EDWINA | Three piece with a long open jacket

I was the grandmother of the bride and for once I did not spend the day tugging at something.

Dressing for a wedding after sixty is its own small ordeal. The occasion asks for something covered and formal, the day asks for something you can sit, eat and stand up in for eight hours, and the shops mostly offer one or the other. Edwina was cut for the day, not for the photograph.

The jacket is long and open, falling in an unbroken line from the shoulder to below the hip, which covers the upper arm without the weight of a sleeve that closes. Underneath, the top is plain and light so it adds no bulk under the jacket, and the trousers sit soft at the waist rather than fastened tight, which is the detail that decides whether hour six is comfortable or not.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• The jacket covers the arms and stays open. A long open line down the front is more forgiving than anything buttoned, and it moves when you do.
• A soft waistband on the trousers. No fastening pressing into you through a long meal, and no shape lost either.
• The top adds nothing underneath. Plain and thin on purpose, so three layers do not turn into bulk at the middle.
• All three pieces work alone. The jacket over a dress, the trousers with a blouse, the top under anything.

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• Buy 2 items and save 10%
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The discount is applied automatically at checkout.

How it fits

Sizes XS through 2XL in taupe. The jacket hangs open so it is forgiving; size on the top and the trousers instead. Between two sizes, take the larger one, and the jacket will fall the way it is drawn.

30 days to change your mind

Thirty days, full refund, no restocking fee. If you are buying for an event, order early enough to try it properly.

A few recent reviews

The taupe photographs beautifully. I was worried it would wash me out and it did not.
Bernadette O., Scottsdale

Eight hours at a wedding and the trousers never dug in once.
Muriel T., Sun City

I have worn the jacket over three different dresses since.
Rhonda P., 69