Dark tailoring · Spring · Autumn

Charcoal wool wrap blazer dress with pleated waist

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Half a suit. The better half. A charcoal wool blazer dress, wrapped in front, pleated at the waist, hem cut uneven. No tights, black pointed pumps. Charcoal counts as colour in my house. Office first, dinner after. Push the sleeves up.

An oversized charcoal wool blazer cut as a dress: wrap front, pleated waist, asymmetric hem and nothing else.

The blazer dress is a charcoal wool flannel with a soft, brushed hand. The shoulders are padded and squared, the sleeves cut generously and pushed up past the wrist, and the front wraps across the body on a single hidden fastening. Two deep pleats pinch the waist in on each side of the closure, so the volume above stays oversized while the hem falls narrow and asymmetric, one point dropping below the other at mid-thigh.

Worn on its own: no tights, no extra layers, the lapels open at the collar. It is an autumn and early-spring piece, warm enough for a rooftop at golden hour and sharp enough for an office that lets you get away with it. A pointed pump or a lug-sole boot both work; keep the shoe black and let the flannel do the talking.

A blazer that skipped the trousers. Nobody at the meeting will mention it, and everybody will.