Woman in a white balloon-sleeve blouse with a black leather shoulder-strap belt and olive linen wide-leg trousers in a concrete courtyard

Straps and belts · Spring · Summer · Autumn

White puff-sleeve blouse with shoulder-strap belt and olive trousers

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Sleeves this big need supervision. A white cotton poplin blouse with balloon sleeves, cinched by a black leather shoulder-strap belt with silver buckles, over olive linen pleated wide-leg trousers and black square-toe mules. The straps are doing the job of a belt and a bodyguard. Daytime, no bag.

A white cotton blouse with enormous balloon sleeves, cinched with a black leather shoulder-strap belt, over olive linen trousers and black mules. Daytime, sorted.

The blouse is crisp white cotton poplin with an asymmetric neckline that slides off one shoulder and sleeves gathered into full balloons from shoulder to cuff. Over it sits a thin black leather shoulder-strap belt: two straps with silver buckles over the shoulders, crossed at the waist, which is the only thing keeping the blouse from floating away. The trousers are olive linen, high-waisted with deep front pleats and a wide, straight leg that stops at the ankle. Black leather mules with a square toe and a block heel finish it.

This is the daytime version of strap dressing: coffee, an office with a courtyard, errands that involve standing in the sun. Spring through early autumn, when linen makes sense. Hair down, a black smartwatch, a bead bracelet, small hoops, and no bag that competes with the sleeves.

The straps are not there for the blouse. The blouse is there for the straps.

the pieces

White cotton poplin balloon-sleeve blouseshirt · cotton · white
Black leather shoulder-strap belt with silver bucklesstrap belt · leather · black
Olive linen pleated wide-leg trouserswide leg trousers · linen · forest green
Black leather square-toe mulesheels · leather · black