{"product_id":"perdita™-elegant-summer-blouse","title":"Perdita™ | Elegant Summer Blouse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHorizontal stripes, printed in blocks that were never meant to meet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStripes are the print plus-size shoppers get warned off most, and the advice is mostly cover for a manufacturing problem: a regular stripe has to line up at every seam, and lining up is the first thing to go when a pattern is graded from a smaller block. The stripes drift where the side seam sits, the placket cuts the run in the wrong place, and the whole thing reads as a mistake. Meanwhile the neckline does what V-necks drafted on a shallower chest always do — it opens deeper and wider than it did on the model, and with only a narrow binding it has no stiffness of its own, so it rolls outward and falls forward when you lean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerdita sidesteps the alignment problem entirely. The stripes are printed as separate blocks that deliberately stop and start — white and grey verticals on one side, yellow horizontals across the chest, purple horizontals to the right — so there is nothing that has to line up and nothing that reads as misaligned. And the V is trimmed with a gathered, doubled ruffle down the full neckline and placket, which gives the edge real body so it holds its shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStripes printed as separate blocks:\u003c\/strong\u003e they stop and start on purpose, so nothing has to align at the seams and nothing reads as a printing fault.\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 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 denim-blue ground is a fine weave and lets some light through at the hem; a cami underneath if you'd rather it weren't see-through. The sleeves are meant to be turned back. Sizes M to 4XL.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curve Queen","offers":[{"title":"M","offer_id":58416111354239,"sku":"KK476-Azul-M","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":58416111387007,"sku":"KK476-Azul-L","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":58416111419775,"sku":"KK476-Azul-XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":58416111452543,"sku":"KK476-Azul-2XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":58416111485311,"sku":"KK476-Azul-3XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4XL","offer_id":58417688215935,"sku":null,"price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1026\/2305\/2159\/files\/83_c1c75ae1-38de-4210-bd71-4e0565d88058.png?v=1789216503","url":"https:\/\/curve-queen.com\/products\/perdita%e2%84%a2-elegant-summer-blouse","provider":"Curve Queen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}