Sloper, I hear that! Black tops can seem to work better than expected when the lighting is just right, maybe I look well- rested ( still old though) , maybe have on some lipstick— then bam, under other conditions itsa not so good.

Nodding along with what Jaime said, at least in terms of black being so much easier to source and easier to be specific about.

Black looks okay on me if I wear makeup, but it's not my best -- dark or ink blue is a better dark on me, so that's what I wear. Also charcoal. I think those can be as elegant as black in the right type of pieces, but as you and others point out, the right pieces are so much harder to source.

I still wear black footwear (especially in winter) and if I saw something I just had to have and it only came in black, I might try it, especially if I could mix it with blues. A lot of my blues "read" as black anyway, in some lights.

I think black can look great on people with grey hair. So hair colour isn't a problem for it.

I still love black! I have many black items. It's always been a favorite, but maybe even more so as I age. I feel better in mostly dark colors. I also find I don't care as much as I once did whether a color flatters or looks good near my face. I just want to wear what I want to wear.