Woman in an oversized black blazer over a leather and lace bustier and charcoal wide-leg trousers, seated in an apartment

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Oversized blazer over a leather and lace bustier

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A bustier before noon. Yes. An oversized black wool blazer, sleeves pushed up, over a black leather bustier with lace at the sides, charcoal wide-leg trousers to the floor. The blazer is two sizes too big. That is the size. Morning meeting, then dinner, same clothes.

An oversized black blazer over a black leather bustier with lace panels, charcoal wide-leg trousers and a top-handle bag, in a Paris-style apartment.

The blazer is black, oversized and single-breasted, with the shoulders dropped and the sleeves pushed up so the tattoos show. Under it a black leather bustier top with a moulded bodice and lace panels down the sides, which is what makes the whole thing look like it was planned. The trousers are charcoal, high-waisted and wide, with a long clean line to the floor. A small black top-handle bag with a gold clasp sits by the chair.

Seated on a velvet chair in a tall-windowed apartment with the light coming in sideways, this is how to wear a bustier at eleven in the morning: under a blazer that is two sizes too big and over trousers that mean business. Autumn through spring, office to dinner without a change.

The blazer is doing the talking. The bustier is doing the listening.