One is the Loveliest Color.

NY Magazine covered a story on five different New Yorkers who dress entirely in a monochromatic palette. What’s interesting to note is everyone that was profiled for this story is a member of the creative class. All five New Yorkers either work in the fashion industry (shoe, fashion, and fabric designer respectively), or design for a living– and are thus able to be slightly more outrageous with their sartorial choices (industrial designer) or at a place where there really isn’t a dress code (singer-songwriter). Hm.

Which begs the question, If you had to wear only one color, and one color only which would you choose?

I’m going to be boring and say black. As I have a lot of it– and that’s what I predominantly chose when given the choice between black and another color. Runner ups are gray and white, as they make up the rest of my wardrobe– though for some reason more people remember me in gray than white. Weird.

Other logical reasons for choosing black:

• It matches everything.
• Stains don’t show as easily.
• It’s fool-proof.

You can read “One is the Loveliest Color” in its entirety here.