Woman in a rust draped top with black leather shoulder straps and a rust wool wrap skirt in a bookshop cafe

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Rust draped top with leather straps and a wrap mini skirt

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Rust in October. Even I follow the calendar sometimes. A rust georgette top with a cowl neck under a black leather shoulder-strap belt, tucked into a rust brushed-wool wrap mini skirt, raw hem. Black ankle boot, block heel. No tights until it's actually cold. It isn't. Coffee, then wherever.

A rust georgette top with a cowl neck under a black leather shoulder-strap belt, tucked into a rust brushed-wool wrap skirt with a raw hem.

The top is rust georgette, sleeveless, with a cowl that drapes low at the front and a narrow keyhole below it. Over it sits a set of black leather straps: a flat collar piece with a snap at the throat, two straps that run under the arms and a thin strap down the sternum, all in matte leather with small black hardware. The skirt is a brushed wool in the same rust, high-waisted, wrapped and folded at the front into a soft peplum, finished with a raw hem above the knee.

Autumn in daylight. A cafe with books, a cup held with both hands, a leather armchair to lean on. Black ankle boots with a block heel or a pointed flat; no tights until it actually gets cold. The straps are the only hardware the look needs.

I am not good company before the first coffee. The straps make that clear from across the room.