The Chicest People I Know Have a Thing for This Elegant Color Pairing
If you're shopping online, perusing Instagram, or reading Who What Wear, you probably already know by now that chocolate brown is the It color of fall 2025. The deep rich hue unquestionably adds a luxurious touch to all our fall looks. While head-to-toe brown outfits have been a popular trend among the style set this season, there's another gorgeous color that chic fashion people love to style with their brown pieces: sky blue. From the runways to the street style set, we've been seeing pops of soft powder blues worn to break up deep brown ensembles and add a lightness that counter balances the earthy tones.
One of the easiest ways to wear the color duo is by adding a soft blue sweater, button-down or polo to your dark brown tailored trousers, coats and jackets. Try playing with textures too—a blue cashmere sweater under a brown soft suede jacket will look luxuriously chic. The color combo always works and will add an of-the-moment and fresh touch to your fall/winter looks.
Keep scrolling below to get inspired by how the fashion set are wearing the color combination, then shop our favorite brown and blue pieces to style together.
How the Fashion Set Are Styling the Color Combo
Brown tailored trousers styled with a blue button-down is an effortlessly chic combination that always works.
A brown suede jacket looks even chicer when paired with a suede blue bag.
Allow your blue button-down to pop through underneath a brown crewneck sweater.
The perfect autumn outfit combination: blue jeans and a brown stripe sweater.
Give a brown tailored suit a casual touch with a blue zip-up jacket styled underneath.
Play with fabrics and try a rich brown leather skirt with a blue cashmere sweater.
A chic option for work: A pale blue blouse style with a brown pencil skirt. So elegant.
Playing with prints is a great way to wear the color trends. For the maximalists among us, a blue plaid shirt paired with a brown plaid skirt is a seriously chic combination we never knew how much we needed.
Shop the Chicest Brown and Blue Pieces:

Judith Jones is the associate shopping director at Who What Wear and has worked in fashion for over a decade. She specializes in shopping content and trend stories with high-affiliate impact. She shares the coolest, most desirable fashion market finds and brands for every budget. Previous to working in fashion, Judith worked as a TV host on the PBS travel show Globe Trekker (airing on Netflix and Amazon Prime) sharing her passion for travel and culture.
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