Dueling Personalities

Paris has done a thorough job reminding me that there are infinite ways you can look like a total badass when dressed in black. I was thinking I was over it but clearly it's impossible to truly tire of. Color? Psht. Black is the cooooolest.

F/W 09 collections clockwise from top left: Givenchy, Yohji Yamamoto, Gareth Pugh, Maison Martin Margiela, Rick Owens, Nina Ricci, Lanvin, Ann Demeulemeester, Yves Saint Laurent, Junya Wantanabe

But then...oh DAMN. What Dries Van Noten did with color was absolutely genius. Pop pop pop with some neutrals thrown in. Perfect. Achieving this sort of comfort level with brights and pastels has now moved up to position number one on my to-do list.

photos via style.com