Everyone is fashionable these days. Everything is considered stylish. Those colour blocking schemes and pattern to plain ratios are thrown right out the window. Today, anything that feels comfortable and feels right is stylish.

Honestly, great for people and great for their confidence. Fashion should indeed be expressive. Everyone should be able to tell us who they are and what kind of person they want to be through their clothes and how they carry themselves.

Hence, it’s imperative that there’s no one rule book to follow and that people can now feel comfortable and confident in themselves.

However, in those days when your expression fails you or to those events where you’re not sure what works and what doesn’t ? Well, here’s a little tidbit. You can never go wrong with black!

Of course, some initial thoughts to that would circle around the fact that black brings some form of dullness or bleakness to a look. However, this only happens when you don’t properly make use of accessories to create that final look you’re going for.

Black can be so chic and sleek and is flattering to everybody — as long as it is worn right. Plus it gives you that look of “Yeah, I just threw this on at the last minute”, when you probably had been planning that outfit for a while.

In case you’re still overthinking it, here are some reasons why black is a staple choice and why you can count on it in all situations.

Black matches everything. Everything, including black itself. You always know if you want to throw in a combination look, black would literally go with anything— from the brightest colours to the dullest ones.

You might not know this, but like I said earlier. Black makes you look like you have a lot of money. It has that extra pop that makes you seem confident, if you can pull off the outfit.

Also, black is a colour that cuts excesses in a person. Hold on, what I mean is black is a slimming colour. Several people — ladies especially don all black clothes just because of what it does to their figures.

You can never go wrong with black accessories. From hats, bags and shoes to even watches and jewellery ; black would always look great. It also helps that there is a wide range of black accessories to choose from. So while the colour may seem static, the styles and designs however would not. Hence, giving you several options.

Black doesn’t have a season. You see, the colour can be worn all year long. In January, in May, in October. Black literally never runs out of season. The only thing you might be worried about is the styles and fabric and the styling of the outfits. You wouldn’t want to wear a black sweater when it’s sunny outside.

Finally, and my personal favourite. Black helps to cover stains. I know how this might sound but think about it. So many things happen during the course of a day and accidents are bound to happen. Black is definitely a good choice when you know you might get something spilled on you. Trust me, you don’t always want to deal with a wardrobe emergency.

Staying up to date with trending fashion could be a lot of work seeing as fashion literally changes every minute. But as progressive as fashion has been lately, you can never go wrong with a black fit !