain point. The asymmetric placket runs off-centre, so the fastenings sit away from where a straight row would pull open.
• An uneven front reads longer. Breaking the front into two unequal halves avoids the hard central line that a standard placket draws over the middle.
• Light enough for real heat. A breathable weave with a relaxed drape, which is what makes a button front wearable in July rather than only in spring.
• XS through 4XL in nine colors. Mint green, burgundy and purple alongside the white and navy, and a range that runs wider at both ends than most.

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How it fits

Paulette is a relaxed fit and true to size, in XS through 4XL. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because the asymmetric line only reads properly when the fabric is hanging rather than stretched across the front. The size chart lists chest, length and sleeve in inches, measured flat.

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

I stopped buying button fronts years ago because of the gaping. This one does not.
Lurline P., Naples

The mint green is soft, almost gray-green. Prettier in person.
Ozella F., 65

Light enough for August and it still looks like a blouse rather than a tee.
Arvilla H., Sun City