The Soline Velvet Blouse in ecru from Sacrecoeur, with a soft handle and very fine cord, loose and swingy through the body with a curved hem, relaxed and wide through the arms but regularly fitted at the shoulders, and a neat ruffled high neckline, listed at 125 GBP with two of the four sizes in stock. It is worth beginning with the chart, because not one of its columns behaves. It is worth then reading all three: pit to pit 56, 57, 58 and 60, sleeve length 56, 57, 59 and 59.5, and total length 60, 61, 61.5 and 62. It is worth then working out what each steps by, which is 1, 1 and 2 on the chest, 1, 2 and 0.5 on the sleeve, and 1, 0.5 and 0.5 on the length. It is worth then saying what that is, which is three columns, none of them even, and two of them carrying half centimetres. It is worth then setting that beside what this run has just read, because the contrast is worth having: two batches running it recorded a chart where every column stepped evenly, one at 2 centimetres throughout and one at 2, 1 and 1. It is worth then singling out the worst step, which is the last one on the sleeve: a half centimetre. It is worth then noting what the body does at the same step, which is jump 2 centimetres. It is worth then stating what that means, which is that a size large has a body two centimetres bigger and a sleeve half a centimetre longer than a size medium, so the two are not in step. It is worth then turning to the cloth, because the title and the description do not name the same thing. It is worth then reading the title, which says velvet, and the description, which says very fine cord, and the panel, which says made from one hundred per cent cotton. It is worth then saying what a cord is measured by, which is its wale count, the number of ridges to the inch, and stating that this is not a detail of the cloth but its name. It is worth then noting that the description says very fine, which is itself a wale claim, since fine cord is a high wale count, and that the number is not given. It is worth then saying what three batches have now shown, and naming them: a shirt described as high-twist cotton, which is twists per inch; a cardigan described as extrafine merino, which is a micron band; and now a blouse described as very fine cord, which is a wale count. It is worth then stating what all three are, which is a property that has a number, printed as an adjective. It is worth then closing on the shoulders, because the description makes a claim there that nothing supports. It is worth then reading it, which says the arms are relaxed and wide but the shoulders are regularly fitted, and then noting that no shoulder measurement and no sleeve width are published. The reference is the Soline in ecru. Dongguan Bafinasa Garments Co., Ltd. develops comparable blouses on OEM and ODM terms, from fabric and trim development to retail or FBA ready packing. We publish this as a development reference and build your own version of it, and we do not supply the branded original or reproduce anyone else's label.
Key Features
- A soft handle and very fine cord as stated, with no wale count, no pile length and no weight given. See the note below
- Loose and swingy through the body as stated, measured at 13.1 down to 10.2 in of ease. See the note below
- Relaxed and wide arms as stated, with no bicep, no sleeve width and no cuff opening given. See the note below
- Regularly fitted shoulders as stated, with no shoulder measurement given. See the note below
- A curved hem as stated, with no hem sweep and no curve depth given
- A neat ruffled high neckline as stated, with no neck height, no neck circumference and no ruffle depth given
- Made from 100% Cotton as stated, with no construction named to match the velvet in the title and the cord in the description. See the note below
- Machine wash at 30 degrees as stated, with do not tumble dry as stated, and no cycle, no iron and no bleach instruction. See the note below
Customisable Options
- Cloth: a very fine cord to the reference, with the wale count, the pile length and the weight in grams per square metre stated, or a cotton velvet with the same three given, or a needlecord, or a wide wale cord, or a cotton velveteen, or a stretch cord with the stretch percentage given, each quoted separately
