Kerry Washington was spotted in the trendy Tribeca neighborhood clad in a pair of chocolate brown leather pants ... brown mini dress by the brand. Normani attended the Billboard Women in Music ...

Again, much of that depends on what you are wearing; a white dress shirt with dark brown dress pants will still look more elevated and dressed up than dark brown jeans and dark brown polo.

but we mostly found ourselves lusting after her brown pants ... pairing your pants with a structured top and heels, or you could dress them down with a basic T-shirt and white sneakers.