Woman in a black leather bustier with a burgundy one-shoulder pleated drape and a grey tulle skirt by a loft window

Leather and lace · Spring · Autumn

Leather bustier, one-shoulder drape and grey tulle skirt

A black leather bustier under a burgundy pleated one-shoulder drape, with a raw-edged denim waistband and a layered grey tulle skirt.

Three materials that should not get along, in one look. A black leather bustier with a pointed hem, worn under a single panel of burgundy pleated satin that runs from the hip over one shoulder and leaves the other arm free. Below it, a skirt built on a raw-edged indigo denim yoke that drops to a point at one side, with layers of smoke-grey tulle falling to the floor underneath.

It is an evening piece that happens to be cut from day fabrics. A loft, window light, somewhere with a bar. The arm that is uncovered is the one with the most ink, which was not an accident. Spring and autumn; in summer the tulle is fine, the leather is not, and I wear it anyway. Flat sandal under all that tulle, since a heel disappears.

Tulle catches on everything. Including the conversation.

the pieces

  • Black leather bustierbustier · leather · black
  • Burgundy pleated one-shoulder satin drapewrap top · satin · burgundy
  • Grey tulle skirt with a raw denim yokemaxi skirt · mesh · grey

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styling notes

  • Let one arm stay uncovered; the asymmetry is the look
  • Black smartwatch and the bead bracelet, nothing else on the arms
  • A flat sandal under the tulle; a heel disappears anyway

palette

Black#1C1B1B Charcoal#4A4A50 Burgundy#6A1E33 Navy#2B3F6B

details

Leather and laceSpringAutumnNight outCocktailEventDark glamRockLeatherSatinDenimMeshBustierMaxi skirtIndustrialAsymmetricPleatedOne shoulder

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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