Vol. 01 — The Ruby Scale Edit

Wear the fish.Quiet the clothes.

Four looks for the glitter frames. Six more for the white shirt. The glasses already split ruby over emerald. The shirt already goes with everything.

See the looksThe white shirtStyle My Piece
Designer Decades
Close-up of her wearing the ruby-and-emerald glitter sunglasses and sequin fish earrings
Square glitter sunglasses in ruby and emerald with a gold GG, and hammered-gold fish earrings
The frames and fish
A classic crisp white cotton button-down blouse
The white button-down
A stack of slim gold bangles and gold metal-frame sunglasses with brown lenses
Bangles and brown lenses
The woman this lookbook is styled for
The woman

The color story

Already a complete palette.

Two statements, then a shirt. The glasses and the fish. Then one white button-down, restyled by the decade. Gold bangles and gold metal brown lenses join when the look needs them.

  • Ruby glitter

    #B41E32

  • Emerald dust

    #1A6B5C

  • Hammered gold

    #B8953E

  • Temple black

    #1C1612

  • Marble

    #F3EEE6

One shirt. Six decades. The rest is temperature.

Vol. 01 · Four looks

The Ruby Scale

Same accessories, four temperatures. Black for night. Emerald for day. Ivory for the coast. Tuxedo when the earrings should misbehave.

The Black Canvas: Black silk is not a default. It is a stage. The sequins and the glitter frames become the entire color story.

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Look 01 · Evening

The Black Canvas

Black silk is not a default. It is a stage. The sequins and the glitter frames become the entire color story.

Your earrings already carry red, gold, and movement. A bias-cut slip gives them air. Gold on the feet repeats the fish tails without adding another object to the face.

Occasion

Dinner on a terrace, drinks after, a wedding that runs late

The pieces

  • Bias-cut black silk midi slip

    Thin straps, fluid skirt, no embellishment

  • Gold strappy stiletto sandals

    Echo the hammered tails

  • Classic crimson lip

    One red, on the mouth, not the clothes

  • Slicked low bun

    Ears uncovered so the fish can hang

  • Your sunglasses and fish earrings

    Worn in every look. Hair up. Neck bare.

Vol. 02 · Six decades

The White Button-Down

One shirt. Six ways. Gold bangles on the wrist. Gold metal frames with brown lenses when the day needs shade. Swipe the strip.

60s Mod: The white shirt is a 60s canvas. Mini, boots, geometry. The decade does the talking.

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Look 01 · Sixties

60s Mod

The white shirt is a 60s canvas. Mini, boots, geometry. The decade does the talking.

A tucked crisp collar against a black A-line is the cleanest mod line there is. Geometric gold earrings replace the fish for this look. Bangles keep the metal on the wrist.

Occasion

A gallery opening, a Saturday in town, lunch that turns into dancing

The pieces

  • Classic white button-down

    Tucked, collar sharp, no print

  • Black A-line mini

    Above the knee, no embellishment

  • Black knee-high boots

    Go-go proportion, block heel

  • Geometric gold earrings

    Circles or squares. Not the fish, this time

  • Stack of gold bangles

    Thin, mixed, on one wrist

  • The white button-down

    The constant. Everything else is the decade.

How to wear them

The house rules

Do

  • Hair in a slicked bun so the earrings can hang and move
  • Clothes in black, ivory, emerald — or one white shirt restyled by the decade
  • Gold on the wrist: bangles. Gold on the face only when the brown lenses come out
  • One red: the sequins, or a lip. Not a red dress on top of red fish

Don’t

  • A red-and-green printed dress. You are already wearing that on your face
  • A chunky necklace. It collides with the tails
  • Hair over the ears. The earrings are the point
  • Competing animal print. The fish is animal enough