After Dark: Tailored Eveningwear For Ladies

The tuxedo has never belonged only to men. Yves Saint Laurent proved it with Le Smoking, and Favourbrook's womenswear makes the point again each season, in an array of silk and velvet tailoring designed specifically for a feminine silhouette Evening dressing in 2026 has less to do with the dress code and more to do with the choice you make. The little black dress still has its place - our Serena Circle dress in black is a case in point, pairing beautifully with something like our Carnaby Coat in Black Thenford Silk Velvet. Tailoring is now the more interesting option: a jacket with character, a trouser that moves, and the confidence to know that formality and fun can go together.

Kemi Jacket Black Gold Sheringham Silk Velvet

£1,300

Lounge Trousers Black Silk Velvet

£650

Camisole Bias Top Hay Gold Silk Crepe Satin

£190

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Trafalgar Jacket Black Green Nene Silk Velvet

£1,350

Chiswick Jacket Black Navy Stotfold Silk Velvet

£1,100

Palazzo Pants Black Plain Georgette

£790

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Palazzo Pants Midnight Plain Georgette

£790

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The Jackets
The single-breasted Library Jacket in Black Clyde Silk Velvet is the closest relative of the men's smoking jacket, with a contrasting collar and cuffs, a corded edge and frog fastening, decorated with a stunning geometric floral pattern. The Trafalgar is sharper. It is cut short in olive green embroidered silk velvet, with black piping for a sharp finish and a multi-button front. The Chiswick swaps lapels for a stand collar and a curved hem in navy. The Kemi adds gold embroidery to black silk velvet. For something softer, the Lounge Jacket in multicoloured Idris cotton velvet pairs a fitted shape with black silk grosgrain lapels, plus we have a stunning navy double-breasted dinner jacket with shawl lapels that can be worn with matching navy velvet lounge pants. For a bolder look, our new dinner jacket in red/black brocade comes with matching trousers for a look nobody in the room will forget.

Library Jacket Black Clyde Silk Velvet

£1,200

Dinner Jacket Navy Mayfair Cotton Velvet

£750

Double Breasted Dinner Jacket Black Navy Nene silk velvet

£1,170

Dinner Jacket Red Black Hogarth Brocade

£950

Boot Leg Trouser Red Black Hogarth Brocade

£820

Coming Soon

Double-Breasted Black Bees Cotton Velvet Waistcoat

£360

Camisole Bias Top Black Heavy Crepe Satin

£150

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How To Wear It
Proportion is everything. Short jackets like the Trafalgar and Chiswick look best over fluid palazzo pants in black or midnight silk georgette, which move as the evening does. For a slimmer line, cigarette trousers in black silk douppion keep things sleek; Dior introduced the shape in his 1954 H-Line. The straight-leg Lounge Trousers in navy cotton velvet give you velvet on velvet with a refined yet relaxed silhouette. If you won't give up the dress altogether, the Camisole Dress in heavy crepe satin sits well under any of the jackets above. Ultimately, great eveningwear tailoring for women doesn't have to be all sharp edges or boxy modern shapes - softly tailored structures appear effortlessly feminine while flattering to boot.

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