Why brown is the new black

Not only is it over for that long-ago “no brown in town” diktat — which you may or may not be old enough or posh enough to remember — but there has been, if the front rows of the past few weeks are anything to go by, a complete switcheroo.

“Only brown in town” would appear to be the new mantra for the fashion pack. I would even go as far as to say that — wait for it — brown is the new black. The front row are in the final throes of the shows in Paris and clad pretty much to a woman in a hue that I am calling Snickers.

Does the idea of that make you snigger? What, I hear you