Black cut-out puff-sleeve top and charcoal tweed skirt

A black crepe top with a round neck and enormous balloon sleeves that gather just above the elbow. The body is cut with three diagonal slashes: one across the collarbone, one below it, one at the waist, each a clean line and nothing more. It tucks into a charcoal tweed pencil skirt, high-waisted, with a waistband that rises to a point at the front and a wrap seam that runs down to a midi hem.

This is office tailoring that goes straight to dinner without a change. The tweed is dense enough for winter; the sleeves carry the whole silhouette, so the skirt stays narrow and the shoe stays pointed. No belt, no necklace: the cut-outs already draw the line. Hair down, small hoops, the smartwatch and a bead bracelet, a rooftop at golden hour with the skyline out of focus.

Three slashes, all deliberate. The tailor was not attacked.