- Body: a loose swingy shape to the reference, with the chest graded evenly so the ease holds, or a straighter body, or a shaped body with darts, or a shorter body, each quoted separately
- Sleeve: relaxed and wide sleeves to the reference, with the bicep, the sleeve width and the cuff opening measured, and the sleeve graded in step with the body, or a plain sleeve, or a bishop sleeve, or a three quarter sleeve, each quoted separately
- Shoulder: regularly fitted shoulders to the reference, with the shoulder width measured, or a dropped shoulder with the drop given, or a raglan sleeve, or a narrow shoulder, each quoted separately
- Neck: a neat ruffled high neckline to the reference, with the neck height, the circumference and the ruffle depth stated, or a plain high neck, or a collar, or a V-neck, each quoted separately
- Hem: a curved hem to the reference, with the sweep and the curve depth stated, or a straight hem, or a dipped back hem with the front and back lengths both given, each quoted separately
- Composition with the fibre and the construction both stated, wale count, pile length and weight in grams per square metre, chest and waist with the flat or round method stated, sleeve length with its measurement point, bicep, sleeve width and cuff opening, shoulder width, neck height, circumference and ruffle depth, hem sweep and curve depth, shrinkage figures, cycle and iron instructions written for a pile cloth, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling
Specifications
| Style | Velvet blouse in fine cord cotton with a loose swingy body, wide relaxed sleeves, regularly fitted shoulders, a curved hem and a ruffled high neckline |
| Reference | Sacrecoeur, Soline, colour Ecru, style SOLINE/ECRU, sizes XS to L |
| Composition | Made from 100% Cotton, as stated. See the note below |
| Construction | Not stated on the panel, despite the title saying velvet and the description saying cord. See the note below |
| Wale Count | Not stated, despite very fine cord being claimed. See the note below |
| Pile Length | Not stated. See the note below |
| Cloth Weight | Not stated, in any form. See the note below |
| Certification | None named |
| Fit Word | None. See the note below |
| Fit Statement | The shape is loose and swingy through the body, as stated, and the arms are also relaxed and wide but the shoulders are regularly fitted, as stated. See the note below |
| Sizes Offered | XS, S, M and L, four sizes, with the XS and the L in stock at the time of writing and the S and the M out of stock. See the note below |
| Size Conversion | None published, the sizes are letter sizes |
| Model | None published. See the note below |
| Chest | Chest pit to pit 56, 57, 58 and 60 cm, or 112 to 120 cm around. See the note below |
| Chest Around | 112, 114, 116 and 120 cm, or 44.09, 44.88, 45.67 and 47.24 in. See the note below |
| Ease at the Chest | About 13.1 in at an XS, falling to about 10.2 in at an L. See the note below |
| Change in Ease per Size | About minus 1.21 on the 1 cm steps and minus 0.43 on the 2 cm step, so the fall is uneven. See the note below |
| Waist | Not measured |
| Hip | Not measured |
| Shoulder | Not measured, despite regularly fitted shoulders being claimed. See the note below |
| Sleeve | 56, 57, 59 and 59.5 cm, stepping 1, 2 and 0.5. See the note below |
| Bicep | Not measured, despite relaxed and wide arms being claimed |
| Cuff Opening | Not measured |
| Neck | A neat ruffled high neckline as stated, with no neck height, no circumference and no ruffle depth given |
| Total Length | 60, 61, 61.5 and 62 cm, stepping 1, 0.5 and 0.5. See the note below |
| Hem | Curved hem as stated, with no hem sweep and no curve depth given |
| Care | Machine wash at 30 degrees. Do not tumble dry, as stated, with no cycle, no iron and no bleach instruction. See the note below |
| Bullet List | None. See the note below |
| Measurements Published | Chest pit to pit, sleeve length and total length for all four sizes |
| Published Pit to Pit | 56, 57, 58 and 60 cm, stepping 1, 1 and 2. See the note below |
| Published Sleeve Length | 56, 57, 59 and 59.5 cm, stepping 1, 2 and 0.5. See the note below |
| Published Total Length | 60, 61, 61.5 and 62 cm, stepping 1, 0.5 and 0.5. See the note below |
| Columns Grading Evenly | None of the three. See the note below |
| Chart Shared with the Noir | Identical. See the note below |
| Photographs | Six |
