After watching a few episodes of "The City", I became more interested in the glamorous Olivia Palermo than Whitney, i.e., main character of the show. Maybe it's because she seems to have such a fabulous life, or because she is cattier, but wait - it's because (despite her cattiness) she really does have a great sense of style. And she has been wearing many a classic color combination - black/white or black/ivory. I happen to find a good black & ivory combination (a la Chanel) extremely classy & polished, and I find myself wearing the combo again & again, tirelessly. However, one discretionary note - notice that Olivia's choice of accessories is often an accent color in brown, purple or nude, which keeps the look from coming dangerously close to dull.
Black & Ivory. It works for Olivia, and it works for me too. Want her chic, classic style? Shop some similar looks below.
I found myself more interested in her at first too...then I got the whole Olivia Palermo backstory online and have been completely turned off ever since. Whitney and her over-exaggerated mannerisms have my heart once again. Haha.