Neutral

Lately, Ive been real heavy on shades of brown. Gray and beige are/ have been my go to neutral colors over black and white because they offer a more diverse wardrobe selection. My father use to have me and my siblings learn synonyms for words we would learn and I couldn't understand why at the time. Whenever he was asked his answer would be because he wanted to broaden our pallets. The same concept applies with clothing. Of course black is always going to be one of the most exceptional color and I enjoy it no more than the next but Id rather show a bit more expression and versatility from at times.

At a pretty young age these lessons were instilled in me, partly due to my fathers love for fashion, partly due to the fact that I had to experiment with clothing a lot seeing as though there were 3 other siblings in the house so we didnt necessarily have all the latest fashion pieces. There were times I'd take my fathers suit jackets and wear them over one of my button down shirts and try passing it off as a blazer haha. This is where my love for fashion began to grow, having to play with different styles and remixing past outfits to give a fresh new look. This is also the period of time where I let the whole "black and white match everything" idea go. Safest, yes, but almost never are they the best option. Its more challenging to have to really find something that accompanies your threads more and I appreciate a challenge.

When the Jordan Mocha 1s released last year a pair were mandatory for my closet. The sail and dark mocha on that Jordan 1 silhouette is a flawless combination. After seeing most people wear the dark chocolate color with the shoes I decided to stray away from that. The pants I chose for these were actually on sale at H&M for like $20 and I had to pop out with a turtleneck before the weather changed.

In a day and age where the masses have seemingly started to believe that wearing high end designers automatically equates to being fashionably in tuned, I actually prefer to not wear them as often just to show that you can still do whatever is in your tax bracket and still look good. Do what works for you. Not to say anything less of high end designers because I definitely enjoy them as well. Either way the brands in and of themselves are not enough to make you have a sense of style. Style enables you to look just as good in a $100 outfit as you do in a $5000 outfit.