Ella takes the house's pencil skirt and renders it in a bold cobalt-blue lace, its floral guipure pattern giving the surface real depth and texture rather than a flat print. True to the shape's classic lines, it sits high at the waist and runs narrow and clean through the hip, easing only slightly as it reaches a hem that falls below the knee. That hem is left to close in a scalloped lace edge, the closest thing this skirt has to embellishment, and it does the job well. The colour is saturated enough to anchor an outfit on its own, which makes it easy to keep everything else quiet: a plain shirt, a low heel, minimal jewellery. Worn with a crisp white or blue top tucked in, it moves comfortably from the office to dinner without a change of clothes. If you are building the look from scratch, our Travel Shirt in Ocean Blue is a clean match for the lace's tone and keeps the pairing tonal rather than matchy.