This post was conceived the moment I walked past my Pumas in the Footlocker store and noticed they were exactly the same color as the sateen trench, which I was wearing. (Not that I would wear the two together.) And they have black trim. In that moment of epiphany, I knew what color gloves to buy and I knew it was going to be easy: black.
Repeating a color; whether fabric, leather or metal; lends a coordinated air to an outfit. That’s what makes accessories infrastructure. Compound the effect by repeating two colors together.
A note about wearing black: While I am actively avoiding the aging effect of large swaths of black near the face, I see no reason to avoid black leather accessories, especially those nearest the lower half of the body such as shoes, belts, bags and gloves. Which realization, in view of black’s popularity among the masses, is rather freeing to this bargain hunter.
When I wear my light neutrals, I think of black accessories as a “color”. Why? it pops!
I can see that! It’s similar, but inverse, to the effect when I wear my light neutrals with white. 8)