Brown is the new black

Zara brown suit

Brown gets a pretty bad reputation when it comes to clothing. It’s drab, ugly and the reserve of librarians and girl scouts.

But, despite being shunned by the masses for some years, this season the fashion world has declared it a must-have hue.

This is partly due to fashions enduring love affair with all things Seventies, of course.

An era when things never looked so brown, this isn’t the first time the decade has made a comeback, but up until now, its return has been signalled by more wearable trends like fringing, checked blazers and corduroy.

For 2018 however, the retro mood is taking itself through sepia-tinged glasses with shades of camel, toasty burnished brown and haute hazels.

At Fendi, the under-appreciated shades covered everything from PVC coats to suede midi skirts and monogrammed sweaters, while Chloe offered an ode to every shade in the spectrum with a cast of autumnal colours on riding skirts, plunging shirt dresses and bohemian dresses.

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