I, myself, have been a longtime silver fanatic. There’s something about an icy, chrome-like piece that has always paired better with my mostly-black, slightly rock ‘n’ roll wardrobe. A silver-sheen boot or chunky silver necklace? It feels sleek and edgy, just like my preferred clothing style. Golds feel too cheery and summery! And I’m not alone: I polled some of my Vogue colleagues for their thoughts on the enduring silver-versus-gold debate, and found many were in favor of cool tones, too.
“I have never and would never wear anything gold,” says senior Vogue editor Corey Seymour. “Gold just seems so look-at-me, while silver is (relatively) restrained and subdued. My Brooklyn-Italian wife is very pro-gold, but we’ve agreed to disagree.” Max Berlinger, Vogue Runway’s senior fashion news editor, agrees with the anti-gold rhetoric. “Because it’s a bit more low-key, I think you can buy chunkier pieces,” he says of his precious silver staples. “I have a silver curb-link bracelet that I wear every day from Tiffany & Co, and even though it’s a bigger piece, the silver makes it feel casual. I would never wear the same thing in gold.”
But the recent spring 2027 runways would beg to differ. The newest designer collections went all-in on gold: Saint Laurent’s Anthony Vaccarello designed a whole collection in the sunny metallics, sending items down the runway such as foiled trench coats and dainty stiletto sandals to match. Labels like Ralph Lauren showed gold pleated slip dresses, while Dolce & Gabbana went all in on 1980s maximalism with its chunky gold accessories. Sorry, diehard silver lovers (myself included), but the message of the season is clear: It’s officially time to go for gold.
As the outfit planning for this year’s holidays begins, then, I began wondering: Can I convince myself to actually switch it up? To trade in my comfort-zone silvers for something a little more glamorous and gilded?