The 3 Piece Set That Solved 20 Years of Getting Dressed
I have spent twenty years trying to make things go together. This is the first time I did not have to.
Six things the 3 piece set from Roselyn & Carter gets right that a closet full of separate pieces never quite does, written by a customer.
I am not a person who usually writes letters about clothes. I wrote one about a sweater from Roselyn & Carter a while back, and they asked if they could put it up for others to read. Since then a few people have asked what I tend to do about mornings.
The honest answer is that mornings are the problem. I have a closet full of things I like and I still spend ten minutes deciding what goes with what. Most of the time nothing quite does. Then I found this.
It is called the 3 piece set. There is a long open-front cardigan, a round neck top, and a pair of wide leg pants. All the same color, all the same fabric. All made to be worn together.
I have spent twenty years trying to make things go together. This is the first time I did not have to.
Here is what I found. Six things.
You do not have to think at all in the morning
The cardigan goes with the pants. The top goes with the pants. The top goes with the cardigan. There is nothing to decide, because there is nothing that does not go. You put the three pieces on and the decision is made.
I have a navy blue jacket I have never managed to wear with the right pants. I have a pair of pants that go with approximately one top and I lost it. This set removes that entire category of problem. Everything in it already goes, because everything in it is the same thing.
I ordered it and felt slightly silly buying a matching set. Then I wore it and realized I had not felt this put-together on a Tuesday morning in years.Valerie H., Columbus, OH
The cardigan is the useful piece. It changes what the whole thing looks like.
Wear it open and the set becomes something relaxed and layered. Hold the edges together and it reads almost like a coat. Take it off and leave it on a chair and the top and pants on their own are perfectly fine in a warm room, or at someone else's house, or in a restaurant.
That is three different versions of the same outfit without changing anything. I have not managed that with any individual piece I own.
See the 3 Piece Set60% off · Free USA delivery · 30 day returns · S to 5XLIt feels like something you change into. It does not look like it.
The fabric is soft and stretchy. It gives. I wore it to my daughter's on a Sunday and then on the sofa at home in the afternoon and I did not need to change either time. The kind of thing that feels like putting on a comfortable sweater but looks, from the outside, as if you actually made an effort.
I am at an age where I am not prepared to sacrifice one for the other. This manages both.
Wore it on the train to see my sister. Three hours each way, and I arrived looking like I had made an effort. I had not. I had been asleep for most of it.Janet M., Tulsa, OK
Five colors, and all of them actually work with a coat
Brown, navy, burgundy, black, white. Each one is a proper color that goes over or under a coat without a conversation. Not pastel, not novelty, not difficult. Just five colors that work.
Brown
Burgundy
Navy
Black
I chose the brown. It goes with the camel coat I wear from October until April. My sister ordered the navy. Both arrived looking exactly as they do in the photographs, which is not always the case with online orders.
The navy is exactly the right shade. Not too bright, not too dull. Goes with everything I own that is grey or white or beige.Patricia F., Richmond, VA
Sixty percent off for three pieces is the part I did not quite believe
I sat with the price for a while, because three pieces from an actual store in a fabric this soft would be considerably more. The offer right now is sixty percent off, which, for three separate pieces that genuinely go together, is not something I was expecting to find.
I looked for the catch. The usual catches are cheap fabric, poor finish, or sizes that are not what they say. The fabric is not cheap. The finish is fine. The sizes go from S to 5XL, which is more than most places bother with.
My husband said something about it. He has not done that in years.
I was wearing it on a Sunday morning and he looked up from the newspaper and asked where I had got it. He has not asked about anything I have worn since approximately 2017. That is probably the most useful review I can give you.
It is the kind of set that looks as if you thought about it, even when you did not. Even when you put it on in seven minutes because you were running late, which is what I did the morning he commented on it. I had completely forgotten I was wearing it.
My neighbor saw me in the garden and asked if I had been somewhere nice. I was putting the trash out. So yes, it works.Susan B., Portland, OR
The set, against the closet you already have
I have plenty of things I like at home. Here is the difference, laid out plainly.
The pieces you already have
- Things that mostly go together
- Ten minutes every morning deciding
- Something that needs a specific top
- Comfortable or presentable, rarely both
- Individual items at full price
- Still not quite what you wanted
The 3 piece set
- Three pieces that always go together
- No decision. Just put it on.
- Long cardigan, top and pants as one
- Soft and stretchy, looks put-together
- All three pieces, sixty percent off
- Five colors, S to 5XL
About the price
I will be straightforward about this. The price, at sixty percent off, is not what you would expect to pay for three pieces that go together this well. I spent two minutes being suspicious of it and then stopped, because there was nothing to be suspicious of.
Free USA delivery. Thirty days to return it if it is not right. Five colors, sizes S to 5XL. That is the whole thing. If you are the sort of person who spends the first ten minutes of the day staring at a closet, I think this is worth a look.
Anne Whitaker
Elegant 3 Piece Set
60% OFF- Long open-front cardigan, round neck top, wide leg pants
- All matching: same color, same fabric, made to go together
- Five colors: brown, navy, burgundy, black, white
- Soft, stretchy, breathable fabric
- Sizes S to 5XL
- Free USA delivery and 30 day returns
About the writer. Anne Whitaker is a customer from Austin, TX. She previously wrote a letter about a sweater from Roselyn & Carter, which the store put up for other customers to read. This page is an advertisement for Roselyn & Carter · Free USA delivery · 30 day returns.