Woman in a black leather one-strap bustier, slit black pencil skirt and black knee boots standing by a loft window

Leather and lace · Autumn · Winter

Asymmetric leather bustier with slit pencil skirt and boots

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One strap. One buckle. Enough. A black leather bustier cut asymmetric, a high-waisted wool crepe pencil skirt with a high front slit, pointed knee-high boots over the slit. There's a blazer for the street. It hangs on the chair at the table, like my patience. Book a late table. Sit facing the door.

A black leather bustier with one buckled strap, a high-waisted pencil skirt with a high front slit and pointed knee boots. Loft light does the rest.

The top is a black leather bustier with a single strap that crosses from the left cup to a silver buckle at the right shoulder, leaving the other side strapless; a small D-ring hangs at the centre front. The skirt is black wool crepe, high-waisted and pencil-cut to mid-calf, with a high front slit that opens when she walks. Black leather knee boots with a pointed toe and a stiletto heel take over below the knee.

It is an evening look that reads as tailoring rather than costume because of the skirt: the waist is high and clean, the hem is long and the boots take over where the slit stops. Autumn and winter nights, a dinner where the coat goes on the back of the chair, a cocktail bar with concrete walls. Add an oversized black blazer for the walk there.

One strap, one slit, one buckle. Restraint, technically.

the pieces

Black leather asymmetric bustier with buckled strapbustier · leather · black
Black wool crepe high-waisted pencil skirt with front slitpencil skirt · wool · black
Black leather pointed knee-high bootsboots · leather · black