Monochrome Outfits: How to Wear One Color Without Looking Boring

No time to figure out combinations in the morning? Dress in one color. A monochrome fit looks expensive and deliberate even when you threw it together in two minutes. You just need to avoid the "warehouse staff uniform" look.

Play with shades

The exact same shade top to bottom looks flat. Step it up or down a notch instead: light grey hoodie, mid-grey cargos, charcoal jacket. The eye reads one color, but the outfit has depth. The easiest colors to start with are black, grey, beige and olive.

Fabric does half the work

When there's only one color, texture has to do the talking. Mix smooth with rough: cotton tee, fleece hoodie, nylon jacket, denim. A black leather jacket over a black hoodie looks completely different from two pieces of the same sweatshirt fabric. Without a change in material, everything blends into one blob.

One detail, not five

Monochrome is the perfect canvas for a single accent. White sneakers under an all-black fit, a silver chain, a colored beanie. One. Add a second and a third and you lose what makes monochrome strong — calm.

Picking pieces in the same palette is easier with the curated selection at DOPESTORE. And once you've shot the fit, KupSledujici can help with reach.

Try it tomorrow: one color, three shades, two fabrics, one detail.