COLLEEN | Button-up top with wide-leg trousers

I wore the top with my own jeans on Tuesday and the whole set on Saturday. It has earned its place twice over.

Buttons went out of most of our wardrobes years ago, quietly replaced by things you pull over your head because they were easier on the shoulders. What got lost with them was the ability to open the neckline a little, or close it up, depending on the day and the room. Colleen brings that back without asking anything of your arms.

The top buttons down the front and is cut loose through the body, so it hangs from the shoulder rather than resting on the bust, and the trousers are wide enough to move like a skirt when you walk. Both pieces are light rather than structured, which is why the set reads as easy instead of formal, and why it works for a lunch out and for an evening at home without a change.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• You control the neckline. Button it high for a cool room, open the top two for a warm afternoon, and it is a different outfit each way.
• The trousers move instead of cling. A wide leg falls straight from the hip, so nothing outlines the thigh and nothing rides up when you sit.
• Two garments, not one outfit. The top goes with your jeans, the trousers go with a plain shirt, and the set still looks deliberate together.
• Six colors and sizes to 5XL. Green, beige, blue, gray, pink and light blue, in a range that most sets stop well short of.

Buy more, save more

• Buy 2 items and save 10%
• Buy 3 items and save 15%
• Buy 4 items and save 20%

The discount is applied automatically at checkout.

How it fits

Sizes S through 5XL, relaxed at every one of them. Because the top buttons, the bust is where the fit is decided, so size on that measurement rather than on the waist. Between two sizes, take the larger one and the front will sit flat instead of pulling between the buttons.

30 days to change your mind

Thirty days, a full refund, no restocking fee. Wear it at home first and decide in your own light.

A few recent reviews

The buttons lie flat across the chest, which is the reason I stopped buying button tops years ago.
Pauline R., Chandler

The gray is a soft gray, not a cold one. It goes with more than I expected.
Mavis O., Boise

Ordered the 3XL. The trousers are genuinely wide, not just roomy.
Etta J., 66