Woman in a charcoal wool and black leather patchwork blazer and an olive satin midi skirt on a car park rooftop
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Dark tailoring · Spring · Autumn

Wool and leather patchwork blazer with an olive satin skirt

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Olive. It is barely a colour, which is why I agreed. A fitted blazer pieced from charcoal wool and black leather. Under it, an olive satin skirt cut on the bias, with a loose panel at each hip. The skirt moves. The blazer does not negotiate. Office, then dinner.

A fitted blazer pieced from charcoal wool and black leather, worn over an olive satin bias skirt with draped side panels.

A fitted single-breasted blazer assembled from parts: charcoal wool flannel for one lapel and the sleeves, a darker textured wool across the front, black leather for the left chest, the side panels and the pocket flaps. The seams curve around the waist and the front hem is cut uneven, one side longer than the other. It closes on one button and the sleeves are pushed up.

Under it, an olive satin skirt cut on the bias to just below the knee, with a loose panel on each hip that hangs like an unfinished thought. The satin is the only thing here that moves. It is an outfit for autumn and spring days with a schedule: the office, a lunch, a dinner that was not planned.

Olive is a colour the way decaf is coffee. I allow it.

the pieces

  • Charcoal wool and leather patchwork blazerblazer · wool · charcoal
  • Olive satin bias midi skirtmidi skirt · satin · forest green

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styling notes

  • One button closed, sleeves pushed up
  • Skirt on the bias, side panels left loose
  • Pointed pump or a flat ankle boot

palette

Forest green#6B7436 Charcoal#3A3A3C Black#111111

details

Dark tailoringSpringAutumnDinnerDaytimeOfficePowerSharpLeatherSatinWoolBlazerMidi skirtIndustrialAsymmetricFitted

wearabilitycloser to street

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