
Trend Report: Black and White
February 8th, 2010 admin

It’s said that no issue is ever black and white, but when it comes to one of the season’s can’t-miss trends, we must humbly reply: au contraire . As noted on the Givenchy S/S 10 runway and the most ahead-of-the-curve tastemakers—including Kate Moss, Vanessa Traina, and Carine Roitfeld—these noir-plus-blanc looks are definitively important right now.
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