Woman in a black satin blazer and wide-leg trousers with a black leather corset belt beside tall loft windows

Dark tailoring · Spring · Autumn · Winter

Black satin blazer and trousers with a leather corset belt

A black satin blazer and wide-leg trousers, the jacket pulled in by a black leather corset belt, in a loft lit by tall windows.

A black satin blazer with notched lapels, a single hidden fastening and flap pockets, the sleeves pushed up to show the forearm. Over it, a black leather corset belt, boned and curved under the bust, that takes a loose jacket and gives it a waist. The trousers are the same black satin, high-waisted, wide and long enough to brush the floor.

An all-black suit in satin is for the hours after the office closes: dinner, a launch, a cocktail bar with a long mirror and a short list. Autumn through spring. Only the belt over the blazer and no top beneath it, a black pointed heel below, hair down, and the small hoops that are always there anyway.

Satin in daylight is a risk. I took it. The windows agreed.

the pieces

  • Black satin blazerblazer · satin · black
  • Black leather corset beltbelt · leather · black
  • Black satin wide-leg trouserswide leg trousers · satin · black

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styling notes

  • Belt over the blazer, no top beneath
  • Sleeves pushed above the wrist
  • Black pointed heel

palette

Black#141414 Charcoal#3A3937 Gunmetal#5A5753

details

Dark tailoringSpringAutumnWinterDinnerCocktailEventDark glamPowerLeatherSatinBlazerWide-leg trousersBeltIndustrialBeltedDeep VFitted

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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