PANTONE’S COLOUR of the year might be Peach Fuzz – a soft power shade that’s as sweet as the fruit it gets its name from – but another school of thought is offering an alternative theory for exactly which colours will hit in 2024. Early adopters include Rihanna, Jenna Lyons and the crème de la crème of Hollywood. And the hues in question – high-octane when paired together but achievable with what’s already hanging in your wardrobe – are really the most basic of them all: black and white.
Top-to-toe monochrome was the official dress code for the promo trail of Feud: Capote Vs The Swans. Demi Moore has taken the memo to heart, wearing a stunningly chic series of black and white looks from Balmain, Carolina Herrera and Fendi.
At Paris Couture Week, Rihanna wore a thoroughly modern take on a butter-wouldn’t-melt black skirt suit by Dior, accessorising with optic white point-toe pumps that said, ‘I mean business.’ Also in attendance was Sabrina Dhowre Elba, who wore a billowing white cape, accessorised with sculptural gold ‘ears’, at Schiaparelli.
The Jacquemus show’s step-and-repeat, was also a lesson in monochrome ( Jenna Lyons’ black trouser suit buttoned over a white shirt was the stylish way to do starched workwear).
Meanwhile, at Copenhagen Fashion Week, show-goers put forward a smart-casual case for wearing monochrome, arriving in top-to-toe black except for a crisp white tee.
It’s this approach – wearing a lot of one colour and a little of the other – that will make your outfit pop. S
