{"product_id":"chalk-line-ellen-tracy-1990s-navy-pinstripe-mini-skirt","title":"Chalk Line · Ellen Tracy 1990s Ink Black Pinstripe Mini Skirt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eInk black pinstripe polyester suiting · straight mini silhouette · front vent at hem · back zip · fully lined · Ellen Tracy · 1990s · 53cm long, 36cm waist flat · tagged a vintage 10\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery stripe on her runs the same distance from its neighbour, an obsessive kind of regularity that only shows up close, and at the hip the fabric softens just slightly, draped rather than seamed flat, before the whole thing snaps straight again down to a single vent at the hem, set right of centre rather than in the middle where a vent usually hides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stripe is woven in, not printed on, fine white against the darkest, inkiest black, a shade that edges toward blue without ever quite arriving, the way proper suiting has always done it. The whole skirt is built with a tailor's instinct for movement: draped ease at the hip rather than a stiff seam, and a vent at the lower hem placed slightly off centre so the leg has somewhere to go without the line ever looking accidental. Ellen Tracy built a career on precisely this kind of American workwear, tailored pieces meant to survive a decade of Mondays, and this one carries the label from the 1990s, when a pinstripe this fine on a hem this short was its own kind of office rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe closes at centre back with a lapped zip alone, and the fabric is fully lined so the pinstripe never has to do the work of hiding anything underneath. The hem narrows slightly from hip to knee, 50cm at the hip easing to 48cm at the hem, a straight rather than pencil-tight cut that still reads sharp on the body.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"caitiedid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44179901120646,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/5960\/8966\/files\/DSC_3832.jpg?v=1784775963","url":"https:\/\/checkout.caitiedid.shop\/products\/chalk-line-ellen-tracy-1990s-navy-pinstripe-mini-skirt","provider":"caitiedid","version":"1.0","type":"link"}