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I was so very excited to try on the Potter's Wheel Cardigan ($239). As much as I liked the Plaza Cardigan ($128, reviewed here) I was sure I was going to like this one more. It's a steely grey-blue! It has chiffon ruffles!
And once again I was wrong wrong wrong.
The middle shot is everything that was wrong -- the ruffles looked like they were pulling down instead of gently cascading and my hips look huge. I tried on a small (too small in the arms) and a medium and neither made me happy. A big issue is where the buttons start. They start about halfway down the cardigan and that is just not flattering to my shape. The left photo above is the small and the other two are the medium.
From the side I liked it better. Open it was OK. But I'm not gonna buy a cardigan that I can't close and feel comfortable. Especially not one over $200. I was so disappointed because I wanted to love this cardigan! I still think it is wonderfully made and of very high quality. And I think that someone with a leaner straighter body could pull this off beautifully. Alas for me it was not meant to be. Wah.
