{"product_id":"vexana™-elegant-blouse-for-summer","title":"Vexana™ | Elegant Blouse for Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dense retro floral that keeps its scale, on a body cut wide enough to get into.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA packed floral print is the one that suffers most when a garment is graded up. The repeat is drawn to sit right on a narrow panel; widen that panel and the same flowers stretch, the ground shows through in the wrong places, and what looked like a bold print on the model reads as a smear once it's on you. Meanwhile the shirt itself has the standard popover fault: a half placket that stops at mid-chest means the body has to clear your bust with the buttons fastened, and a tight armhole on top of that means reaching for anything overhead pulls the hem up off your waistband and leaves it there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVexana works because the print and the cut are both generous. The flowers are drawn large — full blooms, not a fine scattered repeat — so the pattern keeps its proportion as the panel widens, and the muted grey-green ground gives them somewhere to sit rather than crowding edge to edge. The body is cut properly oversized with the armhole dropped deep towards the waist, so it goes on over your head without a struggle and reaching raises 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 blooms rather than a fine repeat:\u003c\/strong\u003e the flowers keep their proportion as the panel gets wider, instead of stretching.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMuted ground behind the print:\u003c\/strong\u003e the colours have space to read, so the pattern doesn't crowd into a blur across the fullest part.\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 fight, which is where popovers usually fail.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBatwing sleeve:\u003c\/strong\u003e reaching moves the sleeve, not the hem.\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, so sitting down doesn't pull it short.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFit note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoxy and oversized by design — take your usual size. The weave is fine and lets light through at the hem, so a cami underneath if you'd rather it weren't see-through. The sleeves are meant to be turned back to the contrast cuff. Sizes M to 4XL.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curve Queen","offers":[{"title":"M","offer_id":58416102146431,"sku":"FN463-FunFaces-M","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":58416102179199,"sku":"FN463-FunFaces-L","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":58416102211967,"sku":"FN463-FunFaces-XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":58416102244735,"sku":"FN463-FunFaces-2XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":58416102277503,"sku":"FN463-FunFaces-3XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4XL","offer_id":58416102310271,"sku":"FN463-FunFaces-4XL","price":74.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1026\/2305\/2159\/files\/4-Photoroom_9_d58ac4e0-fbc4-4fa0-bb53-4fbb4a928a4c.jpg?v=1789216498","url":"https:\/\/curve-queen.com\/products\/vexana%e2%84%a2-elegant-blouse-for-summer","provider":"Curve Queen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}