Nixara™ | Elegant Summer Blouse

The print is graded from hem to shoulder, so it was drawn for the whole garment rather than the front panel.

Most printed tops repeat the same pattern edge to edge, because a repeat is cheap and it doesn't care what size the panel is. It shows: the design has no beginning and no end, it stops dead at the side seam, and the sleeves are usually left as plain filler. Then there is the popover problem — a half placket that stops at mid-chest means the body itself has to clear your bust with the buttons fastened, and if the armhole is cut tight as well, reaching for anything overhead lifts the hem clear of your waistband and it stays there.

Nixara is printed as one piece. The painted leaves are dense and dark at the hem and thin out as they rise towards the shoulder, where the ground opens into aqua and gold — a graded design that runs across the seams and onto the sleeves rather than repeating. The body is cut genuinely wide with the armhole dropped deep towards the waist, so it pulls on over your head without a struggle and reaching raises the sleeve instead of the hem.

Why it works

• Graded print, dense at the hem and open at the shoulder: one continuous design rather than a repeat that stops at the side seam.
• The pattern carries onto the sleeves: nothing is left as plain filler.
• Wide body with a deep dropped armhole: it goes on over your head without a struggle.
• Batwing sleeve: reaching moves the sleeve, not the hem.
• Curved high-low hem: longer at the centre front and back, shorter at the sides.
• Roomy sleeves: wide enough at the upper arm to turn back and leave turned back.

Fit note

Boxy and oversized by design — take your usual size. The weave is fine and lets light through, most noticeably at the hem where the print is densest. A cami underneath if you'd rather it weren't see-through. The sleeves are meant to be turned back. One colourway. Sizes M to 4XL.