LOUISE MISHA | Green Striped Cora Blouse - Ruffled Collar

Stripes read differently when they're woven-dyed rather than printed, and that's the first thing to notice about the Cora blouse: the green stripe sits deep in the cotton fibre itself, giving the pattern a soft, slightly irregular edge rather than a crisp graphic line. It's a detail that rewards a second look, and it sets the tone for a piece built around small, considered flourishes rather than one loud statement. The cotton is organic and woven, with a hand that feels substantial without tipping into stiffness — the kind of cloth that holds a gather and a ruffle with real structure. That matters here, because the collar is ruffled and finished with a piping trim that doesn't stop at the neckline: it travels on, down the button placket, tracing the closure in a fine contrast line. The placket itself is concealed, so the buttons disappear beneath the fabric and the front reads clean, broken only by embroidery worked across the chest and echoed again on the sleeves — a signature Louise Misha touch that turns a plain expanse of cotton into something with a story in the stitching. The fit is generous through the body and gathered at the back, which gives the blouse room to move rather than skim. Sleeves are puffed and finished with proper shirt cuffs, again piped to match the collar, so the volume at the shoulder tapers into a defined wrist rather than trailing off loose. The length runs to tunic — long enough to wear as a dress on its own or to sit comfortably over trousers without bunching at the hip. It's a cut that flatters through proportion: fullness balanced by definition at the neck and wrist, so the silhouette never feels shapeless. Worn loose, the gathered back and puffed sleeves give the blouse a gentle swing when you walk — enough movement to feel unstructured, not so much that it reads costume-y. That makes it adaptable across a season: layered under a fine knit in cooler months, or worn alone with the sleeves rolled once the weather turns. The embroidery and piping give it enough presence to stand as the outfit's focal point, so the rest of the styling can stay quiet. Louise Misha designed this piece in Paris, under Marie Pidancet and her team, and the FW26 collection it belongs to leans into exactly this kind of hand-finished, storytelling detail — stripes, embroidery, piping, gathering — rather than minimal basics. Styling note: worn as a tunic over straight-leg denim with the cuffs left undone, the Cora blouse carries its own detail without needing anything more than simple flat shoes to finish the look.