Woman in a rust satin blazer with black leather lapels, a wide leather belt and charcoal wide-leg trousers in a loft

Dark tailoring · Autumn · Winter

Rust satin blazer with leather lapels and charcoal trousers

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Rust. Close enough to black. A rust satin blazer faced with black leather lapels, a black satin cami, a wide leather knot belt, and charcoal pleated wide-leg trousers. I wore a colour and nobody clapped. Rude. Wear it to a birthday that isn't yours. Loafers if you plan to walk.

A rust satin single-button blazer faced with black leather lapels, a black satin cami, a wide leather knot belt and charcoal pleated wide-leg trousers.

A rust satin blazer, single button, sleeves pushed to the forearm, with the lapels faced in black leather so the colour has an edge to stop against. Under it a black satin cami, and over both a wide black leather belt that knots at the front instead of buckling, sitting on the waistband of charcoal wool trousers: pleated, high-waisted, wide enough to fall straight from the hip to the floor.

This is office tailoring with the volume turned up on one piece only. The blazer carries the colour; everything else is charcoal or black so it can. Autumn and winter, late in the day when the light in the loft goes the same orange as the jacket; one hand in the pocket, the leather armchair in the background left empty. A black pointed pump or a flat black loafer both work, and the black smartwatch and beaded bracelet are all the accessories it needs.

One colour, one belt, one button. That is the whole meeting.