ATELIER NOIRE

Autumn / Winter — Collection IX

Atelier Noire, Autumn/Winter Collection IX

Autumn / WinterCollection IX

Eight looks on the art of withholding.

A fictional house · drawn in line and cloth

Double-faced cashmere · detail

Look 01

The Column Coat

  • Double-faced cashmere coat, belted at the natural waist. Oxblood
  • Fur felt hat with a sixty-centimetre brim. Black
  • Fine-rib turtleneck and opaque tights. Black
Silk charmeuse · detail

Look 02

Slip & Veil

  • Bias-cut silk charmeuse slip with an uneven hem. Bone
  • Silk tulle veil, hand-rolled edges. Blush
  • Barely-there leather sandals. Black
Herringbone wool · detail

Look 03

Tailleur

  • Herringbone wool jacket, shoulders cut square and wide. Black
  • Pleated wool trousers, floor-grazing. Black
  • Poplin shirt, collarless. Bone
Take away until the silhouette holds its breath.

— From the atelier notebook

Wool bouclé · detail

Look 04

The Cape

  • Wool bouclé cape, cut from a single circle. Blush
  • Merino turtleneck. Black
  • Column skirt in wool crêpe, to the ankle. Black
Fantasy tweed · detail

Look 05

Tweed Armour

  • Boxy jacket in fantasy tweed with a frayed hem. Oxblood, bone, blush
  • Grosgrain trim. Bone
  • Wool cloche with a banded crown. Oxblood
Silk velvet · detail

Look 06

Nocturne

  • One-shoulder gown in silk velvet. Black
  • Charmeuse drape, knotted at the hip. Blush
  • Opera gloves in kid leather. Bone

MaterialsEight cloths, seen up close

CashmereDouble-faced, felted by hand
CharmeuseSilk, cut on the bias
HerringboneWorsted wool, broken twill
BoucléLooped wool yarn
TweedFour-colour fantasy weave
VelvetSilk pile, softly crushed
GabardineSteep cotton twill
Duchess satinHeavy, with a low lustre
Cotton gabardine · detail

Look 07

Trench, Undone

  • Double-breasted trench in cotton gabardine, belt left trailing. Bone
  • Short gloves in washed lambskin. Blush
  • Pointed boots. Black
Duchess satin · detail

Look 08 · Finale

Cocoon

  • Hooded cocoon gown in duchess satin, with a train that takes its time. Oxblood
  • Nothing else

Atelier Noire · Autumn / Winter · Collection IX

Fin.

Atelier Noire is a fictional house. Every look on these pages is drawn in code from line, gradient and pattern, with no photographs or models. The cloth is woven procedurally, thread by thread, each time the page opens.