A bold pattern is exciting in the shop and exhausting by ten o'clock!

Just imagine a graphic knit that keeps its energy but stays easy to wear — the pattern fine enough to read as texture from across a room. Now stop imagining, because the Carol works its chevron in narrow lines and edges the whole thing in calm, solid trim.

• Fine Chevron Pattern
  The zigzag is worked in narrow stripes that meet in a V down the centre and along each sleeve. Up close it is graphic; from a distance it reads as soft texture. That is what makes it wearable all day.
• Solid Contrast Trim
  The collar, cuffs, placket and hem are all knitted in a plain solid shade. Those clean borders frame the pattern and give the eye somewhere to rest. It stops the chevron from running away with the piece.
• Relaxed V-Neck Shape
  The neckline drops in a deep V and the body is cut generously through the shoulder and sleeve. It layers easily over a shirt or a tee. Nothing pulls across the back.
• Horn-Tone Buttons
  Dark mottled buttons run down the front placket and contrast with the trim. Fastened, the chevron lines up neatly. Open, the trim frames whatever is underneath.
• Black Or Cobalt
  Black and cream is the graphic, everyday version; cobalt and cream is the one that lifts a whole outfit. Both keep the same fine chevron. Both are edged in the same solid trim.

Pattern is only tiring when nothing tempers it. The Carol keeps its chevron fine, its borders solid and its shape relaxed — so the piece that catches your eye in the morning is still comfortable to be in at six.