RITA | Holiday V-neck with long sleeves

I have one Christmas sweater and it is hot, itchy and twenty years old. This is neither.

December has a dress code and most of what meets it is a heavy knit with something appliqued on the front. You put it on for the photos, you are too warm by the second course, and it goes back in the box in January having been worn once. Rita is the version you can sit through dinner in.

The shape drapes along the body rather than holding to it, so there is no knit pressing in after an hour at the table. The V-neckline opens the front and keeps the seasonal motif from sitting up under the chin. Long sleeves handle a cold house, and the fabric is soft enough to wear for the whole evening rather than just the picture.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• Festive without the heavy knit. The motif is on a soft draping fabric, so you are not overheating by the time the plates come out.
• The V keeps it off your throat. The neckline opens downward, which stops the design from crowding up under the chin the way a crew neck does.
• Long sleeves for a cold house. Enough coverage for a drafty dining room without needing a cardigan over the top of it.
• S through 5XL in six colorways. Red, green, white and black alongside two seasonal prints, so it works for the party or for the ordinary week either side of it.

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

Rita is true to size, in S through 5XL. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because the drape across the front is what keeps it from reading as a novelty top and a close fit flattens that out. The size chart lists chest, length and sleeve in inches, measured flat.

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 wore it to my son's for Christmas Eve and again on the 26th. That never happens with holiday tops.
Gladys R., Springfield

It photographs well, which is really why I bought it. Nine grandchildren.
Doris M., 67

Took the 4XL and there was room through the shoulders. Long enough too.
Rhoda T., Albuquerque