JANET | Engraved peonies in black and white

I like flowers. I do not like the pink that usually comes with them. This solved it.

If your closet settled on black and white years ago, floral became a problem. Every bloom in the shop arrives with pastel attached, and the moment you put it against your black pants the whole thing looks like two outfits arguing. So you go without, and a category of clothing quietly closes itself off.

Janet is peonies rendered in black, gray and white with the detail of an engraving, so you get the flowers and none of the color. The blooms are drawn photographically rather than stylized, which is what makes them read as formal enough for an evening while the loose shirt shape keeps it easy enough for lunch. The cut is boxy through the shoulder and body so the pattern stays whole across it, in a light matte weave, finished with a point collar, tonal buttons and two hip pockets.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• Floral without the color. Black, gray and white means it goes straight over the monochrome half of the closet with nothing to reconcile.
• Drawn, not stylized. The engraving detail gives the blooms weight, which is why it holds up at an evening table rather than reading as a daytime print.
• Boxy so the pattern stays whole. No darts or shaping cutting through the flowers, so each bloom stays intact across the front.
• One shirt, two occasions. Over black for dinner, over pale denim for lunch, without changing anything else.

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

Janet runs on the small side, so size up rather than ordering straight. It comes in 8 through 22, and these are UK sizes, not US ones, so go by the measurements rather than the number you usually buy. The chart gives bust, waist and hips as body measurements in inches, so measure over a light top with the tape level. Between two sizes, or wanting room through the shoulder, take the larger one.

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 have worn nothing but black for a decade. This is the first print that did not look wrong on me.
Berniece O., Scottsdale

The white is a clean white, not ivory. It matters with this print.
Ola M., 64

Took it to dinner and then to a graduation lunch the next day. Worked both times.
Willa D., Gilbert