Woman in an oversized burgundy blazer, black satin camisole and black leather midi skirt seated at a Paris café table

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Burgundy oversized blazer with a black leather midi skirt

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Café table, blazer bigger than the table. An oversized burgundy wool blazer with pleated panels down the sleeves, a black satin camisole under it, a black leather A-line midi skirt. Wedge ankle boots in stretch leather, the odd thing of the day. Coffee before conversation. The blazer handles the conversation.

An oversized burgundy blazer with pleated sleeve panels, over a black satin camisole and a black leather midi skirt, at a café table.

The blazer is burgundy wool, cut oversized with dropped shoulders, a single button and a straight hem that reaches the hip, and the sleeves are the detail: a panel of knife pleats set into each one from the elbow down, so the cuff flares when the arm bends. Under it, a black satin camisole with a soft V. The skirt is black leather, A-line, seamed in panels and falling to mid-calf. The boots are black stretch leather, ankle height, on a carved wedge heel that bends back under the foot.

Coffee clothes for cold months. The blazer goes over everything else in the wardrobe; the leather skirt replaces the jeans you would otherwise wear with it. No tights until it drops below zero. Keep the top simple so the sleeves get the attention, and let the boots be the odd thing in the outfit.

Two coffees. One was for the view.