Magenta satin colour-block dress with tweed panels

A dress assembled from blocks: magenta satin, a matte wine panel across the chest and a cream panel over the left shoulder, cut so the seams run on the diagonal. The right side has a tailored three-quarter sleeve with a padded shoulder; the left is sleeveless. The front opens in a narrow V to the waist. The skirt is knee-length, with a box pleat in satin at the front, sparkling magenta tweed at the sides and a row of ladder cut-outs at each hip.

It is a dress for being looked at while you are doing something else: an opening, a studio visit, a long lunch. Black pointed pumps, no tights, nothing on the arms. Spring and autumn; satin and tweed together will not survive a heatwave.

I went to look at the paint. The dress came because it matches.