Charlene | Checked Ruffled Button Down Jacket

One piece, two jobs, a whole day covered

A crisp check is one of the few patterns that never looks like it is trying, which is exactly why there are usually only two of them in a wardrobe, both in the same predictable shade. The Charlene™ was designed for exactly that: a clean check in six colours that works open over a tee and fastened up as a top.

Wear it on a school drop-off, through a long work day or out to dinner afterwards. The check runs cleanly through the whole piece, a ruffle follows the placket, the cuffs and the hem, and the cut is relaxed through the body with real room across the shoulders and a curved hem that finishes at the hip.

Tired of checked pieces that all come in the same two colours?

A good check deserves more than red or black. Three things usually get in the way, and the Charlene is built around all three.

One pattern, one predictable colour

Checked pieces tend to arrive in the same handful of shades, so the pattern you like most is the one your wardrobe has the least variety in.

The same clean check comes in six colours here, so you get to pick the mood as well as the pattern.

An outfit that collapses when the layer comes off

Most layers only look right over one particular top, and the moment the room warms up and you take it off, you are left looking half-dressed.

The Charlene fastens all the way up and wears as a top in its own right, so taking your layer off stops being a decision about your whole outfit.

A cut that grips across the shoulders

A layer cut close through the back pulls every time you reach, drive or lift something, and you stay aware of it all day.

The relaxed cut skims the body rather than gripping it, with enough room through the shoulders that you forget you are wearing it.

Designed for women who wear a piece open in the morning and closed by evening

Leave it open over a white tee and jeans on a Saturday, then fasten it up with tailored pants for an evening out. The same piece carries both.

And there are six colours to choose from: Green, Orange, Red, Yellow, Pink and Black, each in the same clean check. Sizes run S, M, L, XL, 2XL and 3XL, and it runs true to size, so order what you normally wear.

Imagine wearing your Charlene

Imagine getting dressed once at eight in the morning and never thinking about it again. Open over a tee while the day is still cool, fastened up when the layer comes off at lunch, still right when dinner turns out to be somewhere nicer than planned. One decision in the morning, and nothing to rethink after that.

No check in the same tired shade as everyone else.
No outfit that falls apart when the layer comes off.
No pulling across the shoulders every time you reach.

Why women love Charlene

✓ Crisp, clean check in six colours

✓ Works open as a layer and fastened up as a top

✓ Relaxed cut that skims the body instead of clinging

✓ Real room across the shoulders so you can move

✓ A ruffle following the placket, the cuffs and the hem at the hip

✓ Carries a long work day and dinner afterwards without a change

✓ Green, Orange, Red, Yellow, Pink and Black, sizes S to 3XL

Because one piece should be able to do two things

The Charlene was made for the woman who wants to get dressed once and be right all day. With our Fall Sale still on at 60% off, this is the moment to choose your colour and your size. 🧡