Oxford Top — Smocked Peplum Blouse

A Lot of Considered Detail in One Very Wearable Top.

The Oxford Top packs an impressive amount of feminine construction into a piece that still pairs back to dark denim and calls it a day. It’s built in Blue Nights Plaid — a classic navy-and-white windowpane check on a lightweight cotton woven — and then smocked across the entire bodice, front and back, in dense horizontal gathering rows that transform the crisp plaid into a beautifully dimensional crinkled texture. The smocking cinches through the bodice and releases at the waist into a peplum hem — unsmocked, so the plaid reads clean and crisp there, a deliberate contrast to the gathered body above. The square neckline is framed with a narrow ruffle trim along the inner edge. The center front button placket features five small antique gold-toned buttons flanked on each side by a matching ruffled strip — a ruffled frame around the button line that is the detail that makes this top. Puff sleeves gather at the shoulder cap for volume, then smock from mid-arm to the elbow hem, creating a fitted textured sleeve that mirrors the bodice construction.

Style It Simply

Tuck it into high-waist wide-leg trousers and finish with a denim tote and open-toe sandals for a put-together casual look that requires almost no effort. Pair with dark skinny jeans or a midi skirt for a more dressed silhouette. The navy-and-white plaid is one of those patterns that works with almost every other color in your wardrobe — black, white, tan, camel, navy, sage, burgundy, blush. The smocked construction gives it natural stretch through the bodice, and the peplum hem skims the hip without clinging. A top that photographs as well as it wears. Available in XS–XXL.

• Lightweight cotton woven in Blue Nights Plaid — navy-and-white windowpane check
• Full-body horizontal smocking across entire bodice front and back
• Square neckline with narrow ruffled trim along inner edge
• Center front button placket — 5 antique gold-toned buttons with ruffled strip frame on each side
• Puff sleeves gathered at shoulder cap, smocked from mid-arm to elbow hem
• Smocked waist releases into unsmocked crisp plaid peplum hem
• Natural stretch through smocked bodice
• Color: Blue Nights Plaid | SKU: DA2608W01300
• Available in XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL