Woman in a red satin one-shoulder ruffle top and a grey herringbone wrap skirt by a window in a room with peeling walls

Dark tailoring · Autumn · Winter

Red satin ruffle top with a grey herringbone wrap skirt

A deep red satin one-shoulder top with stiff tiered ruffles off one shoulder, over a grey herringbone wool wrap skirt, draped and split at the front.

A one-shoulder top in deep red satin, cut on the bias so it drapes close across the body, with a single sculpted ruffle that climbs the right shoulder in three stiff tiers and stands clear of the arm like a flower that has been ironed. The left shoulder is plain. It is tucked into a high-waisted skirt in grey herringbone wool, draped and twisted at the front so the fabric wraps over itself and opens into a slit that stops above the knee. The skirt falls to mid-calf and the wool has enough weight to hold the fold.

It is a dinner look that borrows from a suit and gives nothing back. Autumn and winter, an apartment with the paint coming off the walls, a restaurant with no sign. A pointed black pump and a long dark coat carried, not worn, because the ruffle will not go under a sleeve.

Red is not my colour. Today it is. Do not expect this to last.

the pieces

  • Deep red satin one-shoulder ruffle toptank top · satin · red
  • Grey herringbone wool draped wrap skirtwrap skirt · wool · charcoal

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styling notes

  • Pointed black pump, nothing with a platform
  • Coat carried, not worn; the ruffle will not go under a sleeve
  • Hair down on the plain shoulder

palette

Red#A3182F Charcoal#4A4A4A Grey#7A7A78

details

Dark tailoringAutumnWinterDinnerCocktailDark glamSharpSatinWoolTank topWrap skirtHomeRuffleAsymmetricOne shoulderHigh waist

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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