The cooler autumn weather is almost upon us and that means it’s time to up the ante on darker hues.

There has long been false belief that wearing certain colours together is a major fashion faux par. While there are certainly some combinations that don’t work, many – such as blue and black, and pink and red – are fabulous together.

Photo: Styleinc.com.au

New York fashionista Olivia Palermo is the perfect model for the blue and black case, she takes a casual denim shirt uptown with a pair of sleek tailored black pants in the look above.

Then she added bright blue heels to liven up the look.

Easy.

Scope the blue and black look:

1. Topshop shirt

2. Prada sunglasses

DKNY watch

Theysken’s Theory pants

ASOS heels