Everyone Is Wearing These Two "Boring" Colors With Red

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As you know, red is the color of the season—maybe even the year. I'd be remiss not to point out some commonalities with how people are wearing the It color. It may seem like stating the obvious, but somebody's gotta do it.

My Instagram feed is currently filled with crimson outfits. Some are head-to-toe looks, but most contain just splashes of red—whether in the form of a sweater, a pair of shoes, a bag, and so on. More often than not, those red splashes are paired with one of two "boring" colors: gray or black. Groundbreaking, right? The thing that is interesting is that wearing gray or black ultimately allows red to shine. Nothing is competing with it for attention. It's basically saying, "I'm wearing an It color, and that's what I want you to notice." All of the outfits below confirm this, so have a scroll and see for yourself. While you're at it, shop the best black, gray, and red pieces to wear together.

GRAY & RED

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SHOP GRAY PIECES

BLACK & RED

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SHOP BLACK PIECES

SHOP RED PIECES

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Allyson Payer
Allyson Payer
Senior Editor

Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.

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