LOIS | Asymmetric draped long sleeve top

One shoulder at my age sounded absurd. Then I saw that the shoulder is covered.

The interesting necklines all seem to involve showing something. One shoulder bare, or a deep front, or a back you would need a different bra for, and every one of them is a decision you stopped wanting to make about twenty years ago. So the alternative is another crew neck, and another crew neck is the reason nothing in the closet looks like anything.

Lois takes the asymmetry and leaves the skin out of it. The neckline wraps softly and high, then flows down into a one-shoulder line, so the shape is the draped diagonal rather than a bare arm, and both sleeves are full length. The draping follows the body and pulls the eye upward along the diagonal, which is what defines the waist and lengthens the upper half. The fabric is smooth and light with a gentle stretch, so it moves rather than holds.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• The asymmetry, without the bare shoulder. The wrapped high neck and full-length sleeves mean the interest is in the line of the drape, not in what is uncovered.
• The diagonal draws upward. A line running across and up takes the eye to the shoulder rather than the middle, which is what makes the waist read narrower.
• It moves with you. The light fabric has a gentle stretch, so a fitted shape stays comfortable through a full evening.
• It goes to work and to dinner. Enough structure for an office, enough shape for smart casual, so it earns its place twice.

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

Lois is a fitted cut, closer to the body than most of what we sell, in S through 2XL. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because the draping only falls into its folds when the fabric has somewhere to go, and a tight size pulls the diagonal flat. 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 bought it for my niece's rehearsal dinner and I felt like myself in it, which is rare.
Elva M., Scottsdale

It is fitted. I took the XL rather than the L and I am glad I did.
Myrtis A., 60

The folds stay where they are supposed to. They do not flatten out after an hour.
Nona B., Henderson