{"product_id":"evanelle™-elegant-summer-blouse","title":"Evanelle™ | Elegant Summer Blouse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlower heads the size of your hand, because there was never a rule against that.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSomewhere along the way plus-size shoppers got told to stick to small prints, and the trade took it as permission: the big graphic prints go to the straight-size rails and the larger sizes get the tiny scattered repeats. The irony is that a small repeat is the one that actually fails on a wider panel — the motifs crowd over the fullest part and thin out at the sides, and every fold cuts one in half. The other failure here is the neckline: a V drafted on a shallower chest opens deeper and wider on a fuller bust than it did on the model, and a V finished with a narrow binding has no body of its own, so it rolls outward and falls forward the moment you lean over a table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvanelle does both differently. The print is deliberately huge — yellow flower heads with red and navy centres, a few to a panel, on white — and a motif that large keeps its shape however wide the cloth gets. The V is trimmed with a gathered, doubled ruffle running the full length of the neckline and placket, and a doubled edge has real stiffness, so the neckline holds the shape it was cut in instead of collapsing open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeliberately large-scale flower heads:\u003c\/strong\u003e a few big motifs to a panel, so the print keeps its proportion at every size instead of crowding.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRuffled self-trim down the neckline and placket:\u003c\/strong\u003e the doubled edge holds the V's shape rather than rolling or falling forward.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eButtons from mid-torso down:\u003c\/strong\u003e the front stays closed below the V without a fastening on the fullest part of the chest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDropped shoulder seams:\u003c\/strong\u003e nothing has to land on your shoulder point, so sizing for the bust doesn't throw the sleeve out of place.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurved high-low hem:\u003c\/strong\u003e longer at the centre front and back, shorter at the sides.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRoomy sleeves with a contrast turn-back cuff:\u003c\/strong\u003e wide enough at the upper arm to roll and stay rolled.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFit note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoxy and generous — take your usual size. The white ground is a fine weave and lets light through, more than a dark print would; a cami underneath if you'd rather it weren't see-through. The sleeves are meant to be turned back to the olive contrast cuff. Sizes M to 4XL.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curve Queen","offers":[{"title":"M","offer_id":58416110272895,"sku":"EE012-M","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":58416110305663,"sku":"EE012-L","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":58416110338431,"sku":"EE012-XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":58416110371199,"sku":"EE012-2XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":58416110403967,"sku":"EE012-3XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4XL","offer_id":58416653828479,"sku":null,"price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1026\/2305\/2159\/files\/79_057cff51-ca89-4a5e-89b2-917e2906f566.png?v=1789216502","url":"https:\/\/curve-queen.com\/products\/evanelle%e2%84%a2-elegant-summer-blouse","provider":"Curve Queen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}