Woman in a cobalt brocade kimono top with a bronze belt and draped indigo satin skirt at a night market stall

Velvet and embroidery · Spring · Autumn

Cobalt brocade kimono top with a bronze belt and satin skirt

A cobalt brocade wrap top with wide kimono sleeves, cinched by a hammered bronze belt over a draped indigo satin skirt with a front slit.

A wrap top in cobalt brocade, the pattern tone on tone so it reads as texture rather than print, with a shawl collar that crosses low and wide elbow-length kimono sleeves cut stiff enough to hold their shape. A wide belt in hammered bronze leather sits at the natural waist and holds everything down. Below it, a skirt in indigo satin, pleated into the belt and draped to the floor, with a front slit that opens as she walks.

This is night-market dressing: cobalt against strings of bulbs, satin against the cobbles. Autumn and spring evenings, dinner or a long walk through stalls, a flat sandal or a low block heel under the satin. The belt is the only metal; the hoops are small and the watch stays on.

Blue and purple together. I know. The belt is there to keep the peace.

the pieces

  • Cobalt brocade kimono wrap topkimono · brocade · cobalt
  • Hammered bronze leather beltbelt · leather · bronze
  • Indigo satin draped skirtwrap skirt · satin · navy

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styling notes

  • Belt at the natural waist, top tucked under it
  • Flat sandal or low block heel under the satin
  • The belt is the only metal

palette

Cobalt#2641A8 Navy#362C86 Bronze#8C6A3F

details

Velvet and embroiderySpringAutumnNight outDinnerTravelDark glamPowerLeatherSatinMetallicBrocadeBeltKimonoWrap skirtMarketPleatedBeltedDeep VHigh slit

wearabilitycloser to runway

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