Woman in a black bell-sleeve peplum top and cut-out wide-leg trousers on granite steps in hard sun

All black · Spring · Autumn

Black bell-sleeve peplum top with cut-out wide-leg trousers

A black crepe top with bell sleeves and a pleated peplum over wide-leg trousers with a cut-out at the left leg, on granite steps in hard sun.

A black crepe top with a square notched neckline, a fitted bodice and bell sleeves that open wide from the elbow. The peplum falls in stiff pleated points over a wide pleated band at the waist. The wide-leg trousers match, with a pressed crease and a rectangular cut-out high on the front of the left leg. Black leather pointed ankle boots.

All-black for stairs and hard sun. The shapes carry it: the bell of the sleeve, the point of the peplum, the window in the trouser. Keep everything else off, no bag, no layers, and let the cut-out show the ink. A pointed boot, nothing chunky. Autumn and spring, for an event that photographs.

Granite steps, no handrail needed. The sleeves give me balance.

the pieces

  • Black crepe bell-sleeve peplum topshirt · black
  • Black wide-leg trousers with a leg cut-outwide leg trousers · black
  • Black leather pointed ankle bootsboots · leather · black

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styling notes

  • No bag, no layers over the peplum
  • Pointed ankle boot, slim heel
  • Hair down and straight so the neckline stays the only line

palette

Black#131110 Charcoal#282220 Gunmetal#4B4E52

details

All blackSpringAutumnDinnerCocktailEventDark glamPowerLeatherWide-leg trousersShirtBootsStreetCut-outPeplumPleatedDeep V

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