MONDAY STYLIST: BLACK AND WHITE

Hi all!

I hope you've had a good weekend and are all psyched up for this week.

One of the top trends right now is pairing black and white together. As much as this is currently trending, I believe these two colours will always be a classic pairing.

Black and white can be worn in both formal and casual outfits. For today's post, I put together formal outfits with this trend.

For the office:

Selena Gomez in the black and white trend

If you work in a more relaxed environment, you can play around with several trends and come up with a fun and chic office outfit.

For this outfit, I would go for black and white printed pants, and a black peplum top like Selena Gomez. If peplum is not your thing, a simple black tank or sheer top will be the perfect top for the printed pants.

For a more conservative office outfit, pull out that black skirt or trousers, a striped black and white top or a simple white blouse, black heels and black handbag and can you believe it? You will be rocking this trend by wearing pieces that already in your wardrobe.

Alternatively, you can pair your black trousers or skirt with your black and white polka dot blouse and white blazer with black and white accessories.

How they wore it:

Beyonce in a black and white outfit

This outfit is very easy to recreate with a pair of black slim fit trousers or leather pants, paired with a black and white top, black sandals and black clutch, black and white/silver accessories.

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How I wore it:

Black lace dress, white throw on, animal print belt, cross body bag, wedges

Will you be trying out this trend??

Happy Monday!!!

Audrey

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