Woman in an ivory blazer with lace side panels and an ivory satin handkerchief skirt by a vintage car on a desert road

All white · Spring · Summer

Ivory blazer with lace side panels and a satin hanky skirt

An ivory wool blazer opened at the sides into lace panels, over a satin skirt cut to long handkerchief points.

The blazer is ivory wool, single-breasted with peak lapels, flap pockets and buttoned cuffs. Its sides are cut away from under the arm to the waist and filled with ivory floral lace, so from the side it reads as tailoring with a lace lining showing through. From the front it is a plain blazer.

The skirt is ivory satin, cut on the bias into an asymmetric handkerchief hem: short at one side, long points at the other, moving with any wind. Black stiletto sandals with a fine ankle strap are the only dark note. Wear it for a spring or summer dinner, or a long drive that ends somewhere with tablecloths.

White on a desert road is a bad idea. That is the reason to do it.

the pieces

  • Ivory wool blazer with lace side panelsblazer · wool · ivory
  • Ivory satin handkerchief-hem skirtmidi skirt · satin · ivory
  • Black ankle-strap stiletto sandalsheels · leather · black

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styling notes

  • Ivory in three textures, one black note at the feet
  • Blazer buttoned so the lace stays at the sides
  • Small hoops only

palette

Ivory#F1EBDD Bone#E6DCC8 Black#0B0B0B

details

All whiteSpringSummerDinnerTravelRomanticSharpLaceSatinWoolBlazerHeelsMidi skirtDesertAsymmetricCut-out

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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