Darkside

“Black is modest and arrogant at the same time,” Yohji Yamamoto once said. “Black is lazy and easy — but mysterious. But above all black says this: “I don’t bother you — don’t bother me”.” The people featured in this week’s trend might be dressed in anonymous, monochromatic ensembles, but it was the little things that let their personalities shine through, no matter how much they might have tried to hide it. Edgy touches of leather; wine-red lips; distressed, well-worn sneakers — all serving to offset the sombreness of these outfits. What we found to be pleasantly surprising was that in spite of all the aloofness of their black coordinates, the people wearing the outfits were, in stark contrast, some of the brightest and cheeriest of the lot. Modest, yes; arrogant, not so much.