Woman holding a picture frame in a rust ribbed knit cut-out top and pleated tweed shorts with leather panels and cognac mules

Knit and layers · Spring · Autumn

Rust knit cut-out top with tweed and leather shorts

A rust ribbed knit top with a cut-out shoulder and a cream sash, tucked into pleated rust tweed shorts with leather panels, with cognac mules in a studio.

A rust ribbed-knit top with one long sleeve, a high neck and a cut-out across the opposite shoulder, wrapped at the front with a twisted band of the same knit and a cream knit sash crossing from the shoulder to the hip. Tucked into high-waisted shorts in rust tweed, pleated at the front, with smooth tan leather panels set into the hips and a short zip fly. Cognac leather mules with a block heel.

One colour from neck to toe, in three textures, which is as far as colour goes with me. Spring and autumn days, a coffee, a studio, a gallery on a Saturday; no tights, no bag, and the sleeve is the only cover the arms get.

Rust. On purpose. Photographic evidence attached.

the pieces

  • Rust ribbed knit top with cut-out shoulder and cream sashsweater · knit · bronze
  • Rust tweed pleated shorts with leather panelsshorts · tweed · bronze
  • Cognac leather block-heel mulesheels · leather · chocolate

similar pieces

  • Rust ribbed knit top with cut-out shoulder and cream sashfind similaramazon
  • Rust tweed pleated shorts with leather panelsfind similaramazon
  • Cognac leather block-heel mulesfind similaramazon

Links may earn a commission. Dahlia's clothes don't exist; these are the closest things that do.

styling notes

  • Tuck the top so the sash sits at the hip
  • Block-heel mule, no sock, no tights
  • Keep everything in the one rust; cream only on the sash
  • Watch and hoops; the hands stay empty

palette

Bronze#B2552B Chocolate#8B4A2B Ivory#E8DCC4

details

Knit and layersSpringAutumnDaytimeCoffeeSoftSharpLeatherTweedKnitHeelsShortsSweaterIndustrialAsymmetricCut-outPleatedHigh waist

wearabilitycloser to street

get looks like this once a month

more like this

Woman in a terracotta pleated puff-sleeve top, cream wool wrap pencil skirt and cognac knee boots on a station platformTerracotta pleated puff-sleeve top with a cream wool skirtDark tailoringWoman in a black leather cut-out bustier and terracotta satin wide-leg trousers in a sunlit white studioLeather cut-out bustier with terracotta satin trousersStatement trousersWoman in an olive leather peplum jacket, rust pleated satin maxi skirt and lug-sole boots on a cobbled streetOlive leather peplum jacket with rust pleated maxi skirtOuterwearWoman in a burgundy ribbed-knit top with pleated satin bishop sleeves and an ivory peplum pencil skirt in a bookshopBurgundy pleated-sleeve knit top and ivory peplum skirtKnit and layersWoman in an oversized rust wool coat with gathered sleeves, navy trousers and brown lace-up boots in a painting studioRust wool cocoon coat with navy trousers and lace-up bootsOuterwearWoman in a slate ribbed knit crop jumper and mustard and charcoal wool wrap skirt painting in a sunlit studioRibbed knit crop jumper with a colour-block wool wrap skirtKnit and layers