BROWN: THE ESSENTIAL RULES

DO WEAR all shades of brown together, from toffee and treacle to cinnamon and beige.

DON’T be timid with highlighter colours — pink, lemon, pale blue, mustard.

DO INVEST in quality fabrics. Tailoring in brown looks more expensive.

DON’T be put off by Seventies associations. It’s chic silhouettes, not flares.

DO THINK of the brown spectrum to go with ontrend leopard spots.

DON’T forget: the deeper the hue of brown leather, the more sumptuous your boot or bag will look.