Black leather top with cobalt panels and tweed mini skirt

A sleeveless top in black leather, draped from a high neck into soft folds, with cobalt satin panels set into the seams and stiff cap shoulders that stand away from the arm. Tucked into a mini skirt in salt-and-pepper tweed, high-waisted, with a wide folded flap at the front that falls like a single ruffle over the hip.

Three textures that have no business together and get along fine. It is a daytime look for spring and autumn, built for waiting rooms and the train after: the leather takes the cold off, the tweed takes the bench. Keep the arms uncovered; the shoulders are the structure. No tights, a black ankle boot or a pointed flat, and a bag that fits on the lap.

A station bench is a front row if you sit on it correctly.