This Trendy Color From The Year 2000 Is Back. Here’s Why We Love It Even More Today.
Drumroll if you will…
Image: HBO
by The Candidly Team
It was everywhere then:
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And it’s everywhere now:
As far as we’re concerned, chocolate brown has always been and will always be a neutral on par with camel and cream and gray and black and beige.
It may even be better.
It’s rich and luxurious. It makes whatever we’re wearing look more expensive. It’s flattering on everyone. It matches a wild amount of things. And it’s not boring and blending and blah like so many “greige” things we wear.
Add a few staple choc brown pieces, and you’ll significantly up-level your entire wardrobe in seconds. Especially in fall/ winter.
We made a shortlist of 9 pieces that will do all this work for you. And here they are in all their espresso-colored glory:
1. The Chicest Cashmere Cardi
WHAT: Quince Mongolian Cashmere Fisherman Boxy Cropped Cardigan Sweater*
Why we love it: Quince makes these buttery soft cashmere pieces for 2 to 3 times less* than what they cost elsewhere. This sweater has a stunning fit that looks as perfect with denim as it does with silk skirts … which is good, because you’ll want to wear it with everything.
Price: $120
2. The Sculpting Turtleneck
WHAT: Skims Fits Everybody Turtleneck Top"
Why we love it: Skims makes these seriously smoothing shirts that look great on their own but also happen to be the perfect, buttery base layer under all our coats and scarves. This one comes in the loveliest chocolate brown.
Price: $68
3. The Flattering Dress That's Getting Us Through Winter
WHAT: ASTR The Label Tanaia Off-Shoulder Drop-Waist Maxi Dress*
Why we love it: Ruching is the key to dresses looking gorgeous and forgiving round our waistlines. This one nips you right up on top, while the skirt skims your butt and hips with its very soft pleating. It’s truly ideal for all fall events. The compliments just roll in.
Price: $148
4. The Perfect Fall Pants
WHAT: Rocio Wide Leg Pant*
Why we love it: These are the most nostalgic and lovely brown, wide-leg pants* and look closely, they’re corduroy! They make all our fall outfits 5x more interesting and 10x more Meg Ryan in every 90s rom-com.
Price: $168
5. The Belt That Elevates All Your Neutral Outfits
WHAT: Favorite Daughter The Suede Statement Belt"*
Why we love it: Even just a hint of brown suede at your waist instead of black leather will make you look more styled, more autumnal, and more “quiet luxury.” The entire rest of your outfit can cost $60. All you need is the belt.
Price: $118
6. The Softest Sweat Set You Can Wear Outside The House
WHAT: Varley Hawley Half-Zip Sweat* and The Slim Cuff Pant*
Why we love it: There’s a smooth, spongey, almost weighted softness to this set that sets it apart from other loungey things we wear at home. It’s also so chic and flattering, we can wear it out without a lick of self-consciousness.
Price: $148 for the sweatshirt, $128 for the pants
7. The Blissfully Comfy Riding Boots
WHAT: Nisolo Vera Knee High Boot*
Why we love it: Technically, these veer into the burgundy brown end of the color wheel, but that just makes them more stunning and dramatic over a blue jean or a suede pencil skirt*. Add a lush turtleneck, and you’ve mastered the most flawless winter uniform - something Cameron Diaz would have surely trotted around in in The Holiday for example.
Price: $229
8. The Foolproof Party Dress
WHAT: Aritzia Babaton Audience Satin Halter Dress*
Why we love it: Every year, we search high and low for an event dress we’ll actually enjoy wearing to that sparkly winter soirée. Toss your hair into a messy knot, slip on this classic, flattering, sleek, hot cocoa-colored frock and march straight up to the hot cocoa bar. You’ll be more than set. You’ll be thrilling.
Price: $148
9. The Bag That Matches Black AND Brown
WHAT: Clare V. Moyen Messenger*
Why we love it: We write about this bag too much. We know. It’s perfect in every way in all its leathers and weaves and solid colors. But now it’s just come out the chicest black and brown leopard print that matches every black, brown, denim, and white thing we wear, and what are we supposed to do? Not write about it!? Impossible! This bag takes care of all your “styling” in one fell swoop. Black dresses. White t-shirts. Brown boots. It just makes them all wildly more exciting.
Price: $475
At The Candidly, we try a lot of stuff so you don’t have to. We only recommend things we truly love, and that we think you’ll love, too. All products are chosen independently by our creative team, and all details reflect the price and availability of products at the time of publication. If you buy something we link to, The Candidly may earn a commission.
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