NANCY | Striped puff sleeve blouse

I have not worn anything with a shoulder on it in about ten years. This one I wear.

Summer narrowed down to sleeveless or nothing, and sleeveless stopped being an option a while back, so the warm months became a run of the same plain short sleeve tops in rotation. What was missing was not coverage. It was a bit of shape at the top, which is the thing that makes a plain outfit look considered.

The sleeves are gently puffed at the shoulder and then ease off, so the line is soft rather than structured, and there is nothing stiff holding it up. The V-neck opens the front and keeps the stripe from reading as a uniform. The body is relaxed, so the stripes run straight down instead of curving around anything.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• Shape at the shoulder without a shoulder pad. The puff is in the fabric, so it softens the top of the arm rather than squaring it off.
• The V-neck breaks up the stripe. An open neckline stops a horizontal pattern from reading flat and gives a necklace somewhere to sit.
• It covers the upper arm. The sleeve reaches past the point most women stop wanting to think about, which is why it gets worn in July at all.
• Sizes to 5XL in the same cut. The relaxed body is the same shape at every size, so it is not a smaller blouse scaled up.

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How it fits

Nancy sits comfortably on the body rather than close, and runs true to size. It comes in S through 5XL. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because the puff sits better when the shoulder seam is not pulled outward. 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

I am 71 and I worried the sleeve would look girlish. It reads as tidy, not young.
Doris H., Sun City

Ordered the 3XL and the shoulder actually landed where my shoulder is.
Velma R., Tucson

Wore it with white pants to a lunch and did not feel like I was in a beach cover up.
Ethel S., 63