There are several colors that make me look like an insomniac flu victim who just finished running a marathon. Most shades of peach and coral, pale pinks, and certain dusty blues have this effect on my complexion. And I do avoid them, at least up top.
But I just can’t limit myself to a tiny set of über-flattering colors. I CAN’T DO IT. In a world that embraces black and gray with both arms, shuns bright hues, and fears color-on-color mixes, I feel it is my sworn duty to rotate through as many bold shades as I can. Even if they don’t make me look as rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed as possible. I’m a bona-fide color rebel, people. And I’m more than happy to sacrifice a glowy complexion for a constant stream of feedback about my inspiring and cheering color choices. Bold tones make me feel happy, energetic, and alive. And all of those things trump “pretty.”
Are you a color rebel, too? Do you know “your colors,” and stick to them religiously? Know “your colors” and ignore them cheerfully? How do you feel about restricting your wearage to a certain set of shades?
P.S. This photo is from last summer, but I think it qualifies as one of my boldest color mixes EVER. So I used it. Even though my hair is way different now.
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I think it’s fantastic. More people should peruse a color wheel when getting dressed. Seriously.
I wear patterns, not colors!
But when I do wear single-color clothing, I turn to those that bring out the glow of my tanned skin, like white and olive green, because I feel pretty when I *know* I look pretty.
I don’t honestly know my “colors,” although I’m pretty sure I know which ones flatter me the most (although that could just be the ones I like wearing the most) – I’m also a black + grey wearer, so… But I have to say that that picture of you is amazing. I love the color pairing and I think if I’d seen you on the street, I would’ve applauded!
I love that shade of blue. I tend to stay away from colors that look bad on me, mainly because I don’t like being asked if I’m sick. I make sure my good colors are bright and have some variation to keep things interesting.
I love bright yellow, love it! But anything yellow is a no go for my complexion, so I compromise and I use yellow acessories. I have a cute spring/summer bright yellow bag with fuchsia lined interior. How’s that for colour rebellion
I’m Indian – so I have golden-brown skin and black hair all the time. Thing is, no one shares an opinion of what “my” colors are. My mom insists that pastels and bright summer colors look best on me. My friends say black and earthy tones look flattering on me. I think rich autumn/winter tones look best, but I love chic neutrals, like tan and brown too.
So? I assume every color looks awesome on me and wear ‘em all.
OMG!!! I absolutely ADORE this outfit. I tend to go for bright colors and the are not really drawn to the color that people compliment me on, red and blue are two colors in particular. Not that I shy away from it but I’m not drawn to it. I also like to novelty or unique things. Now that I have seen you put orange (one of my fav colors) with blue – I MUST see if I can replicate!!! I love all the combos you put together, I am soooo glad you are a color rebel
Have a great weekend 
I love yellow, of all shades, but I look like a fresh zombie with it close to my face. I haven’t been brave enough to even wear it as shoes or a belt yet! Otherwise, I play around with color and try to put new things together (else I’ll get stuck in a rut and wear blue for 10 days in a row). I feel like a yellow belt is close for me… just waiting to get up the nerve!
I love this color combination Sally! Love it. One of the things I most admire about your style is your fearless play with color. I’m trying to imitate that more.
I am so with you on that one sister. Yippie for color! I’ve never met a color I don’t like (ok slight exaggeration) and I wear them all, and yes I know some look better on me than others but like you said – cheerful sometimes trumps pretty.
Shine on.
Hi Sally! I LOVE the colors you’re wearing in the photo above. Although I don’t wear sassy color combos myself (because I just finished weeding out my closet per your self-guided mini makeover and now have next to no clothes!), I do enjoy them very much and certainly plan on adding colors of every sort to my new wardrobe.
You are so right that our culture is afraid of colors. One summer when my aunt, a fellow color rebel, was visiting from Florida, she wore a lime green tanktop with an aqua blue skirt. It looked gorgeous, but she was getting the strangest looks all day! How sad!
Hi Sal, I don’t limit myself to certain shades but my wardrobe is dominated by my most flattering shades: greens (my eye color), lavender/deep purple/burgundy, periwinkle. My neutral is gray so that dominates in all its shades. And I find it confusing when wardrobe assistance posts say “Are you just buying the same item over and over? How many purple shirts do you need?” Well, actually, lots! Why not: I love them and if I find “my color” in a style which flatters, well double goodness! (And I have heard about the scarf trick, to keep the less flattering shade away from direct contact with face….)
I have other colors, I mix the ones I have and your picture is all sorts of fabulous!!
I LOVE your color decisions, Sal! Hear, hear!
