Woman in a cream and navy pleated fan-sleeve top and black satin wide-leg trousers with ankle cut-outs by a concrete wall

Evening and sequins · Spring · Summer · Autumn

Pleated fan-sleeve top with black satin wide-leg trousers

A sculptural cream and navy pleated top with fan-shaped sleeves, tied at the waist, over black satin wide-leg trousers cut out at the ankle. Hard sun.

The top is made entirely of fine accordion pleats: two great fan-shaped sleeves in cream open out from the shoulders like paper, a navy pleated panel cuts across the body on the diagonal, and the whole thing wraps and ties at the waist in a knot of pleats. A high round neck, no fastenings you can see, and a hem that falls in uneven pleated points over the trousers. The trousers are black satin, high-waisted and wide, with a circular cut-out above each ankle so the hem floats around the foot. Black sandals with one thin strap across the toes.

This is cocktail dressing for the warm months and for any room with good ceilings. Keep the arms uncovered, the hair straight and the shoe to a single strap. No bag; the sleeves take the width a bag would take.

A top that unfolds. If I stand too close to a door I am a hazard.

the pieces

  • Cream and navy pleated fan-sleeve wrap topwrap top · ivory
  • Black satin wide-leg trousers with ankle cut-outswide leg trousers · satin · black
  • Black single-strap sandalsheels · black

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styling notes

  • Arms uncovered; the sleeves need air around them
  • Single-strap sandal, the ankle cut-outs show the foot
  • No bag
  • Hair straight and flat; the top has all the volume

palette

Black#141414 Ivory#EDE0CC Navy#1E2A4A

details

Evening and sequinsSpringSummerAutumnDinnerCocktailEventMinimalSharpSatinWide-leg trousersHeelsWrap topIndustrialAsymmetricCut-outPleated

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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