{"product_id":"bettany-elegant-long-sleeve-blouse","title":"Bettany™ | Elegant Long-Sleeve Blouse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLong sleeves you can actually push up, on a print that doesn't change shape between M and 4XL.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLong-sleeve blouses have a specific failure on a fuller body. Sleeves are drafted from the same block as the body, so on a broader upper arm the sleeve is tight from the armhole to the elbow — which means you cannot roll them. On a warm day you either keep them down and overheat, or you fight them up and end up with a tourniquet above the elbow. The second failure is the neckline: a V with a narrow bound edge has no stiffness of its own, so it rolls outward and falls forward every time you lean. And the third is the print itself — a repeat scaled on a small sample crowds and distorts once it is printed across a wider panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBettany takes each of those apart. The sleeves are cut wide through the upper arm with the express purpose of being turned back and left there. The V and placket are trimmed with a gathered, doubled ruffle, and a doubled edge has body, so the neckline keeps its shape rather than collapsing. And the print is a patchwork of several different scales at once — fine white spots on rose, larger dots on magenta, a grid at the shoulders, narrow stripes at the hem — so no single motif has to land in a particular place and the whole thing reads the same at every size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWide-cut long sleeves:\u003c\/strong\u003e enough room at the upper arm to roll them back and leave them rolled.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRuffled self-trim down the V and placket:\u003c\/strong\u003e the doubled edge holds its shape instead of falling forward when you lean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMixed-scale patchwork print:\u003c\/strong\u003e dots, grids and fine stripes at different scales, so nothing has to line up and the print reads the same at M as at 4XL.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDropped shoulder seams:\u003c\/strong\u003e no seam that has to sit on your shoulder point, so sizing for the chest doesn't throw the sleeve out of place.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurved high-low hem:\u003c\/strong\u003e shorter at the sides, longer at the centre front and back, so sitting down doesn't pull it short.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight, open weave:\u003c\/strong\u003e it hangs off the body rather than resting on it once the temperature climbs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFit note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoxy and generous — take your usual size, since going up adds width rather than length. The weave is thin and the pale striped panel at the hem lets light through, so a cami or slip underneath if you'd rather it weren't see-through. The sleeves are meant to be worn turned back rather than pulled down to the wrist. Sizes M to 4XL.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curve Queen","offers":[{"title":"M","offer_id":58416100704639,"sku":"AD258-pink-M","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":58416100737407,"sku":"AD258-pink-L","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":58416100770175,"sku":"AD258-pink-XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":58416100802943,"sku":"AD258-pink-2XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":58416100835711,"sku":"AD258-pink-3XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4XL","offer_id":58416201990527,"sku":null,"price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1026\/2305\/2159\/files\/81_595cf60c-19af-4d77-b2dd-b6d8a091da9a.webp?v=1789216498","url":"https:\/\/curve-queen.com\/products\/bettany-elegant-long-sleeve-blouse","provider":"Curve Queen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}