Woman in a red satin corset top and long patchwork wrap skirt leaning on a wrought-iron balcony at dusk

Satin and slip · Spring · Summer

Red satin corset top with a patchwork wrap skirt

A red satin corset top with black leather side panels, over a long wrap skirt pieced from printed and woven panels.

The top is a corset in red satin with a soft cowl neckline, thin straps and black leather panels set into the sides that run down to a pointed hem. The skirt is long and wrapped, pieced from panels that do not match on purpose: a dusty rose basket-weave, a burgundy figured print, a strip of cream and black, a flash of red satin at the hem.

Worn on a balcony at the hour the streetlights come on, with the hair down and loose and the watch as the only hardware. It is a dinner look that would survive the walk there, and a warm evening look that does not need a jacket until October. Flat sandals would make it an afternoon; a heel keeps it where it belongs.

The skirt took three fabrics to agree on anything. I know the feeling.

the pieces

  • Red satin corset top with leather side panelscorset · satin · red
  • Patchwork wrap skirtmaxi skirt · satin · blush

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styling notes

  • Hair down and loose, no updo
  • A heel for dinner, a flat sandal for the afternoon
  • No jacket until October
  • The watch is the only hardware

palette

Red#9B1B2E Blush#C9A79E Black#141414 Burgundy#5C1A2B

details

Satin and slipSpringSummerNight outDinnerDark glamPlayfulLeatherSatinSilkCorsetMaxi skirtHomeAsymmetricFitted

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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