Woman in a black leather cut-out bustier, leather wrap skirt and thigh-high boots against a dark studio backdrop

All black · Autumn · Winter

Leather cut-out bustier, wrap skirt and thigh-high boots

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Leather, three times over. A boned black leather bustier with a keyhole cut-out, a draped leather wrap skirt that opens at one side, and thigh-high boots that meet it. No bag. My hands stay free, in case I need to leave. Wear it late, somewhere with heavy doors.

Head-to-toe black leather: a boned bustier with a keyhole cut-out, a draped wrap skirt that opens at one side, and boots that meet it.

Three pieces, one material. The bustier is black leather with a scooped neckline, seamed cups and a keyhole cut-out at the centre front where the boning meets; it ends in a point below the waist like a corset. The skirt is a leather wrap, high-waisted, with a draped panel at the back that falls longer than the front, so it opens at one side when she stands still and closes when she moves. The boots are thigh-high black leather, flat-heeled enough to walk in, and they end exactly where the skirt begins.

There is nothing to add and a lot to take away: no shirt under the bustier, no belt over the wrap, no bag. This is a night-out or event outfit for autumn and winter, when the leather makes sense and the boots do the work of tights. The hair stays straight and long to soften the edges of all that hide. It photographs against a dark backdrop because it is the same colour as the dark.

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