JOANNE | Striped crew neck with long sleeves

I keep it in the car for restaurants. It is the only thing that has solved the air conditioning.

The restaurants are cold. So is the grocery store, the doctor's waiting room and your daughter's living room, and the answer since roughly May has been a cardigan carried over your arm. It never actually gets worn. It gets held, and then left on the back of a chair somewhere. Joanne has the sleeve built into it.

The long sleeves roll up and stay rolled, so the same top covers your arms inside and uncovers them again in the parking lot. The fabric is smooth and light with enough drape to fall away from the middle rather than following it. The crew neckline is deliberately plain, which leaves room for a necklace when the occasion asks for one, and the vertical stripes keep a relaxed cut from going shapeless.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• Sleeves that work both ways. Long enough for a room that has been cooled to 68, and they roll up and stay put once you step back outside.
• It drapes instead of clinging. The fabric has enough weight to fall away from the middle rather than tracing it, which is the difference between a soft top and a clingy one.
• A plain neckline that takes jewelry. The crew neck is left undecorated on purpose, so a necklace has somewhere to sit instead of competing with a collar.
• Stripes that give the cut a line. Running vertically, they keep a relaxed shape looking intentional rather than oversized.

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How it fits

Joanne is a relaxed fit and true to size, in S through 3XL. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because the sleeve needs room at the forearm to roll cleanly and a close sleeve will not stay up once you push it. The size chart lists chest, length and sleeve in inches, measured flat.

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

The sleeves actually stay rolled. I have owned plenty that do not.
Charlotte M., Henderson

I wore the blue to lunch with a long necklace and it looked like I planned it.
Lurline G., 65

It does not sit on my stomach, which is the only thing I care about anymore.
Doreen H., Boise