The dutch trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort strikes again – just like she anticipated, brown will be the trend color of this fall, instead of black. “Black was truly abused by many brands and utilized everywhere”, Edelkoort said in an interview with welt.de. “In addition, brown has something really earthy and people these days have a strong urge to feel connected with planet earth.” There is indeed a huge list of designers who’ve involved different shades of brown into their collections. Even Yohij Yamamoto, who is famous for his preference of black, included brown short leather jackets and boots into his show. At Salvatore Ferragamo, Paul Andrew and Guillaume Meilland showed that brown can easily be worn by both men and women, even in the form of an all-over look. The color was seen as suits, dresses and coats at Lemaire and provided the whole collection with some kind of laissez-faire feeling. Finally, Altazurra presented a very elegant way to wear brown by showing straight cutted blazers and vests.