Woman leaning on a gilded balcony rail in a cobalt silk shantung crop top with folded shoulders and a box-pleated skirt

Evening and sequins · Spring · Autumn

Cobalt shantung crop top with a box-pleated skirt

A matching cobalt silk shantung set: a cropped top with folded sculptural shoulders and a high-waisted box-pleated skirt, leaning over a gilded theatre balcony.

A two-piece in cobalt silk shantung, the slubbed, crisp silk that holds a fold like paper. The top is cropped to the ribs with a draped front and two sculptural panels that fold up and out from the shoulders, half sleeve and half wing, ending at the elbow. The skirt sits high on the waist with a wide band and deep box pleats that keep their edges all the way down.

It is evening dressing for anyone who does not want a gown. Wear it with a pointed heel in black, the top and skirt together always, and let the strip of waist between them do the work. Spring and autumn, an opening night, a dinner in a room with too much gold.

I leaned on the balcony to look at the room. The room was looking at the top.

the pieces

Cobalt silk shantung crop top with folded sculptural shoulderscrop top · silk · cobalt
Cobalt silk shantung high-waisted box-pleated skirtpleated skirt · silk · cobalt