Black and White: FW 2025’s Only Way to Work It

For years, black-and-white has been the default officewear pairing—the safest, easiest, lowest-risk combination imaginable. And yet (of for that reason), it’s also the one most likely to make you disappear into the background. In 2025, nothing signals irrelevant faster than a generic black jacket over a generic white top. The good news? Fall/Winter 2025 rewrites the formula with clarity and purpose and luxury houses, from Givenchy to Dior, give us a way to wear black and white (we’re covering white here, not cream) that looks intentional, current, and genuinely sophisticated—not timid. This season, there is exactly one work-appropriate simple formula knowing.

All Black Masculine Tailoring + Button Up White Collar

Black wide-leg pants matched with a single crisp white button-up, double-breasted blazer optional but most welcome (Saint Laurent’s epic SS 2025 still lingering). The key here is to ensure great tailoring, of course, and to pick exactly the right white button-up. This season, the trend is still tending towards oversize, which obviously cannot be done literally in the power dressing spheres. The tweaks revolve around a (slightly) lower shoulder seam and a slightly looser fit. 

Above (left-right, top-bottom): Saint Laurent suit (blazer $3,900, pants $1,600), Jacquemus shirt ($690), Saint Laurent belt ($500), Ralph Lauren suit (blazer $365, pants $1,190), Massimo Dutti shirt ($100), high heel pumps Gianvitto Rossi via My Theresa ($626). Click on each item for more options across the full price range.

Pair it with gold earrings

For complete styling options, see our easy formula here.