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.