Woman in a black wool blazer with a leather O-ring strap belt and black pleated wide-leg trousers in a concrete sculpture garden

Straps and belts · Spring · Autumn · Winter

Black blazer with O-ring strap belt and pleated cut-out wide-leg trousers

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The straps aren't a cry for help. They're a waistline. A black wool blazer with folded shoulder panels, a black leather O-ring strap belt cinched over it, and pleated wide-leg trousers cut open at the sides. It looks like it takes an hour. It takes four buckles. Pointed boot, after dark.

A black wool blazer with folded shoulder panels under a leather O-ring strap belt, over pleated wide-leg trousers cut open at the sides.

All black, with hardware. The blazer is black wool with the shoulders built out into folded, layered panels that sit like armour, a wrapped front and the sleeves pushed up to show the satin lining. Over it, a black leather strap belt: a centre strap with two O-rings and silver rivets, splitting into straps that cross the waist. The trousers are black wool too, high-waisted and deeply pleated, with slashes at the sides that open as she walks.

This is the night version of a suit. Dinner, then somewhere with a door policy; an event where the dress code says black and means it. Wear the strap belt over the blazer, never under, and keep it as the only shine. A black pointed boot or a heavy sole, both work. Nothing at the neck, obviously; the straps have taken the job.

Concrete sculpture garden, last light. Even the statues look underdressed.

the pieces

Black wool blazer with folded shoulder panelsblazer · wool · black
Black leather O-ring strap beltstrap belt · leather · black
Black pleated wide-leg trousers with side cut-outswide leg trousers · wool · black