From VikiSews:
Kaia is a semi-fitted blouse with a straight silhouette. The front is shaped with bust darts. The double-layer back yoke is brought over to the front. The blouse features a turn-down shirt collar with a separate collar stand and long, set-in, drop-shoulder shirt sleeves. At the bottom, the sleeve has pleats and a sleeve vent finished with a sleeve placket. Applied cuffs close with buttons and buttonholes. The blouse fastens with buttons and buttonholes at the center front. The curved garment hem features slits in the side seams.
Model Sofia: Height 172 cm (5’8”), Bust 84 cm (33 1/8”), Waist 64 cm (25 1/4”), Hips 90 cm (35 3/8”). Sofia is wearing size 36 in height 3.
Model Yana: Height 174 cm (5’8”), Bust 107 cm (42 1/8”), Waist 87 cm (34 1/4”), Hips 122 cm (48”). For Yana we combined sizes 48 for the waist and 52 for the hips in height 3.
Approximate sewing time ― 12 hours (1.5 days).
To sew this blouse, choose blouse and dress-weight fabrics with the following properties:
- moderately lightweight, pliable, soft, non-stretch or low-stretch, opaque
- the fiber content can include natural fibers (silk, cotton, linen), artificial fibers (viscose), blends (viscose + silk, cotton + polyester, cotton + viscose, etc.), and synthetics (polyester, polyester + elastane)
- the following fabrics are recommended: silk, artificial silk, cotton, linen, cupro, shirting, lightweight fine wale corduroy, modal.
Attention! We do not recommend stretchy knit fabrics, heavyweight, bulky fabrics (coating, corduroy), and lightweight, sheer fabrics (chiffon, stretch lace).
The blouse in the photo is made of blouse and dress-weight silk. The fabric is resilient, soft, double-faced, and has very little stretch. The fiber content is 100% polyester.