In addition to the magnificent colors that will depopulate this one Spring Summer, the latest trend on the runway, shows dresses and suits in White e black, contrasting colors that recall a perfect graphic combination for this season.
Simple linear and very elegant, black and white, for many designers, represents all and nothing, thus giving a profound meaning to the metaphor. It therefore becomes not only a classic refuge in modernity, a unique certainty, but a perfect combination that resists the courses and recourses of fashion.
The dual essence of this chromatic antithesis is still used today, both to take a position through categorical thoughts, and to declare the ambiguity of the contemporary.
“Black contains everything, even white. Together, black and white are of absolute beauty, they are the perfect match ”Coco Chanel
Chanel it is the emblem of the two-tone black-white, making the rigor experienced during his childhood, where the monastic style covered the chromatic choices, become the backbone of his idea of elegance.
From the two incons C, to her simple perfume bottle Chanel n5 or simply noting her collections from the beginning, this two-tone according to the couturier, covered the idea of extreme elegance.
A minimalist and bold trend
The trends of this season 2021 present minimalist choices, collections that play with empty and full spaces.
An affirmation of style but also of power, the chromatic antithesis par excellence that has held the bench since the 60s onwards is dusted off today by the proposals of our stylists.
Balmain 
Dolce and Gabbana 
Giambattista Valli 
DSquared2
Terminology
The ambivalence of black can also be found at the lexical level, because in many ancient languages it designates an opaque one, with a negative value, and a bright one with a positive value. This duality of values is present both in the Latin vocabulary (ater and niger) and in the old English one (swart and black).
For white, from the lexical point of view, the ancient languages distinguished two different typologies: in Greek leucos, it indicated the clear and therefore human one, while arg was used for the bright and therefore divine white; the Latin, on the other hand, distinguished candidus, which etymologically means to inflame, therefore it refers to the idea of splendor, from albus which translates as pallor, discoloration, clarity.
Audrey Hepburn black and white dress
Inspired by the fashion of the Paris of anni 20, the dress designed by Cecil Beaton for the character of Eliza Dollitlle it is a serene style dress long to the feet and tight on the skirt and long sleeves.
The dress is decorated with some black and white striped ribbons and two bows of the same shades on the chest and at the base of the skirt.
The dress is combined with an oversized hat that recalls the same colors and the same decorations of the dress, and adorned with a composition of red and pink flowers and white feathers.
The outfit is completed by two white gloves and an umbrella of the same color.
