Woman in a navy and bone knife-pleated gown with a fan-pleated shoulder in front of a concrete wall and steel sculpture

Evening and sequins · Spring · Summer

Navy and bone pleated gown with fan shoulder and cut-outs

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Pleats, built like architecture. A knife-pleated satin gown wrapped in bands of navy and bone, a fan-pleated shoulder standing up past the ear, raw-edged panels to the floor. Hair tucked behind the fan. Sitting down is not on the programme. Galas. Standing only.

Knife-pleated satin wrapped in navy and bone bands, a fan-pleated shoulder and raw-edged panels falling to the floor, shot against concrete and steel.

The gown is built entirely from knife-pleated satin, wrapped across the body in alternating navy and bone bands that cross at the waist and open into cut-outs on both sides. The left shoulder carries a stiff fan of pleats that stands up like a collar; the right shoulder is a single bone strap. Below the waist the panels are left with raw, fraying edges and layered so navy and bone overlap unevenly down to the floor. It is one piece, no belt, no closure showing.

There is nothing to add and everything to avoid. Hair straight and centre-parted so it does not fight the fan, the black smartwatch and the bead bracelet as always, and a heel that stays out of sight under the hem. It is a spring and summer gown for a red carpet, a gala or an editorial in strong light, where the pleats throw their own shadows. It does not do dinner and it does not do cars.

A fan on one shoulder and a strap on the other. Symmetry was never the point.