Forest green wool midi dress with a belt and knee boots

A forest green wool midi dress, fitted through the body, with long sleeves, gathered sculpted shoulders and a square neckline with a small cut-out below the collarbone. A narrow black leather belt sits at the waist; the skirt falls straight to just below the knee with a slit at the back that opens when she moves. Black leather knee-high boots with a slim heel, and a small black top-handle bag on the table.

The dress is tailoring that happens to be a dress: shoulders built, waist marked, hem clean. Green this dark reads as a neutral next to black, which is how it earns a place in the wardrobe. Autumn and winter, a glasshouse cafe with a cup going cold, boots to the knee so there is no question of tights. The slit is the only thing that shows the ink, and that is on purpose.

I stood up to leave twice. The chair was comfortable. The dress was not the problem.