A sleeveless brown suiting vest, buttoned down the front and cut clean — 20 inches of tailoring and nothing else.
Highlights
✓Button front, no lapel drama — the line runs straight from the neck to the hem, which is what lets a waistcoat work as the whole top half of an outfit.
✓Sleeveless — it layers under a jacket without doubling the sleeve, and it stands on its own in a warm office where a blazer would be too much.
✓74% polyester, 22% viscose, 4% spandex — the viscose keeps the cloth from looking flat, the polyester keeps it from creasing across the back of a chair, and the 4% spandex gives the fit a little room to move.
✓20 inches long on a size Small — that finishes at the top of the hip, the length that works over a high waist and under a long coat.
✓Steam it, do not press it hard — a polyester-viscose suiting cloth takes a shine under a hot iron. Steam lifts the creases and leaves the surface matte.
Brown is the reason to buy this rather than a black one. It carries tailoring without the severity, and it sits against cream, denim, olive and navy in a way black never quite does — so the vest ends up in more outfits than you plan for it.
Wear it over a white shirt with the buttons done up, or on its own with bare arms in summer. Browse it with the rest of the women’s tops, the layers in coats and jackets, and the trousers in jeans and bottoms.
74% polyester, 22% viscose, 4% spandex woven suiting. Sleeveless, classic button front. Brown in S, M and L. Model is 5’8" and wears a size Small. Size Small measures 20" in length. Imported.
