Cordelia | Quilted Jacket with Painted Flowers

You avoid large prints for fear they add volume!

Imagine instead a deep midnight blue background, where the flowers only cover one side, diagonally. Stop imagining: the Cordelia is designed like a painting, and the placement of the pattern slims rather than broadens.

• Placed pattern
  The flowers — poppies, peonies, foliage — occupy the bottom and just one side. The rest is plain, which elongates the line of the bust.
• Midnight blue
  The dark background does half the work: it slims, it lasts all year, and it makes the colours of the bouquet more vivid without being gaudy.
• Bold colours
  Coral, ochre, deep green, touches of blue: the palette resembles that of a painted bouquet. It instantly enlivens a pair of black trousers.
• Arabesque quilting
  The topstitching creates curves rather than diamonds, softening the drape and avoiding a bulky effect.
• Golden buttons
  The front fastens with a row of light buttons up to the high collar, cutting the wind without losing any of the style.

A large pattern does not widen when it is placed and set against a dark background. Lift this reservation, and this jacket becomes the one you reach for every time you hesitate.