Black two piece sets in velvet, fleece and jersey

A black two piece set from us is a top and matching bottoms you can wear as a pair or pull apart on different days. Some are velvet, two are fleece-based, and one is a lighter jersey. Over in the UK you’d likely call the same thing a black co ord set.

Fleece for snow, velvet for the train, jersey for April

Start with the weather you’ll actually wear it in. The hoodie set is our coldest-weather option. Its joggers have cuffs at the ankle, so they tuck into tall boots and the hems don’t soak through on a snowy path. The other fleece-based pair has a cropped sweatshirt and loose joggers, and we’d let a white tank peek out under the cropped edge.

Our velvet (yes, the fabric many shops label velour) lands in the middle. It’s soft. It also doesn’t look fully gym-ready, so it works for a long train ride or coffee in town. One velvet set zips up and has a hood against the wind between the station and the car. The other has a stand collar that keeps your neck warm under a jacket.

Then there’s the light one. We cut it from two-thread jersey with no brushed back, and it stretches a little, so a mild spring day or a cool summer evening won’t feel stuffy in it.

Splitting the black co-ord across your week

Black goes with any coat you own, which is the whole point. Wear the velvet zip top with jeans on Tuesday and the full set under a long puffer on Saturday. Want it to look less sporty? Swap sneakers for low-heel ankle boots in the evening, because soft pile looks dressier next to leather.

The stand-collar pants go nicely with a light sweater too. And the fleece hoodie set is the one you won’t mind getting muddy on a weekend at the cabin. Around the house, a black two piece set like that simply replaces your lounge clothes, and nobody has to know you never changed.

See every color in our full range of matching sets, or go straight to velour tracksuits if the velvet is what caught your eye.