THE PIECES
Top
Max Mara Sweater Rombi Diagonal Check
Bottom
Lafayette Leather Skirt
Shoes
Miu Miu Booties
Layer
MaxMara Coat Ecru
WHY IT WORKS
Max Mara Rombi sweater (black/cream diamond pattern) tucked into the Lafayette leather skirt. The sweater is the pattern interest, the skirt is the architectural statement — but because the sweater's scale is small and graphic rather than loud, they coexist: skirt leads, sweater serves it tonally in black and cream against the skirt's black. Miu Miu booties: black suede disappears into the black leather skirt for one clean leg line, with the crystal heel emerging below the hem as the single decorative moment. MaxMara Ecru coat over everything for the walk in.
THE TENSION
Small-scale graphic sweater pattern recedes to serve architectural leather skirt; crystal heel is sole decorative moment