Woman from behind in an oxblood taffeta coat with a tall collar and tiered hem, black leather trousers, cobbled street

Outerwear · Spring · Autumn

Oxblood taffeta coat with tiered hem and leather trousers

From behind: an oxblood taffeta coat with a tall standing collar and a tiered, asymmetric hem, over black leather trousers on a cobbled side street.

The coat is oxblood taffeta, the crisp kind that holds a crease and catches light in two tones. It is fitted through the back with a centre seam, the sleeves narrow to a turned cuff, and the collar stands tall and splits into two points behind the head. The skirt of the coat is cut in two tiers, each one asymmetric, so the hem falls lower at the back than the front. Under it, black leather trousers, slim and straight.

Seen from behind because that is where the coat happens: the collar, the seam, the tiers. It is a cold-day coat for a city walk, a long lunch or a late train. Autumn and spring, with a flat black boot; the leather trousers keep the wind off the legs.

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the pieces

  • Oxblood taffeta coat with tall collar and tiered hemcoat · silk · oxblood
  • Black slim leather trousersleather trousers · leather · black

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styling notes

  • Collar up, always
  • Slim leather trouser so the tiers have room
  • Flat black boot; the coat is the height

palette

Oxblood#7A1B22 Black#141414 Red#A3282E

details

OuterwearSpringAutumnDinnerDaytimeTravelDark glamSharpLeatherSilkLeather trousersCoatStreetAsymmetricPeplumFitted

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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