Woman in a burgundy draped wool jacket, satin mini skirt and croc over-the-knee boots walking down laundromat steps

Dark tailoring · Autumn · Winter

Burgundy wool drape jacket with a satin mini and croc boots

A sculpted burgundy wool jacket with a wide collar and one long draped panel, over a satin camisole and mini skirt, with croc over-the-knee boots.

The jacket is burgundy wool, cut close through the waist and fastened with a single hidden button. The collar opens wide into a deep V, the hem drops to points at the hip, and from one shoulder a long panel of the same wool falls past the knee like half a cape. Under it, a burgundy satin camisole and a satin mini skirt; below, over-the-knee boots in croc-embossed burgundy leather with a pointed toe.

Four pieces, one colour, three textures: matte wool, slick satin, the grain of the croc. That is what keeps a monochrome look from going flat. Autumn and winter, nights out, dinners where the coat stays on. The draped panel wants one hand free and stairs taken slowly.

I only came down for the change machine. It took the long way.

the pieces

  • Burgundy wool jacket with a draped shoulder panelblazer · wool · burgundy
  • Burgundy satin camisoletank top · satin · burgundy
  • Burgundy satin mini skirtmini skirt · satin · burgundy
  • Burgundy croc-embossed leather over-the-knee bootsboots · leather · burgundy

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styling notes

  • One colour head to toe; vary the textures instead
  • Fasten the single button so the waist holds
  • Pointed toe on the boots to echo the jacket hem
  • Keep one hand free for the drape

palette

Burgundy#561521 Oxblood#45101A Red#6E1C2A

details

Dark tailoringAutumnWinterNight outDinnerDark glamPowerLeatherSatinWoolBlazerMini skirtTank topBootsLaundromatAsymmetricPeplumFitted

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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