MARCIA | Mid-thigh length with an open front

I wear leggings around the house and nowhere else, because of what they show. This covers the part I was worried about.

Leggings are the most comfortable thing most women own and the least worn outside the front door, for one reason that nobody says out loud. What is needed is not a longer top but something that comes down past the seat and stays there. Short cardigans do not do it. Marcia is cut to mid-thigh, which is the length that makes the rest of the outfit work.

It falls to around mid-thigh, so it covers the seat and the top of the leg whether you are standing or sitting. The front is open with no buttons or zip, which means it never pulls across the front and the two panels hang straight. Ribbed cuffs and trim edge the whole thing so the openings stay flat rather than curling. A hood sits at the back. The knit is light, so all that length does not turn into weight.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• The length covers what a short cardigan leaves out. Mid-thigh, which is what makes leggings or a close-fitting skirt wearable outside the house.
• An open front cannot pull. With no buttons or zip there is nothing to gape across the chest or stomach, which is where most cardigans give themselves away.
• Ribbed trim keeps the edges flat. Cuffs and front trim hold their line instead of rolling, so the length still looks deliberate at the end of the day.
• Light for how long it is. The knit is soft rather than dense, so a mid-thigh cardigan does not sit heavy on the shoulders.

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How it fits

Relaxed and loose, in S through XL. Take your usual size. If you are between two, take the larger one, because the drape down the front is what gives the length its line and a close fit flattens it. Note that the size range stops at XL on this one. Wash cold on a gentle cycle and lay flat to dry so the length does not grow. Returns are covered below.

30 days to change your mind

Put it on over the leggings or the skirt you had in mind and check it in a full-length mirror. 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

This is the first thing that made me comfortable wearing leggings to the grocery store. Harriet V., Mesa

No buttons means nothing gapes, which has been my problem with cardigans for twenty years. Rosalie T., Naples

The light green surprised me. I expected something dull and it is quite pretty. Maxine J., Boise