DELIA | Layered asymmetric hem blouse

It covers the part I want covered and it does not look like it is trying to.

The tops that cover the hip tend to announce what they are doing. They hang straight down like a curtain, all one length, and the effect is less coverage than concealment. So you keep buying them and keep not wearing them, and the shorter ones stay in rotation even though they sit exactly where you would rather they did not. Delia takes a different route to the same place.

The hem is cut asymmetrically and falls in layers, so it drops lower at one side and moves as you walk instead of hanging in a straight line. That movement is what keeps the extra length from reading as a cover up. The body is loose and the sleeves are wide and lightly draped, so there is air through the whole blouse rather than fabric pressed against you.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• The uneven hem moves. A layered asymmetric cut falls unevenly and shifts as you walk, which is why the longer side reads as design rather than as hiding something.
• Coverage past the hip. The longest point sits well below the waistband, so it works over leggings and over a fitted skirt without anything on top.
• Wide sleeves, no tight armhole. The sleeve is cut full and drapes, so there is nothing gripping the upper arm and nothing to tug down.
• Six colors including three that are not dark. White, navy, black, red, blue and pink.

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

Delia is a loose fit and runs true to size, in S through 2XL. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because the drape of the layers depends on the fabric hanging free rather than being held anywhere. One thing to look at on the photos before you order: the neckline is cut unevenly across the shoulders, so it sits differently from a plain round neck. The size chart has the flat measurements in inches.

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 wear it over leggings and I do not think about my hips once all day.
Ardith G., Tempe

The sleeves are wide enough that my arms are not on show and not squeezed either.
Georgette M., Boise

Look at the neckline picture first. It is not straight across and I liked that once I saw it.
Della P., 64