Groutfits Are Back—Here's How Fashion Icons Are Styling Them
Gray has a reputation for being boring. It's the color of sidewalks, sweatpants, and cloudy skies—but against all odds, it's become one of this season's biggest color trends. All-gray outfits, known colloquially as groutfits, were long reserved for colder months—but not anymore. According to designers like Sandy Liang, Thom Browne, and Giorgio Armani, you should be wearing monochrome gray looks year-round.
Worn en masse, shades once considered drab can feel surprisingly fresh. Just look at the sooty, ashen hues that anchored the spring/summer 2025 runways of trendsetters like Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Jil Sander, and Paloma Wool.
Michelle Williams, Jennie Kim, Tracee Ellis Ross, Hailee Steinfeld, and Gigi Hadid are just a few of the celebrities who have been photographed in all-gray outfits over the past few weeks. If there's anything to be learned from their effortless Chanel sweatsuits and Thom Browne separates, it's that groutfits are inherently chic. Why else would Kendall Jenner wear one to the Met Gala?
Plus, executing the perfect groutfit is easier than you think. The key is to play with proportion, texture, and silhouette. Contrast a sleek wool suit with a nubby suede bag and metallic flats, pair a cozy cashmere knit with a pearly silk slip, or pile chunky silver jewelry atop a basic tee or tank. The beauty of a groutfit is that it can be as minimalist or maximalist, and as casual or formal, as you'd like.
Don't let the concept of "all-gray" keep you from adding subtle accents to your look, either. Something as simple as a crisp white button-up or classic red lip can transform an underwhelming look into one that's smartly understated. Colorless charcoals and steel grays can make the perfect playground for on-trend items like butter-yellow blouses, cherry-red handbags, and ballerina-pink sneakers—as well as for heirloom diamond jewelry and silver timepieces.
After seasons of chocolate brown at the forefront, gray is gearing up to be the next It neutral. Charcoal, steel gray, and taupe were key colors on the fall/winter 2025 runways of top designers like Toteme, Stella McCartney, Alaïa, and Tory Burch, so expect groutfits to trend well into 2026.
Use the remainder of spring to stock up on gray wardrobe staples, so you'll be ready to go all in by the time fall rolls around. To get you started, we've gathered the season's best groutfit building blocks below.
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