Me, I adore big, bold, rich colors — I’m particularly drawn to deep reds, oranges and purples, But for most of my life I wouldn’t wear any of these. You see, I’m a redhead and was always taught that I “couldn’t” wear anything that might clash with my hair.
Well, you see where this is going. Several years ago I finally realized what an arseload of nonsense that was, and now I revel in my bright red, hair-clashing ensembles.
After my brief fling with colour a few years ago, I’ve actually mostly given up on colour again, and gone back to grey, black, and now some white and cream. I felt that a variety of brightly coloured outfits made my wardrobe as a whole lose cohesion, somehow; items went with a couple of other things, but didn’t have the broad usefulness that I prefer.
The one colour I mostly avoid that does suit me is blue, and this is because my mother FORCED me into it when she was buying my clothes (which she did until I was sixteen or so) and refused to let me buy black. “You’re too young for black! And blue makes your eyes look so nice.” It does make my eyes look nice, but it still reminds me of dowdy, style-free, well-made basics twenty years too old for me purchased from Eatons or Sears.
The one colour that annoys me is red. I LOVE red and wish I had much more of it, but my yellowish skin means that reds that suit me are few and far between — the best is a kind of muted red, but NOT raspberry-toned, as I am not a winter; the most commonly found bright true red, on the other hand, emphasises the yellow and takes all other colour out of my face.
I tend to buy a lot of things when that vivid, almost acid chartreuse green is in, as it not only suits me, but I like it, and it goes well with my “capsule basics”.
I adore these colors on you! So bold and beautiful! I tend to wear a lot of color because it makes me happy and life is too short to play it safe in black all the time
I used to be a colour rebel, too.
Since my mother’s loss I wore just black and then those not so bright colours.
Now that spring is coming I made a promise to myself to be again a “colour mix” person, but it hasn’t been easy….
To tell you the true I don’t know what are my colours, but I used to mix them all and I hope I will do it again.
Wishing you a fantastic weekend
xoxo
Years and years ago my Mom and I went to one of those “color me beautiful” consultants. They drap you with different colored fabrics to find the ones that work best, then teach you make-up colors that work best for you as well. You are then assigned a season, winter, spring, summer or autumn. I am an autumn, and do lean toward those earthy colors, but get bored and do on occasion break the rules. After all, silly rules where made to be broken. Right?!
I used to be a serious colour rebel in my student days – especially as most of my friends were goths and metalheads in black and denim. A fave outfit consisted of bright purple pvc trousers and a bright orange top. Tye-dye was my friend. Then I realised I was using the colour to hide behind… kind of ‘don’t look at me look at the stripy hat!’ and lost my confidence a bit and threw out the baby of colour with the bathwater of using it as a prop. I’m gradually re-connecting with the fact I love colour, it just helps now to have some idea of what’s flattering and what’s not. I recently discovered the joys of a rich turquiose!
I love that color combo! With red hair, there are certain pinks and purples that make me look like a Harry Potter character. Not that I necessarily think that’s a bad thing, but if I’m going to look like I do my shopping on Diagon Alley, I’d like to do it on purpose… so I tend to go with my gut feeling at the moment, and let the color experts go hang.
My name is Kristin and I’m a confirmed colour rebel.
YAY!
oh that outfit reminds me of the color groupings i used to wear when i was a girl growing up in the 1960′s and 1970′s. that would have been a nice, but nowhere unusual or outrageous look in that time period. and compared to the late 1980′s to early 1990′s, there is SO MUCH MORE COLOR these days! then it was black black black. i was a rebel for wearing beige
like Katherine, i like to have a lot of flexibility in my wardrobe combinations, and colors that i like to wear are rarely available, so i stick to black, beige, ivory, grey…..i also really like to wear exaggerated silhouettes, lots of textures and details – and on me this is enough going on without adding complementary colors. the outfit Sal’s wearing, which looks great on her, is so simple in it’s lines and textures that i would break out in hives wearing it. To each her own! variety’s the spice of life, as they say…..
wow that looks beautiful. well you always look beautiful. I just wanted to say thank you for inspiring me with your positive attitude and your impeccible dress sense.
I absolutely love what you’re doing with that outfit. The wonderful perk of orange and blue is the complimentary-ness of them, and then those two go together perfectly; the way they play off of each other make each of them brighter.
I mostly stick to dark grey and black in my tops and blue jeans, black and grey on my bottom. I look good in a lot of colors and own a few blue and green tops, a purple one and one red button-up. I like to add more color with my accessories because I tend to try to dress quietly but surround myself with color in my house. I also don’t have the budget yet to do anything more than add a few colors to a more muted wardrobe that all goes together more easily.
