Woman in a cobalt wool peplum blazer and ivory satin circle skirt standing in a sunlit cobbled alley between old buildings

Dark tailoring · Spring · Autumn

Cobalt peplum blazer with an ivory satin circle skirt

A cobalt wool blazer with a pleated peplum hem and a single hidden button, over an ivory satin skirt that swings out from the waist.

Two pieces, two colours, no third thing. The blazer is cobalt felted wool with notch lapels, a single hidden fastening at the waist and vertical pleats stitched down from the shoulder that open into a short peplum below the waist. The sleeves stop just past the elbow. The skirt is ivory satin cut as a full circle from a fitted waistband, falling to the calf and moving on its own.

It is office tailoring with a temper. Wear it to a meeting that is also lunch, or to a daytime wedding where you are not the one getting married but intend to be photographed. Spring and the first dry weeks of autumn; the three-quarter sleeve shows the tattoos, so no need for a bracelet beyond the usual beads. Flat pointed shoes keep the skirt in proportion; a heel makes it formal. No belt, the peplum is the waist.

The alley was the only shade in town. I stood in the sun anyway.

the pieces

  • Cobalt wool peplum blazerblazer · wool · cobalt
  • Ivory satin circle midi skirtmidi skirt · satin · ivory

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styling notes

  • No belt, the peplum is the waistline
  • Pointed flats for daytime, a slim heel for evening
  • Keep the sleeves at three-quarter length to show the arms
  • Nothing patterned anywhere

palette

Cobalt#1F3FB5 Ivory#F1EBDD Bone#E6DFD0

details

Dark tailoringSpringAutumnCocktailDaytimeOfficePowerSharpSatinWoolBlazerMidi skirtStreetPeplumPleatedFitted

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