Woman in an oversized indigo silk blazer with raw edges and a bronze pleated midi skirt in a grand hall

Dark tailoring · Autumn · Winter

Raw-edge indigo shantung blazer with a bronze pleated skirt

An oversized indigo silk shantung blazer with raw edges and split sleeves over a bronze metallic pleated midi, grounded by chunky chelsea boots.

An oversized blazer in indigo silk shantung, cut long and boxy, with every edge left raw and fraying: lapel, hem, pocket flaps. The sleeves are split from the shoulder and fall in two layers, so the forearm can come out through the opening. One hidden hook at the waist, nothing else holding it. Under it, a bronze metallic pleated skirt, midi length, knife pleats that catch light with every step. Black leather chelsea boots with a chunky lug sole.

Worn with the blazer closed and the skirt doing the shine. It is an evening look that walks: the boots say so. Autumn and winter, a grand old lobby, a late dinner, a theatre bar. Hair tucked behind the shoulder so the raw collar shows.

Yes, the edges are meant to be like that. No, they are not getting fixed.

the pieces

  • Oversized indigo shantung blazerblazer · silk · navy
  • Bronze metallic pleated midi skirtpleated skirt · metallic · bronze
  • Black chunky chelsea bootsboots · leather · black

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styling notes

  • Blazer closed, arms through the sleeve split
  • Hair behind the shoulders so the raw collar shows
  • Lug sole, not a heel

palette

Navy#2E2B7A Bronze#8C5A2B Black#141414

details

Dark tailoringAutumnWinterDinnerCocktailEventDark glamPowerLeatherSilkMetallicBlazerPleated skirtBootsHotelPleatedOversized

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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