Shirts and blouses

[summerdressing]

I'm looking for nice shirts and blouses (what's the difference?!!) to cover my mid 40s bloated tummy area. Any suggestions?

This is rather nice:

https://shop.colenimo.com/collections/tops/products/winchester-stripe-smock-1

This is perfection:

https://www.americanvintage-store.com/gb/en/TAB06AH23-CANNEL.html

And this is outstanding:

https://alemais.com/collections/collection-11-fall-23/products/elisabetta-shirt

Next have some

It’s not easy to find the perfect thing; they need a degree of fullness at the back in order to hang well at the front.

Three more from Cos, Massimo Dutti and Rendez vous.

For work or casual? What do you want to wear them with?

Arket usually have a decent selection.

If you don't want high fashion, Seasalt's Larissa shirts/blouses are great. They've been producing them for years, with different patterns every season. They're made from organic cotton and are intended to be worn slightly crinkled so that you don't have to iron them, although I iron mine occasionally to straighten out the collars and cuffs.

The patterns are a matter of taste - some are too twee for my liking but there's usually 2-3 per season that I really like, especially the geometrics. They're regularly reduced in the sale too.

https://www.seasaltcornwall.com/larissa-printed-cotton-shirt

I have this blouse in various prints, they've just brought out a lovely muted pink, green and black abstract pattern one, shown from Instagram as I've only seen it in store, doesn't seem to be online yet. It's a really good shape and washes well..