This Is the New It Bag Color Trend to Wear With Black Shoes

Long gone are the days when matching your bag to your shoes was customary. In fact, more often than not, people reject matchy-matchy accessories. That said, pairing a black bag with black shoes is an easy choice that people still often make, but I’ve found as of late that It girls, in particular, are choosing a specific 2026 handbag color trend when wearing black shoes of any style: The bag color is cognac, and Sarah Pidgeon is the latest to wear it with black shoes.

While out and about during Paris Fashion Week, the Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette actress was spotted wearing light-wash jeans with black ankle boots on two occasions. Both times, Pidgeon carried a Balenciaga Rodeo Bag in the shade Tan Cowboy, a weathered cognac. And recently, fellow It girls Bella Hadid and Elsa Hosk opted for the same black-shoe-cognac-bag combination.