Woman in a marble lobby in a black satin slip dress, a shaggy faux shearling jacket on her shoulders and tall black boots

Satin and slip · Autumn · Winter

Shaggy faux shearling jacket over a black satin slip dress

A cropped shaggy black faux shearling jacket on the shoulders, over a bias-cut black satin slip dress and leather over-the-knee boots. Marble lobby, midnight.

The dress is black satin cut on the bias, thin straps, a straight neckline, the skirt falling just below the knee with the weight of the fabric and nothing else. Over it, worn on the shoulders with the arms out, a cropped jacket in long-pile black faux shearling, shaggy to the point of texture, with two silver zips at the front. Black leather over-the-knee boots with a pointed toe and a slim heel finish it.

Satin and shag is winter evening dressing in one move: the dress is the line, the jacket is the weather, and the boots cover the distance between the car and the lobby. Midnight hotel, an event after, a drink after that. Keep the jacket off the arms; the ink and the satin need to be in the same frame.

I do not dress for the cold. I dress for the lobby and accept the consequences.

the pieces

  • Black bias-cut satin slip dressslip dress · satin · black
  • Cropped shaggy black faux shearling jacketjacket · faux fur · black
  • Black leather over-the-knee bootsboots · leather · black

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styling notes

  • Jacket on the shoulders, arms out
  • Boot over the knee so only satin shows between
  • Hair down over the shag

palette

Black#0B0B0C Charcoal#2C2C2E Gunmetal#4A4A50

details

Satin and slipAutumnWinterNight outCocktailEventDark glamRockLeatherSatinFaux furSlip dressBootsJacketHotelCropped

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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