Black is beautiful

You will rarely go wrong if you pick black, when faced with a dilemma on what to wear. Black also dominated the stage at the just-concluded China Fashion Week.

Hats are the in thing in male fashions. Besides its casual top hat, Cabbeen offers a fur-like cap that goes well with casual tight jeans and T-shirts. A white inner shirt and black vest are well suited to skinny and tall men, and is popular with men in Japan.

Women's fashion come with more variations on the white-and-black striped or checked patterns. The most popular cuts for black dresses are straight cuts with high collars. Kookai, the French brand for women set up in 1983, is known for its colorful creations, but has come up with a one-piece black dress for this season.