JEANNE | Minimal blouse with a soft collar

A collar in August. I had given up on that combination entirely.

A collar is what makes a top look like you meant it, and by June every collared thing you own is unwearable. So the warm months get done in round necks and V-necks, which are comfortable and which all look, from a distance, like a t-shirt. The result is five months of looking slightly less pulled together than you are. Jeanne fixes the season, not the neckline.

The collar is small and softly structured rather than stiff, and it opens at the front, so it frames the neck without closing it in. The sleeves are short. The cut is relaxed and flowy, which is what keeps a collared blouse from feeling like office wear in the heat, and the whole design is minimal enough that there is nothing else on it to warm you up.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• A collar that works in summer. Soft structure and a front opening rather than a closed stiff band, so the neck stays open and the shape still reads as deliberate.
• Short sleeves, proper blouse. The short sleeve keeps it cool and the collar keeps it from being a t-shirt, which is the gap most warm weather tops fall into.
• Minimal on purpose. No trim, no print, no hardware. It is the piece you put on when the skirt or the trousers are doing the work.
• Seven colors. Including white, black, red, green and pink, so the plain shape comes in a shade to match whatever it is under or over.

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

Jeanne is a relaxed, flowy fit and runs true to size, in S through 3XL. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because the collar only sits flat when the shoulders are not pulled. 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 wore it to a summer funeral in black and it was the right level of formal without the heat.
Beulah A., Scottsdale

The collar is soft, not starched. That is what makes it work.
Lenora D., Henderson

Plain in the good way. It lets a patterned skirt be the thing people look at.
Tressie W., 59