| Production | Made in Tunisia as stated, with no certification named |
| Reference Retail | 125 GBP as listed, quoted to show the price band this sits in, not as our price |
| Category | Filed by the reference under blouses and shirts |
| Occasion | Everyday, smart casual, autumn and winter |
| MOQ | 100 pcs per style per colourway, mixed sizes and colourways accepted |
| Sampling | 7-10 days after tech pack or reference sample confirmation |
| Bulk Lead Time | 20-30 days after sample approval and deposit |
| Service | OEM / DDM / private label, fine cord and cotton velvet sourcing with the wale count, the pile length and the weight in grams per square metre stated, needlecord and wide wale development, stretch cord with the percentage given, loose and swingy blouse blocks with the chest graded evenly so the ease does what is wanted, sleeve development with the bicep, the width and the cuff opening measured and the sleeve graded in step with the body, shoulder development with the width measured and the drop given where dropped, ruffled and plain high neck development with the height, circumference and ruffle depth stated, curved and dipped hem development with the sweep and both lengths given, care labelling written for pile cloths with cycle and iron instructions, shrinkage measured and published, retail or FBA ready packing |
Size Chart as Published by the Reference
| Size | Chest pit to pit (cm) | Sleeve length (cm) | Total length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 56 cm | 56 cm | 60 cm |
| S | 57 cm | 57 cm | 61 cm |
| M | 58 cm | 59 cm | 61.5 cm |
| L | 60 cm | 59.5 cm | 62 cm |
The pit to pit figures are flat half measures taken with the blouse laid down, doubling to 112, 114, 116 and 120 cm around, or 44.09 to 47.24 in. Against bodies of roughly 31 to 37 in, the ease at the chest runs 13.09, 11.88, 10.67 and 10.24 in, a fall of 2.85 inches across four sizes. This run derives that a grade of g centimetres flat moves the ease by 0.79g minus 2 inches per size, which gives minus 1.21 on the two 1 cm steps and minus 0.43 on the 2 cm step, and all three match. The XS is the only size above the relaxed band of 12.6 in. No column grades evenly: the chest steps 1, 1 and 2, the sleeve 1, 2 and 0.5, and the length 1, 0.5 and 0.5. No waist, no hip, no shoulder, no bicep and no cuff opening are published, and no model is published, so the 60 to 62 cm length cannot be placed on a body. Our proposal below grades all three columns evenly and grades the chest by about 2.5 cm so the ease holds steady.
Our Proposed Body Chart
| Size | Body Bust | Sleeve | Body Waist | Body Hips | Length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 31 in / 79 cm | 56 cm | 24 in / 61 cm | 34 in / 86 cm | 60 cm / 23.6 in | Our proposal |
| S | 33 in / 84 cm | 57 cm | 26 in / 66 cm | 36 in / 91 cm | 62 cm / 24.4 in | Our proposal |
| M | 35 in / 89 cm | 58 cm | 28 in / 71 cm | 38 in / 97 cm | 64 cm / 25.2 in | Our proposal |
| L | 37 in / 94 cm | 59 cm | 30 in / 76 cm | 40 in / 102 cm | 66 cm / 26 in | Our proposal |
Occasions and Styling
Suits everyday and smart casual wear. A fine cord blouse with a swingy body works with black jeans or tailored trousers, and the ruffled neck means it needs no necklace.
Production and Quality Control
The reference publishes three measurements for all four sizes with the chart shared identically across both colourways, states its fibre, describes its body, sleeves, shoulders, neck and hem in useful detail, gives a wash temperature as a number and a drying instruction, and names its country of manufacture. It gives no wale count despite very fine cord being claimed, no pile length, no weight, no construction on the panel to match the velvet of the title or the cord of the description, no shoulder measurement despite a claim about the shoulders, no bicep or sleeve width or cuff opening despite a claim about the arms, no neck height, circumference or ruffle depth, no hem sweep or curve depth, no waist or hip, no cycle, no iron and no bleach instruction, no shrinkage figure, no certification, no size conversion, no bullet list and no model, and none of its three columns grade evenly. Three things follow: a chart where every column is uneven and two carry half centimetres, a cloth named three ways with none of them stated on the panel, and a wale count claim printed as an adjective.
