Emerald puff-sleeve crop top with a high-low taffeta skirt

Emerald green taffeta-weight cotton, cut as a two-piece. The top has a boat neckline and elbow-length balloon sleeves gathered into narrow bands, and it ends just above the waistband. The skirt is high-waisted and gathered, falling to a high-low hem: above the knee at the front, sweeping the floor at the back. The fabric has enough body to hold the volume without any lining doing the work.

This is a spring and summer event outfit, cocktails on a terrace or a dinner that starts in daylight. A strappy heel in black keeps the green honest; a pointed flat works if the night involves stairs. No jacket; the sleeves are the outerwear. Hair down, so the neckline stays the only straight line in the outfit.

Green. On me. Somebody check the forecast.