Woman at a sidewalk cafe table in a chocolate suede pencil skirt, black V-neck knit and chocolate suede knee boots
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Knit and layers · Autumn · Winter

Chocolate suede pencil skirt, V-neck knit and flat boots

Sidewalk cafe, morning: a chocolate suede pencil skirt to the knee, a black sleeveless V-neck knit tucked in, suede knee boots and a wool coat on the shoulders.

A chocolate brown suede pencil skirt, high-waisted and cut to the knee, with the nap of the suede catching the morning light at every fold. Tucked into it, a black fine-knit V-neck sweater, sleeveless, fitted, the kind that disappears under a coat and holds its own without one. The boots match the skirt: glove-fit chocolate suede, knee-high, flat, with a round toe and a low stacked heel.

Over the shoulders, a long black wool coat with notched lapels, worn as a cape while she sits. This is an autumn morning outfit for a cafe table and the walk after it: two colours, two textures, flat soles. Office-safe with the coat on, off-duty with it on the chair. The suede needs dry weather and nothing else.

Flat boots and a coffee before noon. She is capable of restraint, briefly.

the pieces

  • Chocolate suede pencil skirtpencil skirt · leather · chocolate
  • Black sleeveless V-neck knitsweater · knit · black
  • Chocolate suede flat knee bootsboots · leather · chocolate
  • Long black wool coatcoat · wool · black

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styling notes

  • Match the boot to the skirt, not to the coat
  • Coat on the shoulders while seated, on properly for the walk
  • Tuck the knit; the waist is the point
  • Flat boot, no tights

palette

Black#0A0C0C Chocolate#4A2C21 Charcoal#262220

details

Knit and layersAutumnWinterDaytimeCoffeeOfficeMinimalSoftLeatherWoolKnitCoatBootsPencil skirtSweaterStreetFitted

wearabilitycloser to street

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