Camille Quilted Painted Flowers Jacket

You avoid large prints for fear they add volume!

Instead, imagine a deep midnight blue background on which the flowers cover just one side, diagonally. Stop imagining: the Camille is composed like a painting, and the placement of the motif slims rather than widens.

• A placed motif
  The flowers — poppies, peonies, foliage — sit at the bottom and on one side. The rest is plain, which lengthens the line of the torso.
• The midnight blue
  The dark background does half the work: it slims, it works all year round, and it makes the colours of the bouquet livelier without making them loud.
• Bright colours
  Coral, ochre, deep green, touches of blue: the palette is that of a painted bouquet. It instantly livens up black trousers.
• Arabesque quilting
  The stitching draws curves instead of squares, softening the drape and avoiding a puffy effect.
• Golden buttons
  The front closes with a row of light buttons up to the high collar, to cut out the wind without losing any of the look.

A large motif doesn't widen when it's well placed on a dark background. Let go of that reservation, and this jacket becomes the one you reach for every time you're unsure.