Leather and lace · Spring · Autumn

O-ring biker jacket, mesh corset and embroidered trousers

A cropped black leather biker jacket with an O-ring hem over a sand mesh corset and black wide-leg trousers with tonal floral applique, in a brick alley.

A black leather biker jacket cropped under the bust, with an off-centre silver zip, a snap collar and a row of silver O-rings hung from the hem on short leather tabs. Under it, a corset in sand mesh with black boned seams and structured black cups, cut to the waist. Black wide-leg trousers, high-waisted, with tonal black floral applique climbing the legs.

This is leather for a warm night: the jacket is short enough not to count as a layer. Spring and autumn, a night out that starts with dinner in an old town where the walls are the colour of the corset. A black pointed boot or sandal, hair down, nothing in the hands.

The flowers on the trousers match the ones on my arm. Neither was planned. Both stay.

the pieces

  • Cropped black leather O-ring biker jacketbiker jacket · leather · black
  • Sand mesh corset with black boningcorset · mesh · tan
  • Black floral applique wide-leg trouserswide leg trousers · black

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styling notes

  • Jacket worn open, zip to the side
  • Black pointed boot or thin sandal
  • Hair down, no bag

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wearabilitysomewhere in between

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