Black satin-draped blazer with a burgundy pleated midi skirt

The blazer is black wool, fitted, with sharp peak lapels and flap pockets, but a panel of black satin is draped diagonally across the front from the shoulder to the opposite hip, so the jacket wraps instead of buttoning. Sleeves pushed to three-quarter. Worn closed, with the lapels doing the neckline. The skirt is burgundy, knife-pleated from the waist to mid-calf, and moves like liquid when the blazer does not.

This is office tailoring that changes rooms after seven: meeting, then a drink in a velvet chair under a lamp. Autumn and winter by fabric; the pleats catch the draft but the wool does not care. A pointed black pump, matte, and a long black coat for the street.

Two colours, one of them black. For me that counts as a palette.