EILEEN | V-neck with heart buttons

My daughter noticed the buttons before she noticed the cardigan. Then she asked where I got it.

There is a stretch of the wardrobe that exists purely to be inoffensive. Plain cardigans in three sensible colors, worn because they go with everything and remembered by nobody, including you. At some point the wardrobe becomes all of that and none of the other thing. Eileen has one small detail that changes which category it lands in.

The buttons are shaped like hearts, small enough to read as a detail rather than a costume, and they run down a fitted front. The neckline is a V, which lengthens the look through the chest instead of cutting straight across it. Ribbed edges at the cuffs, hem and placket keep the whole thing sitting flat rather than rolling. The knit itself is soft and close, cut to follow the body rather than hang away from it.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• One detail is enough. The heart buttons do the work of a whole outfit, which means you can wear this over the plain things you already own.
• The V-neck opens up the chest. A round neck on a fitted cardigan can shorten the upper body. This one draws the eye down instead of across.
• The ribbing keeps it tidy. Cuffs and hem hold their line through the day, so it still looks deliberate at five in the afternoon.
• Five colors that suit the same wardrobe. Pink, Gray, Purple, Red and Black, all of which sit happily over what is already in the closet.

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The discount is applied automatically at checkout.

How it fits

This one is cut close rather than loose, in sizes S through XL. Because it follows the body, take the larger size if you are between two, and take the larger size as well if you plan to wear anything thicker than a blouse underneath. The ribbed edges give a little, but the front placket is where a tight fit shows first. The returns below cover a wrong choice.

30 days to change your mind

Try it on with the blouses you would actually wear it over. 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

I am short-waisted and most fitted cardigans ride up on me. The ribbed hem holds this one where it should be. Georgette A., Flagstaff

Wore the gray one to church and two women asked about the buttons. At 71 that was a nice morning. Della W., Sun City

I sized up to the L on the advice here and it was the right call over a blouse. Vera S., Gilbert