Milan's runways offered a dozen new colors this season. Maria narrowed her list to three.
What the runways said
Mustard at Boss and Prada. Seafoam at Vivetta and Jil Sander. Wine nearly everywhere else.
The rule that cuts the list
A color earns a place only if it already has two things to be worn with in the closet she owns right now.
The one that made it
Wine won, and it wasn't close. Every ivory skirt and black trouser she owns already says yes to it.
Mustard and seafoam wait
One gets a single test run with jeans. The other waits for a season she has time to build around it.
Shop the wine sweater
Worn over what was already in the closet.