One, two and nought point five, and that is the first thing, and it is worth reading the three columns before saying what is wrong with them. It is worth then setting them out: pit to pit 56, 57, 58 and 60, sleeve length 56, 57, 59 and 59.5, and total length 60, 61, 61.5 and 62. It is worth then working out what each steps by, which is 1, 1 and 2 on the chest, 1, 2 and 0.5 on the sleeve, and 1, 0.5 and 0.5 on the length. It is worth then saying what that is, which is three columns with not one of them even, and two of them carrying half centimetres. It is worth then setting that beside what this run has just read, because the contrast is the point: two batches running it recorded charts where every column stepped evenly, one at 2 centimetres throughout and one at 2, 1 and 1. It is worth then singling out the step that matters most, which is the last one on the sleeve, at half a centimetre. It is worth then noting what the body does at the same step, which is jump 2 centimetres. It is worth then stating what that means, which is that a size large has a body two centimetres bigger and a sleeve half a centimetre longer than a size medium, so the body and the sleeve are not in step with each other. It is worth then turning to the ease, because the uneven grade shows up there directly. It is worth then doubling the chest, giving 44.09 to 47.24 inches around, and reading the ease off against bodies of 31 to 37 inches, which is 13.09, 11.88, 10.67 and 10.24. It is worth then stating what that is, which is a fall of nearly three inches across four sizes, and noting that only the XS sits above the band this run measures for a loose shape. It is worth then saying what this run's rule predicts for those steps, which is minus 1.21 inches for each 1 centimetre step and minus 0.43 for the 2 centimetre one, and that all three match the chart exactly.
Very fine, and that is the second thing, and it is worth saying what the three names are before saying what any of them means. It is worth then reading the title, which says velvet, and the description, which says very fine cord, and the panel, which says made from one hundred per cent cotton. It is worth then saying what a cord is measured by, which is its wale count, the number of ridges to the inch, and stating that this is not a minor detail of the cloth but the thing the cloth is called. It is worth then noting that the description says very fine, and saying what that is, which is itself a wale claim, since fine cord means a high wale count, and the number is not given. It is worth then setting out what three batches in a row have now shown, and naming them: a shirt described as high-twist cotton, which is twists per inch; a cardigan described as extrafine merino, which is a micron band; and now a blouse described as very fine cord, which is a wale count. It is worth then stating what all three are, which is a property that has a number, printed as an adjective. It is worth then noting what the panel does about the construction, which is nothing: cotton is a fibre, and neither velvet nor cord appears on the panel, so the garment is named for two different cloths and the panel names neither. It is worth then adding what is absent besides, which is the pile length and the weight, and noting that this is the fifth pile cloth in five batches from five houses with no pile measurement in any of them. It is worth then closing on the shoulders, because the description makes a claim there that nothing supports. It is worth then reading it, which says the arms are relaxed and wide but the shoulders are regularly fitted, and stating what that is, which is a claim contrasting two measurements, and then noting that no shoulder width and no sleeve width are published. It is worth then adding the care label, which gives 30 degrees and do not tumble dry and stops, and saying what a pile cloth specifically needs, which is an iron instruction, because pressing is what flattens a pile, and this run read exactly the same gap on a velvet trouser two batches ago.
Optional upgrades include publishing the wale count, the pile length and the weight in grams per square metre so a fine cord can be specified, naming the construction on the composition panel so the velvet of the title and the cord of the description are reconciled, grading all three columns evenly and grading the chest by about 2.5 cm so the ease holds steady, publishing the shoulder width behind the fitted shoulder claim and the bicep and sleeve width behind the wide arm claim, the neck height, circumference and ruffle depth, the hem sweep and curve depth, the waist and the hip, shrinkage figures, a cycle and an iron instruction written for a pile cloth, a model reference so the length can be placed on a body, a bullet list, needlecord, wide wale, velveteen and stretch cords, cotton velvet with the same three figures given, plain and bishop sleeves, dropped shoulders with the drop given, plain and collared necks, straight and dipped hems, size set, colour development, private label, hangtag and care labelling.
Pre-production sample approval, in-line inspection during cutting and sewing, and a final AQL inspection before packing, with measurement reports and photos shared before shipment.
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