Obi Cubana and his wife Ebele Iyiegbu, known to many as Lush Eby, just gave us a quiet style moment worth bookmarking. In their latest photo, the couple shows up coordinated without being matchy, and that is exactly the fine line that makes couple dressing work.
Obi went with a stone-grey suit and an open-neck cream shirt, keeping the look relaxed with gold-framed sunglasses, a chain, a wristwatch, and black dress shoes. Eby answered in butter yellow, a double-breasted suit that pulls all the attention without trying too hard. She finished the look with a patterned silk scarf in brown and white tones, a sleek half-up hairstyle, and soft, understated makeup.
Together, the two colours feel fresh and a little unexpected. Stone grey and butter yellow do not shout for attention, but side by side they create something genuinely pleasing. It works because each person has their own look, and yet the two reads as one complete picture.
If you have been looking for couple outfit inspiration that lives somewhere between matchy-matchy and completely unrelated, this one is your reference point. Start there.
Originally published by Bella Naija.