{"product_id":"katarina-elegant-summer-blouse","title":"Katarina™ | Elegant Summer Blouse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographic flowers, printed large enough that you can still see they're flowers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA photographic print carries far more detail than a drawn one, and that detail is the first casualty of lazy grading. Scale a pressed-flower photograph up to fit a wider panel and the petals go soft, the edges blur, and what was crisp on the sample looks like a washed-out blur once it's printed across the front. The other problem is structural: a popover has one opening that stops at mid-chest, so the body has to clear your bust with the buttons fastened. If it doesn't, you are wrestling it over your shoulders twice a day — and if the armhole is cut tight as well, the first time you reach up the hem comes clear of your waistband and stays there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKatarina answers both. The flowers are printed at large scale — whole pansies, violas and cosmos rather than a fine scatter — so the detail survives at every size and the print reads the same at M as at 4XL. And the body is cut genuinely wide with the armhole dropped deep towards the waist, so it goes over your head with nothing to negotiate and reaching moves the sleeve instead of the hem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge-scale photographic flowers:\u003c\/strong\u003e whole blooms rather than a fine scatter, so the detail holds up on a wider panel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWide body with a deep dropped armhole:\u003c\/strong\u003e it goes on over your head without a struggle, which is where most popovers fail.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBatwing sleeve:\u003c\/strong\u003e you reach and the sleeve moves, not the hem.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHalf placket running past the chest:\u003c\/strong\u003e the opening isn't a single fastening sitting on the fullest part.\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\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\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFit note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoxy and generous — take your usual size. The ground behind the flowers is pale and the weave is fine, so this one lets more light through than a dark print would; a cami underneath if you'd rather it weren't see-through. The sleeves are made to be turned back. One colourway. Sizes M to 4XL.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curve Queen","offers":[{"title":"Multicolor \/ M","offer_id":58416104571263,"sku":"AD239-Multicolor-M","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Multicolor \/ L","offer_id":58416104604031,"sku":"AD239-Multicolor-L","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Multicolor \/ XL","offer_id":58416104636799,"sku":"AD239-Multicolor-XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Multicolor \/ 2XL","offer_id":58416104669567,"sku":"AD239-Multicolor-2XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Multicolor \/ 3XL","offer_id":58416104702335,"sku":"AD239-Multicolor-3XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Multicolor \/ 4XL","offer_id":58416104735103,"sku":"AD239-Multicolor-4XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1026\/2305\/2159\/files\/7-Photoroom_3_2caa968f-a78f-46c8-8f9d-1b0ccf7b7c50.jpg?v=1789216499","url":"https:\/\/curve-queen.com\/products\/katarina-elegant-summer-blouse","provider":"Curve Queen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}