Woman in an emerald satin and black faux leather blazer dress with one pleated sleeve, by a concrete wall at golden hour

Dark tailoring · Spring · Autumn

Emerald and black blazer dress with one pleated sleeve

Half satin, half faux leather: a split blazer dress with one pleated balloon sleeve and cut-outs at the waist, shot in brutalist concrete at golden hour.

A blazer dress cut down the middle. The right side is emerald satin with a notched lapel and a flap pocket; the left is black faux leather, with its own lapel and pocket, and the two halves wrap and meet at a single point at the waist. One sleeve only, on the right, a knife-pleated satin balloon that gathers into a cuff at the wrist. The left side is sleeveless. Two cut-outs sit at the waist, and the hem is cut short and on the bias, so the leather half drops lower than the satin.

It is a dress that does all the work, so the rest stays quiet: no tights, a pointed black heel, hair down. Spring and early autumn, when the arm can go uncovered and the concrete is still warm at seven. Drinks, a dinner, anything with a doorman.

Two fabrics, one dress, zero compromises. The leather side is the one I argue with.

the pieces

  • Emerald satin and black faux leather blazer dress with one pleated sleevemini dress · satin · emerald

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styling notes

  • No tights, a pointed black heel
  • Hair down, over the sleeveless side
  • Nothing on the neck; the lapels are the jewellery

palette

Emerald#1B6B4F Black#141414 Forest green#1F4A3A

details

Dark tailoringSpringAutumnDinnerCocktailEventPowerSharpFaux leatherSatinBlazerMini dressIndustrialAsymmetricCut-outPuff sleeve

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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