Regardless of the time of year, if you ask me whom it is I look to for style inspiration, I would point you towards the French.
With the knack for chic dressing practically woven into their DNA, the French have mastered the art of fusing trend-led styling with timeless design—creating wearable, chic and classic outfits that never ebb out of style. Generalising I know but, in my personal experience, I’ve never met a French woman who can’t pull together a great ensemble. For this reason, whenever I start to catch wind of a new trend, I’ll always check in with my favourite French influencers and celebrities to see how they are working it into their wardrobe.
This season I’ve spotted so many new trends creep up to universal popularity, and my favourite of all has to be the brown colour trend. For its earthy, natural hue, brown clothing can bring a grounded, wintery touch to an outfit—one that no other colour can achieve quite as well. Although it’s a trend, it’s also pretty timeless too, making it a wise investment if you want to treat yourself to something new but also want to still love wearing it in five years time.
So, with a fascination for French fashion and a growing interest in the brown colour trend, I’ve focused my attention towards the French, to see just how they’re styling the trending tone this season. Read on to see five French-girl brown outfits I bookmarked on my travels.
Style Notes: This season, brown leather has usurped black as the leather trend loved by those in-the-know. A brown leather co-ord will breath fresh life into your wardrobe, only getting better with age.
This chocolate brown shade also looks great with denim.
A black turtleneck is a great winter base layer.
Style with the matching jacket or a brown silky blouse.
The perfect party shoes.
Style Notes: A sleek brown slip dress is the one-and-done solution to your party wear problems. Style it up with lashings of jewellery and a tonal kitten heel for an easy party look.
Velvet headbands will never go out of style.
Style with a red jacket to tap into one of next years biggest colour trends.
Gold and brown is the chic colour pairing I’ll be styling all winter.
Style Notes: Across high street and designer stores, scarf coats and jackets have dominated as the new season outerwear trend that influencers adore.
This rich espresso brown looks so chic styled with white or beige.
Wear with a crisp white tee or style up with the matching blazer.
Shield your eyes from the sharp winter sun.
Style with tights and a mini skirt, or dress up your favourite pair of jeans.
Style Notes: This season the style set have veen styling neat cardigans en mass. For an elegant take drenched in French-girl style, pairing a sleek cardigan with a tonal brown skirt.
This comes in twenty colours!
An easy addition to your winter capsule wardrobe.
Not too high and not too low—these are perfect for daily styling.
This also comes in five other colours.
Style Notes: Tap into the season’s favourite colour trend in a cool and causal way by styling a tonal leisurewear set this season.
Style with the matching joggers for a put-together that on relaxed dressing.
So comfortable.
This chic hold-all is ideal for trips to the office.
In my opinion, these are the perfect winter shoes.
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