black outfit, brown boots

something else i've started seeing lately (or maybe just started feeling) is the brown with black combination. a totally black outfit -- the kind that is de rigeur in New York or London -- black jeans, black or otherwise dark-colored top, black coat...and then historically it has always been paired with black shoes/boots or maybe grey or even dark brown. and then all of a sudden i am seeing brown boots, like TAWNY brown, combined with a head-to-toe black look. the contrast is startling yet very fresh.

I had been thinking the brown/black thing subconsciously. have even been wearing dark brown boots with black jeans myself, wondering why i kept doing it. and then saw the picture below online and the thought finally came to life.

and of course it's not a trend until you see Kate Moss sporting it.