PATRICIA | Henley buttons and a ribbed hem

Three buttons at the neck. That is all it takes to stop a sweater looking like nothing at all.

A plain crew neck sweater is the most anonymous thing you can put on. It has no opening, no detail and no way to change how it sits, so on a warm day you are stuck with a closed neck and on a dull day you are stuck looking plain. Most women own three of them and wear one. Patricia has a short row of buttons at the throat, and that one change gives the whole thing somewhere to go.

The front opens in a Henley placket, so you can button it to the top for a neat closed neck or leave it undone for an open collar, and it is the same sweater either way. The hem is ribbed, which keeps it sitting flat at the waist rather than riding up. The silhouette is simple and drapes without clinging, so there is movement through the body. The fabric is soft and breathable, warm enough for autumn and light enough to go under a coat in winter.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• The placket gives you two necklines. Buttoned for a closed neck, open for a relaxed one, without owning two sweaters.
• A ribbed hem stops the riding up. It grips lightly at the waist, so the sweater stays where you put it through a whole day.
• It drapes rather than clings. A simple silhouette with room through the body, so it does not report on what is underneath.
• Five colors and sizes to 5XL. Pink, Red, Khaki, Black and Brown, with the same shape at every size.

Buy more, save more

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

The discount is applied automatically at checkout.

How it fits

True to size, in S through 5XL. Take your usual size for the drape shown. If you are between two, take the larger one, since a placket is the first place a close fit shows, and buttons that strain are the one detail you cannot ignore. Returns are covered below.

30 days to change your mind

Wear it buttoned one day and open the next before deciding. 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 open the buttons indoors and close them for the walk to the car. It is a small thing I use every day. Lucinda R., Mesa

Most sweaters creep up over my hips by lunchtime. The ribbed hem on this one holds. Naomi F., Chandler

I take the 5XL and the shape is genuinely the same as the picture. Claudette W., Sun City