Woman in a grey metallic linen crossover top and cropped trousers sitting on the sloped wall of an empty swimming pool

Statement trousers · Spring · Summer

Metallic grey crossover cut-out top and cropped trousers

A sleeveless crossover top and cropped tapered trousers in the same grey metallic linen, with silver block-heel sandals.

Both pieces are cut from the same grey linen with a metallic thread through it, so it flashes silver in hard sun and goes flat grey in shade. The top is sleeveless with a high round neck and wide bands that cross over the chest, leaving a cut-out in the centre and a short opening above the waistband. The trousers are high-waisted with a pressed front seam, slanted pockets and a tapered leg that stops just above the ankle.

Silver leather sandals with two wide straps and a low block heel finish it. It is a summer set for long afternoons outdoors, and it looks better the more concrete is around it. Add a grey linen blazer over the top if the plan moves indoors.

An empty pool in July. The only place in town without a queue.

the pieces

  • Grey metallic linen crossover top with a cut-outcrop top · metallic · grey
  • Grey metallic linen cropped tapered trouserstrousers · metallic · grey
  • Silver leather two-strap block-heel sandalsheels · leather · silver

similar pieces

  • Grey metallic linen crossover top with a cut-outfind similaramazon
  • Grey metallic linen cropped tapered trousersfind similaramazon
  • Silver leather two-strap block-heel sandalsfind similaramazon

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styling notes

  • Wear both pieces together; the set is the point
  • Trousers stop above the ankle to show the sandal
  • Silver sandals, never gold, with this grey
  • Grey linen blazer on top if the plan goes indoors

palette

Grey#8E9093 Silver#C0C0C4 Gunmetal#4B4E52

details

Statement trousersSpringSummerDaytimeBeachMinimalSharpMetallicLinenHeelsCrop topTrousersCoastCut-outHigh waistCropped

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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