DELIA | Cutout knit with a zipper

I bought it for the air conditioning at restaurants. I did not expect to reach for it in August with the windows open.

By the middle of summer most of the closet has already been ruled out. The cardigans are too warm to carry from the car, the wraps slide off one shoulder every time you sit down, and a restaurant at full air conditioning still asks for sleeves. Most women stop looking and just accept being cold in one room and too warm in the next. Delia was made for exactly that gap.

The knit is worked with open cutouts all the way through, so air moves across your skin instead of being held against it. The body is cut relaxed rather than close, which keeps it off the stomach and the upper arms. A zipper runs the full length of the front, so one pull closes it against a cold room and one pull opens it again outside. The sleeves are full length in the same open knit, which is what makes long sleeves bearable in warm weather.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• It covers your arms without the weight. The cutouts let air through the fabric, so you can wear a full sleeve in a warm month without carrying any real heat.
• A zipper does what buttons cannot. You close the whole front in one motion when a room turns cold, instead of working down a row of buttons at the table.
• Relaxed through the middle. It falls from the shoulder rather than following the waist, so it skims the stomach instead of gripping it.
• Six colors to choose from. Beige, Black, Green, Khaki, Blue and Burgundy, so it does not have to be the safe one again.

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• Buy 2, save 10%
• Buy 3, save 15%
• Buy 4, save 20%

The discount is applied automatically at checkout.

How it fits

Relaxed through the body and true to the chart, in sizes XS through 3XL. The cut is generous, so most women take their usual size. If you fall between two, take the larger one: the open knit looks right when it hangs, and loses its drape when it is pulled tight. If the size turns out wrong, the next section covers it.

30 days to change your mind

Try it at home against the things you already own. If it is not right, send it back within 30 days for a full refund. No restocking fee and no conditions attached.

A few recent reviews

The zipper is the whole reason I kept it. I can close it at my desk and open it in the parking lot without thinking about it. Marjorie T., Mesa

I am 63 and I worried the cutouts would look too young on me. They do not. It reads as texture, not as a trend. Estelle R., Sun City

Ordered the khaki and then the burgundy two weeks later. It does not cling anywhere across the front, which is rare for me. Verna L., Prescott