Woman in a black blazer with leather lapels over a satin bodysuit and wide-leg trousers on a rooftop at dusk

Dark tailoring · Spring · Autumn

Leather-lapel black blazer over a cut-out satin bodysuit

A black wool blazer with rounded padded shoulders and leather lapels, open over a satin bodysuit with waist cut-outs and satin wide-leg trousers.

A black wool blazer with rounded, padded shoulders and wide lapels faced in matte leather, cropped at the hip and worn open. Under it, a black satin bodysuit with a cut-out at each side of the waist, bridged by a narrow strap. Black satin wide-leg trousers finish it, high-waisted and falling straight. The satin under the wool is the only shine in the outfit, and it is enough.

Tailoring built around one trick: the leather on the lapel. It reads as a plain black suit from across the car park and as something else up close. Wear it for drinks or an opening in autumn or spring, with the sleeves pushed up and a pointed shoe.

The shoulders are padded. The patience is not.

the pieces

  • Black wool blazer with leather lapels and padded shouldersblazer · wool · black
  • Black satin bodysuit with waist cut-outsbodysuit · satin · black
  • Black satin wide-leg trouserswide leg trousers · satin · black

similar pieces

  • Black wool blazer with leather lapels and padded shouldersfind similaramazon
  • Black satin bodysuit with waist cut-outsfind similaramazon
  • Black satin wide-leg trousersfind similaramazon

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styling notes

  • Blazer open, sleeves pushed to the forearm
  • Pointed pump or sock boot, nothing round
  • No belt over the cut-outs

palette

Black#121214 Charcoal#2C2A2A Gunmetal#4B4E52

details

Dark tailoringSpringAutumnDinnerCocktailEventPowerSharpLeatherSatinWoolBlazerBodysuitWide-leg trousersRooftopCut-outHigh waistFitted

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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