Colour Came Back Without Warning

Colour Came Back Without Warning

After several seasons of neutrals doing all the talking, saturated colour has returned as the actual point rather than the accent. It is showing up across shoes, bags and knitwear at the same time, which is usually how a real shift announces itself. Beige is no longer the safe default, just a choice among others.

Dresses

The dress is back to being a whole outfit rather than a base layer. After years of dresses styled under things, wearing one on its own feels almost contrarian.

Shoes

Shoes move fastest and date an outfit hardest. That cuts both ways, they will tell you exactly what year it is, which is sometimes the point.

More shoes

The second shoe grid is where comfort stops being a compromise. The shapes got wider and nobody complained.

Bags

The bag has become the least subtle signal in fashion, which is why the interesting ones are getting quieter. Shape is doing the work logos used to.

Jewelry

Jewelry is where the maximalist impulse went once clothes calmed down. It is the low-risk way to look like you committed to something.

Also in the edit

The rest of the edit resists a neat category, which is usually where the more interesting things hide. Worth a scroll rather than a skim.

More from the edit

More of the uncategorised, and this is where the range of the source really shows.

Our honest take

Colour is the cheapest way to make an outfit look deliberate. One saturated piece does more than a whole neutral wardrobe.