TravelSmart casualAutumn · Winter · Spring

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One coat, one knit, one trouser. Two days away with a bag half empty.

From Weekend Hours

Styling notes

Travel clothes have one requirement: four hours of sitting, then somewhere with a door policy, and no ironing in between. Leather and merino both pass. Linen and poplin do not.

Belt the trench rather than buttoning it — a belted trench has a waist and a buttoned one has a rectangle.

Why it works

  • Black on black with one chocolate note, so nothing has to match exactly.
  • Leather does not crease, which is most of the argument for it here.
  • Sneakers now, pumps in the bag. Two outfits, one set of clothes.

Swap it

Black pumps and the satin skirt out of the bag, and the evening is covered.