Woman in a burgundy and black colour-block blazer with a pleated panel and matching pencil skirt in a theatre lobby at dusk

Dark tailoring · Autumn · Winter

Burgundy colour-block blazer and pencil skirt with pleats

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Burgundy and black, and one diagonal pleat. A colour-block blazer with a pleated panel across the front, over a matching pencil skirt with black side panels. Black satin platform heels. No tights in winter. Cold is negotiable. Interval drinks, old theatre.

A burgundy and black colour-block blazer with a diagonal pleated panel, a matching pencil skirt and platform heels in an old theatre lobby.

A blazer cut in burgundy and black blocks: black lapel and shoulder on one side, burgundy on the other, a fitted waist, and a panel of knife pleats that starts at the chest, crosses the front on the diagonal and falls free past the hip like a half-open fan. The skirt matches, a knee-length pencil in burgundy with black panels down both sides so the silhouette narrows from across the room. Black satin platform heels with an ankle strap finish it.

Evening tailoring for autumn and winter: an opening night, a dinner with a dress code nobody wrote down. Worn without tights, hair down, small hoops. The pleated panel moves when she walks, so the blazer is the thing to watch, not the skirt.

Old theatres and I have an understanding. They were built for an entrance; I arrive.

the pieces

Burgundy and black colour-block blazer with pleated panelblazer · wool · burgundy
Burgundy pencil skirt with black side panelspencil skirt · wool · burgundy
Black satin platform heels with ankle strapheels · satin · black