Woman in a knife-pleated charcoal and silver fan top and a navy crinkle maxi skirt in an empty warehouse

Evening and sequins · Spring · Summer · Autumn

Charcoal and silver pleated fan top with a navy maxi skirt

A knife-pleated top in charcoal and silver that fans out past the shoulders, over a navy crinkle maxi skirt with gathered pockets.

The top is two colours of knife-pleated fabric, charcoal on one side and silver on the other, cut as one flat shape that wraps the torso and fans out beyond each shoulder like an open blade. It is cropped at the ribs, sleeveless in effect, with a high folded collar that stands against the neck. The skirt is navy, floor-length and gathered at the waist in a crinkled, washed fabric, with two oversized patch pockets that pull the volume to the hips.

Two shapes, both big, kept in a tight palette so they read as one. This is an editorial look first, an event look second, and it needs an empty room: a warehouse, a gallery, a long corridor. Spring through autumn, with a flat black sandal or a pointed pump hidden under the hem.

The shoulders enter the room first. I follow when I feel like it.

the pieces

  • Charcoal and silver knife-pleated fan topcrop top · metallic · charcoal
  • Navy crinkle maxi skirt with patch pocketsmaxi skirt · linen · navy

similar pieces

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styling notes

  • Nothing on the arms; the top does the width
  • Hem to the floor, shoe hidden
  • Hair straight and tucked behind the collar

palette

Navy#1E2A4A Charcoal#3A3A3E Silver#A9A9AE

details

Evening and sequinsSpringSummerAutumnEventEditorialDark glamSharpMetallicLinenCrop topMaxi skirtIndustrialAsymmetricPleatedCroppedOversized

wearabilitycloser to runway

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