Woman in a black ribbed knit off-the-shoulder wrap top and wrap skirt with bone trim and black knee boots in a white hallway

Knit and layers · Autumn · Winter

Black ribbed knit wrap top and skirt with bone trim

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Knitwear that doesn't apologise. A black ribbed knit wrap top, off the shoulder, one long sleeve, and the matching wrap skirt tied at the hip, both edged in bone. Black pointed knee boots. One sleeve. The other arm had plans. Wear both pieces together, or neither.

A ribbed knit set in black edged in bone: an off-the-shoulder wrap top with one long sleeve and a wrap skirt tied at the hip with a high side slit.

A matching set in heavy black ribbed knit, every edge bound in a wide band of bone-coloured rib. The top sits off both shoulders and wraps across the front, with a single long sleeve on the right arm and none on the left; it is cropped to end just above the skirt's waistband. The skirt wraps the same way, ties at the left hip with long bone-edged ends, and opens in a slit that runs from the tie to the hem.

The knit is thick enough for autumn and winter and stretchy enough to be worn all day; the off-the-shoulder neckline and the slit keep it from reading as a jumper. Black leather knee boots with a pointed toe finish it, and the accessories stop at small hoops, smartwatch and bead bracelet. Daytime through to dinner, a gallery in the afternoon, drinks after. A long black coat over the top when the temperature says so.

Two colours, one sleeve, no arguments. The knit did the talking and the trim did the punctuation.

the pieces

  • Black ribbed knit off-the-shoulder wrap top with bone trimwrap top · knit · black
  • Black ribbed knit wrap skirt with bone trimwrap skirt · knit · black
  • Black pointed knee bootsboots · leather · black

similar pieces

  • Black ribbed knit off-the-shoulder wrap top with bone trimfind similaramazon
  • Black ribbed knit wrap skirt with bone trimfind similaramazon
  • Black pointed knee bootsfind similaramazon

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styling notes

  • Wear both pieces together; the trim needs to line up
  • Knee boot in black, pointed, so the slit has somewhere to go
  • Nothing at the neck with a neckline this open
  • Tie the skirt at the hip and leave the ends long

palette

Black#151515 Bone#E8DFC8 Ivory#F0EADB

details

Knit and layersAutumnWinterDinnerCocktailDaytimeMinimalSharpLeatherKnitBootsWrap skirtWrap topStudio (concrete)AsymmetricCut-outBeltedCroppedHigh slit

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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