Woman in a black and charcoal asymmetric dress with a grey satin drape, leather band and long sash in front of neon windows

All black · Spring · Autumn

Black asymmetric dress with a draped satin panel and sash

Charcoal jersey, a grey satin drape, a black leather band and a sash to the floor: one dress built from four pieces of the same dark.

The body of the dress is charcoal jersey, sleeveless, with a high round neck on one side; across it runs a panel of steel-grey satin draped from the shoulder to the waist, bound by a black leather band that crosses the ribs on the diagonal. The waist is cut out on the right, the skirt is black, fitted and asymmetric, with a side slit, and a long satin sash falls from the waist seam to the ground.

It is an evening dress that behaves like separates: four textures, one colour family, nothing shiny except the satin. Wear it with a pointed black sandal and the hair down, and let the sash do the movement. Late nights in autumn and the first warm nights of spring; in winter a long black coat on top and the sash out of the hem.

Four shades of black is not indecision. It is a range.

the pieces

  • Black and charcoal asymmetric dress with satin drape and leather bandmidi dress · satin · black

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styling notes

  • Pointed black sandal, nothing chunky
  • Winter: a long black coat, sash left out of the hem
  • Hair down, so the shoulder line stays the sharpest edge

palette

Black#141414 Charcoal#3A3937 Gunmetal#5B5860

details

All blackSpringAutumnNight outCocktailDark glamRockLeatherSatinKnitMidi dressIndustrialAsymmetricCut-outHigh slit

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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