Woman in a black one-sleeve wool blazer top, burgundy satin sash and slit wide-leg trousers in a concrete gallery

Dark tailoring · Autumn · Winter

Asymmetric balloon-sleeve blazer with burgundy satin sash

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One sleeve. It needed the room. A black wool blazer top with a single balloon sleeve, the other side cut away to a black bustier, a burgundy satin sash, slit wide-leg trousers. The sleeve takes up a seat. Openings, and doorways wide enough.

One sleeve the size of a sculpture, the other side sleeveless: a black wool blazer top cinched with a burgundy satin sash over slit wide-leg trousers.

A black wool blazer top cut in two halves that refuse to agree. The left side carries a pleated balloon sleeve the size of a small monument; the right side is sleeveless, with a curved cut-out above a black bustier. A pleated peplum finishes the hem, and a burgundy satin sash wraps the waist before it ties at the side. Underneath, black wide-leg trousers with front slits that open from the knee.

This is gallery-opening tailoring, not office tailoring. Wear it in autumn or winter with a pointed heel and nothing else that competes: the sleeve has already taken the room. If the sash feels like too much colour, a black one turns the whole thing into a monochrome study, though the wine red is the point. Keep the hair straight and off the shoulder so the pleats read.

Yes, the sleeve fits through doors. Sideways.

the pieces

  • Black wool asymmetric balloon-sleeve blazer topblazer · wool · black
  • Black bustierbustier · wool · black
  • Burgundy satin sashbelt · satin · burgundy
  • Black wide-leg trousers with front slitswide leg trousers · wool · black

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styling notes

  • Pointed heel, nothing chunky
  • Let the sleeve do the talking: no bag on that side
  • Swap the sash for black to go monochrome

palette

Black#141414 Burgundy#7A1F33 Charcoal#2E2C2A

details

Dark tailoringAutumnWinterDinnerEventPowerSharpSatinWoolBlazerBustierWide-leg trousersBeltIndustrialAsymmetricCut-outPuff sleevePleatedBelted

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