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Article For spring, black and white can be seen all over Published: April 3,2013 By Sheon Wilson — Correspondent It doesn’t get more classic than the black and white trend for spring. Ebony and ivory hit spring runways hard. Lela Rose placed black lace panels on the waist, shoulders and side seams of a white pantsuit. Marc Jacobs mixed polka dots, stripes and sheer panels on a maxi dress. Louis Vuitton showed bold checkered dresses, pants and tops. Nigerian designer Duro Olowu’s line for JC Penney includes a black and white leaf-print trench and playful renditions of the animal print cardigan. Now the pairing is everywhere in stores and online. Odds are you have some. “Everyone has black and white in their closet. It’s a good mod look,” says Liz Johnson, owner of Revolver Consignment Boutique ( revolverboutique.com) in Raleigh. For instance, a simple black cigarette pant and white button-down or more fashion-forward black leather pants and white sequined top make a graphic statement, she says. “You can mix and match,” Johnson says, “and if you want to make it more interesting, you can throw some texture in there. "The black-and-white palette is the backbone of White House Black Market, but other retailers are heavily invested, too. "We do strongly believe in the graphic black-and-white story for spring and even moving forward for summer and fall,” says Amy Riordan, vice president of marketing and spokeswoman for Doncaster ( doncaster.com), a high-end clothing company based in Rutherfordton. "When you have a time that has high-voltage color like we see for spring, you need some black and white to balance it.”Doncaster’s take on black and white includes a geometric color-blocked pencil skirt and a white crewneck top and skinny skirt with delicate black piping. Some say the graphic look defies fads. "Actually black and white isn’t really a trend,” says Rashon Carraway, a Charlotte-based stylist and creator of the blog Mr. Goodwill Hunting. “It has been around for quite some time in fashion, especially for those who are conservative in their style. "Fresh Boutique ( facebook.com/freshboutique) in Charlotte has lots of black and white because the palette appeals to its customers, from teens to age 80, manager Katie Tippett says. "Black and white was an easy one for us to pick up on it,” Tippett says. “You will always see little bits of all the trends (in our store), but black and white is a good fit for our customer because it’s so timeless and stylish. "Her own take on the trend is her favorite black leather skirt. “I wear it all the time,” Tippett says. “It’s a classic basic I wear with a white shirt to kind of color-block it. That keeps it cute.”

This article is explaining the black and white trend as being very popular. You can mix match it as if wearing vertical stripes with horizontal stripes, polka dots with checkered board, or even just wearing mixed prints. The style doesn’t only consist of wearing it in our clothes, we also wear it for clutches/handbags, hair accessories, etc. We all have some sort of black and white in our closets, no matter it be a cocktail dress or a pair of jeans. Black and white is so fun to wear because you can either wear it casual or you can have fun and dress up with it. It’s such a mod and simple look, you could just simply wear black and white from head to toe or mix it up a little bit. Since Black and white matches with everything, you could throw a little color in you wardrobe. A lot of designers have been featuring black and white in their recent collections.

Conclusion I attended the beach Saturday, April 27 and the mall on Sunday, April 28. While at the beach, I noticed a lot of the black and white trend. Something I realized was that the black and white trend appeared to be worn by the same age group. Throughout the twelve times I saw my trend, majority of it came in stripes. I saw my trend in maxi skirts, crop tops, turtle necks, and leggings. The beach was very busy around 7:00 pm, however, the mall was not crowded around 1:00 pm. My trend can be worn by any age range, but I’ve seen it the most in the ranges of