Pinstripe Long Sleeve Smocked Cuff Blouse

A pinstripe blouse is one of those pieces that quietly raises the level of everything around it. This one keeps the shirt collar and the button front for structure, then softens the ends with smocked cuffs, so the sleeve gathers gently at the wrist instead of finishing in a stiff band. It is the difference between looking like you are in uniform and looking like you chose this.

The fabric is 65% polyester and 35% cotton with a slight stretch, which is a genuinely useful blend for a shirt. The cotton keeps it breathable and gives the stripe a matte finish, the polyester keeps it from creasing into a mess by the afternoon. The detailing is listed as buttoned and ruched. Sizes run S through 2XL, with top length from 26.8 to 29.9 inches and bust from 40.9 to 52 inches, so it is cut with room through the body rather than close to it. It comes in blush pink or gray.

Tuck it into wide leg trousers and let the volume through the body do the styling. Left out over jeans with the sleeves pushed up, the smocked cuffs hold their position and the whole thing relaxes considerably. It layers under a knit vest or a blazer without bunching, and the longer length means it works over leggings too. Gray is the version that disappears usefully into a work wardrobe; blush pink is the one that softens a very serious outfit.

Why you will love it

• Smocked cuffs that gather softly at the wrist
• Shirt collar and button front
• Buttoned and ruched detailing
• Slightly stretchy
• Material composition: 65% polyester, 35% cotton
• Sizes S through 2XL in blush pink or gray

Care

• Machine wash cold
• Tumble dry low