"I had it on for three hours in the sun, in and out of the car and the air conditioning, and I forgot about the sleeves entirely. My sister said I looked ten years younger. I told her it was a long sleeve on one of the warmest days of the year."

The Rhea is the blouse our customers buy when they have quietly given up on long sleeves in summer. Too warm, too thin, or too obviously there to cover something. This is the one that changed their minds.

A softly striped long-sleeved blouse in a lightweight fabric that breathes, with a relaxed crew neckline and an easy cut that flatters without billowing. Light enough to forget you have sleeves on. Easy to wear loose, easy to tuck into trousers with a small necklace.

Why do women our age keep coming back for it

• Long sleeves that are not hot. The whole point. A lightweight weave that stays cool in the sun, so you are not peeling it off in a parking lot by eleven in the morning.
• Easy arm coverage, without looking like coverage. It reads as a nice blouse you put on without thinking, not as something you wore to hide.
• A relaxed cut that flatters. Loose enough to skim, structured enough that it does not billow. Lovely untucked, polished tucked in.
• Three quiet colors. Soft blue, khaki, and a gentle gray. Most of our customers buy two.

How it fits

The Rhea runs true to size with a relaxed, lightly loose cut, and is available S through 2XL. If you are between sizes or like a roomier drape, size up by one.

A few of the recent reviews

"The first long sleeve I have worn to a summer lunch in twenty years. It is genuinely light, it does not cling, and I stopped hiding my arms in photographs." — Margaret, 64

"I bought the blue and the khaki. Lovely with white linen trousers and a small necklace, and it does not feel warm at all." — Jennifer, 58

"I have three cardigans I bought only to cover my arms at dinner. I have not reached for any of them since this arrived." — Linda, 71

Loved by 847 verified buyers, most of them women aged 50 to 80.