Woman in a burgundy blazer with cut-outs threaded with cream tulle and matching tailored shorts beside a clay sculpture

in situ: Burgundy cut-out blazer with tulle sash and tailored shorts

in motion: Burgundy cut-out blazer with tulle sash and tailored shorts

Dark tailoring · Spring · Autumn

Burgundy cut-out blazer with tulle sash and tailored shorts

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A blazer with holes in it, on purpose. A burgundy wool blazer, cut-outs threaded with a cream tulle sash, over matching tailored shorts. Sleeves up, tulle down. Pointed flat, no tights. The sculptor's studio had dust. The tulle has opinions about dust. Afternoon, somewhere with good light.

A burgundy wool blazer with cut-outs threaded with cream tulle, over matching tailored shorts, in a sculptor's studio.

The blazer is burgundy wool, single-breasted with two covered buttons, peak lapels and sleeves pushed to the elbow. Two cut-outs are cut into it, one at the shoulder and one at the waist, and a length of cream tulle is threaded through both and left to fall from the second button down the hip. The shorts are the same wool, high-waisted and tailored, with a short clean leg.

It is a suit with the trousers removed and something soft put in their place. Spring and early autumn, a gallery opening, a drink at seven. A pointed flat or a low heel; no tights. Keep the tulle: it is the whole point, and it creases on purpose.

The sculpture had better posture than me. It also had no wool to contend with.