Woman in a bronze satin asymmetric wrap blazer and black brocade-panelled wide-leg trousers on a rooftop at golden hour

Dark tailoring · Spring · Autumn · Winter

Bronze satin wrap blazer with black brocade trousers

An asymmetric bronze satin blazer that wraps on the diagonal, with puffed shoulders, over black wide-leg trousers panelled in brocade. Rooftop, last sun.

The blazer is bronze satin with a dull metallic sheen, cut to wrap diagonally across the body so the front edge runs from the right lapel down to a point below the left hip. Notched lapels, a welt chest pocket, a flap pocket at the hip and gathered, puffed sleeve heads that drop into long sleeves pushed up to the forearm. Worn closed, as the top. The trousers are black, high-waisted and wide, built from vertical panels: plain black crepe at the sides and centre, black-on-black floral brocade in between, so the pattern only shows when the light hits it.

This is dinner tailoring for the cold half of the year, or a spring evening on a roof like this one. A pointed black pump, hair down, sleeves pushed up so the arms show. No shirt; the blazer is the top.

Bronze is the one metal I trust. Gold talks too much.

the pieces

  • Bronze satin asymmetric wrap blazerblazer · satin · bronze
  • Black brocade-panelled wide-leg trouserswide leg trousers · brocade · black

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styling notes

  • The blazer is the top; it closes high enough
  • Sleeves pushed up to the forearm
  • Pointed black pump, no colour below the waist

palette

Bronze#9A6A3C Black#141414 Charcoal#2E2C2A

details

Dark tailoringSpringAutumnWinterDinnerCocktailEventPowerSharpSatinBrocadeBlazerWide-leg trousersRooftopAsymmetricPuff sleeveHigh waist

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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