EDITH | Striped relaxed blouse

Stripes and I have a history. This is the first set that runs the right way on me.

There is a reason the striped tops get pushed to the back. A horizontal line goes across the widest part of you and stays there, and the ones cut close make a study of it. So the stripes get bought in the shop and worn under a cardigan at home, which is a waste of a perfectly good pattern. Edith is cut loose enough to let the stripe behave.

Because the blouse skims rather than follows, the stripes fall in straight lines down the body instead of curving around it. The relaxed silhouette does that work on its own, without shaping or seaming. The pattern itself is a plain classic stripe, which is what keeps it usable across seasons rather than tied to one summer.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• A loose cut keeps the stripes straight. Fabric that hangs away from the body does not pull the pattern out of line, which is the whole complaint people have with stripes.
• It layers without fighting anything. A simple stripe sits under a cardigan or a jacket without competing, so it works as a base as well as on its own.
• Classic rather than seasonal. There is nothing in the pattern that belongs to one year, which is why it will still be in the rotation in three.
• Three colorways. Pink, green and blue, all of them light enough for the striped ground to read clearly.

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How it fits

Edith is a relaxed fit and runs true to size, in S through 3XL. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, since the ease is what keeps the stripe from curving. 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 avoided stripes for fifteen years. My daughter talked me into the blue one.
Lottie A., Prescott

Goes under my denim jacket and over jeans. It is not fussy about anything.
Vada W., Flagstaff

The green is softer than the picture, more of a sage. I like it.
Zola T., 70