Woman in a cobalt satin puff-sleeve blazer and pleated handkerchief skirt standing in a sunlit stone courtyard

Dark tailoring · Spring · Summer · Autumn

Cobalt satin puff-sleeve blazer with a handkerchief skirt

A pleated cobalt satin blazer with puff shoulders over a pencil skirt layered with raw-edged handkerchief panels.

A skirt suit in cobalt satin, taken apart at the hem. The blazer is fitted through the waist with vertical pleats stitched down from the shoulder to the hip, a notched lapel, puffed sleeve heads and a short pleated peplum that falls in flaps rather than a smooth hem. Under it, a satin pencil skirt to the knee, and over that a layer of handkerchief panels cut on the square and left with raw edges, so the points hang at different lengths around the legs.

Wear it in full sun: the satin reads darker in the folds and almost cornflower where the light hits, which is the whole point of a single-colour suit. Spring through early autumn, for a long lunch, a civil wedding or anything with a stone courtyard. No tights, a pointed slingback, small hoops.

Monochrome is still my comfort zone. I just changed the colour of the zone.

the pieces

  • Cobalt satin pleated puff-sleeve blazerblazer · satin · cobalt
  • Cobalt satin pencil skirt with handkerchief overlaypencil skirt · satin · cobalt

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styling notes

  • Blazer closed, nothing visible underneath
  • No tights; a pointed slingback in black or navy
  • Hair down and straight; the shoulders are the volume

palette

Cobalt#1F3F8E Navy#142A5E Silver#8DA6D6

details

Dark tailoringSpringSummerAutumnCocktailEventDaytimeRomanticSharpSatinBlazerPencil skirtStreetAsymmetricPeplumPuff sleevePleatedFitted

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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