Statement trousers · Spring · Autumn

Black taffeta wrap blouse with gunmetal wide trousers

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I have opinions about trousers. These agree with me. Wide, high-waisted, in a gunmetal metallic weave that wakes up after sunset. On top, a black taffeta wrap blouse with balloon sleeves. A dress was too much effort. Jeans were never an option. Wear it to dinner.

A black taffeta wrap blouse with balloon sleeves and a pleated side panel, over wide trousers in a dark metallic weave.

A wrap blouse in black taffeta with a shawl of a collar and sleeves that take up real space: full from the shoulder, gathered into a cuff at the elbow. It crosses at the waist and is held by a wide folded band. From the right hip a pleated panel falls to the knee, like half a skirt that was kept for the drama. The left side ends in a sharp point.

The trousers are wide and high-waisted, in a dark metallic weave between gunmetal and bronze that only shows itself when the light comes in low. Black pointed pumps under the hem. It works for dinner, cocktails, any evening from September to April where a dress feels like too much effort and jeans feel like a lie.

Trousers with a pulse. I have opinions about trousers and this is one of them.

the pieces

  • Black taffeta wrap blousewrap top · silk · black
  • Gunmetal metallic wide-leg trouserswide leg trousers · metallic · gunmetal
  • Black pointed pumpsheels · leather · black

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styling notes

  • Let the pleated panel hang over one leg
  • Trousers long, covering the heel
  • Hair down, centre parted

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