Woman in a red wrap blazer and tiered red gauze skirt standing by the window of a wood-panelled train carriage

Dark tailoring · Autumn · Winter

Red wrap blazer with a tiered gauze skirt

A padded-shoulder red blazer with a satin wrap sash over a tiered crinkled gauze skirt, shot in a wood-panelled sleeper carriage.

A red blazer cut with padded, squared shoulders and peak lapels, closed by a satin sash that wraps the waist and drapes down one hip. The body is a matte wool crepe; the sash and the inner lapel are satin in the same red, so the jacket reads as one colour in two finishes. Under it, a tiered skirt in crinkled cotton gauze, hemmed at the knee in layers, with a side slit that opens as she walks.

Wear it as a suit substitute: the blazer does the tailoring, the gauze does the movement. It is an autumn and winter look for trains, hotel bars and long dinners, with a pointed boot or a plain sandal depending on the weather. Keep everything else red or black; a second colour would break the spell.

A sleeper carriage is the only place I will wear a blazer and a skirt that both need ironing.

the pieces

  • Red wool crepe wrap blazer with satin sashblazer · wool · red
  • Red tiered crinkled gauze skirtmidi skirt · cotton · red

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styling notes

  • Keep the whole look in one red
  • Pointed black boot in winter, flat sandal in autumn
  • Small hoops and the watch, nothing else

palette

Red#B52A3C Burgundy#8E2433 Oxblood#5A1315

details

Dark tailoringAutumnWinterDinnerTravelPowerSharpSatinWoolCottonBlazerMidi skirtTrain & stationAsymmetricBeltedHigh slit

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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