DIANE | Collared V-neck with side buttons

The buttons are down the sides, not the front. I have never seen that before and it is the reason I bought it.

A knit sweater is a plain object. That is its virtue and also its limit, and the usual attempts to fix it, a print or a slogan or a bow at the neck, tend to look like a plain sweater with something stuck on it. What actually works is putting the detail somewhere the eye does not expect. Diane runs a line of gold-toned buttons down each side seam.

Those buttons sit along the sides rather than the front, which draws two vertical lines down the body and leaves the chest completely clean. At the neck there is a structured collar that opens into a gentle V, so the top of the sweater has shape without a fastening to manage. The fabric is soft and breathable, warm enough for fall and winter, and it goes over a collared shirt or on its own. It runs to 5XL.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• Detail at the sides, not the front. Two vertical lines down the body rather than an ornament on the chest, which is far kinder to the eye.
• The collar gives the neckline structure. It holds a shape at the top without a zip or a placket to fasten.
• A V opening over a shirt. The collar and V leave room for a shirt collar underneath, so it layers properly rather than crowding at the throat.
• Seven colors and sizes to 5XL. Khaki, Pink, Red, Blue, Brown, Black and Green.

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The discount is applied automatically at checkout.

How it fits

True to size, in S through 5XL. Take your usual size. If you are between two, take the larger one, because the side buttons sit exactly where a sweater pulls widest and you want them lying flat rather than being drawn outward. Returns are covered below.

30 days to change your mind

Check how the side buttons lie when you stand normally, since that is where this one is judged. 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 gold buttons look far better in person. It does not read as costume jewelry at all. Maudie T., Sun City

I wear it over a white shirt with the collar out and it looks properly put together. Golda B., Tucson

Sized up to the 3XL and the buttons sit flat. In my usual size they would not have. Reta N., Henderson