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Wine red velvet peplum blouse in Wine Red
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Wine red velvet peplum blouse in wine red

★★★★★ 4.2 · 14 ratings on the listing

$22.99

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The colour does half the work here: wine red velvet, long sleeved, gathered at the waist and flared into a peplum hem. The care note calls it a velvet chiffon spliced blouse, so there is lighter cloth worked in alongside the pile. Simplee positions it for cocktail parties and holiday dinners, and the shade backs that up; it is also the sort of top that goes to an office with trousers and reads as deliberate rather than festive.

ModelWine red velvet peplum blouse
ColourWine Red
MaterialVelvet
SizesS to XL
CategoryTops & Knitwear

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The short version

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Velvet with chiffon spliced in

Solid velvet across a whole blouse can turn heavy. The maker's own care note describes this one as velvet chiffon spliced, which puts the pile where it shows and something lighter elsewhere. The fabric is listed as wrinkle resistant, useful on a top that spends an evening sitting down.

Ruching at the waist

The middle is gathered rather than cut straight, and the peplum flares below it. That produces a defined waistline with no belt and no fastening to fuss over, and it is the detail separating this from a plain velvet pullover.

Pile shading is the fabric, not a fault

Velvet catches light differently depending on which way the pile lies, so patches can look darker or lighter as the garment moves. Simplee flags this in the listing as normal behaviour. Worth knowing before judging the first photograph taken under a flash.

Fit, honestly

Sold in wine red alone. The ruched waist does the shaping, so there is no zip or button to contend with. Hand wash or a gentle machine cycle is the recommendation, which is the usual tax on velvet. Written feedback is thin so far, so the size chart is the better guide.

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  • Long sleeves, ruched waist, peplum hem.
  • Velvet with chiffon spliced in.
  • Hand wash or gentle machine wash.

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