I like color interesting color combinations, but I’ve realized through trial and lots of error that I’m not comfortable wearing very bright colors all day. The colors I admire on a hanger are not the ones I enjoy wearing. I keep one “bright” red outfit (which is actually almost somber when compared to Sal’s outfits!) in my closet to remind myself of this. Whenever I really start thinking I should buy a teal tee shirt, I try wearing that red outfit for a day, and remember that it might be flatttering but it doesn’t feel like me. Since my color choices tend to be safer, I do play a lot more with texture.
I love color–a lot of color. Bright, strong, patterned, as well as paler, quieter tones. But like many others here, I tend to prefer colors that flatter my complexion and make the most of my natural assets. Every once in a while I fall in love with a color that doesn’t look so great with my coloring and buy an item or two in it and wear them and love them–not because they make me look great, but because of the way the color makes me feel. Olivey greens are one example. Yellows, too. Actually, pretty much anything with strong yellow undertones doesn’t suit my pale, rosy complexion–but sometimes I just have to buck the system. If I can I’ll try to use those unflattering but wonderful colors away from my face. Red–bright primary or fire-engine red–is one color that I simply cannot and will not do: it makes me look like a tomato and reminds me too much of kindergarten and ketchup. I have no true red in my wardrobe.
I am pretty dedicated to my colors–it helps that the colors that look best on me are also the colors I like best, for the most part. I am trying to branch out a little bit in makeup colors recently, though, so I guess that’s something?
I’m not a rebel, but black, grey and white aren’t favorites either. I go for earth tones, purples, greens, and blues.
Oh, lordy–I want spring to come. You look like a garden of iris and daffodils in that gorgeous outfit. I need some WARM clothes in bright, cheery colors. Sigh . . .
Me too. It hurts me a little to look at that photo with all the green trees and lack-of-snow. Sigh.
I have been wearing head-to-toe black for almost three months now….although admittedly with bright red or pink leggings underneath and crazy pattern socks!
I love that color combination!! Soo cute!
I am a firm believer that no color is off limits as long as you find that shade that flatters you. I actually find it hard not to incorporate some kind of color in my wardrobe!
Sal, you are making me want to try orange! I love how you fearlessly mix bright colors and patterns.
I’m really partial to bright reds, blues and greens.
Oh, you should! There’s an orange for everyone! I love wearing orange, it makes me so happy. And you wouldn’t think it to look at (pale, pinkish, dark-haired) me that it would look good on me, but it does.
I stick to colors that look good on me, at least around my face. I express my rebel-ness other ways, like bright nail polish and bad azz music. If I have to posess a color that isn’t flattering, I get it in shoes or a bag or something that is not near my face. I have a great bright yellow pair of sandals, for example. It’s hard enough to look good and feel good about yourself. Why start at a deficit by wearing a color that makes you look horrible?
I will say that as I’ve aged my skintone has changed a bit and I’m pushing myself to try colors I never would have worn in the past. I have similar coloring to Sal. While I would never wear peach or tangerine, I have tried blood orange and pinky corals with success. I would never have tried them in my younger days, but now I have a bit more yellow in my skin and I’m a shade darker in foundation so they work. Same with certain neutrals, though I try to stick with cool neutrals.
I am a huge fan of bright colours, especially in combination. My fall-back colour combo is purple, orange, and lime green! I wear colours that make me happy when I look at them, but it’s true that they’re not always the best with my colouring. In particular, I’m very attracted to bright sunshine-y yellows, which, with my reddish hair and very pink skin, makes me look like a very ripe tomato. But I just can’t give it up!
I try and be fearless with colors, and I do own quite a few bright things, but I do find that I gravitate toward buying things that seem to go well with my skin tone almost unconsciously…
I went through a color-playing phase that lasted about three years. I guess I’m a post-colour rebel. Suddenly this fall, my tastes completely changed. I emptied my closet of anything that wasn’t white, black or any shade of gray, red or navy blue. I have never felt so free and sophisticated in my life. There is nothing boring about mixing textures and prints in those color ranges. I don’t feel or look like a clown, I don’t have to worry about trying to maximize the possible colour combinations. To each his/her own.
I think these colors look great together! Is it weird that I sort of “collect” clothing–in a ” oooh I don’t have a bright green tank” so I need it for my ‘collection’ –
I like having choices from every color of the rainbow–even though some may work better than others–ultra excited for spring/summer and NEON!
That actually makes sense to me. I often do the same thing – buying it because I don’t already have something in that same color. I don’t think it’s weird at all.
Gracey
A year ago I had exactly two cardigans that I wore with any regularity – a black cashmere one and a printed mustard/cream/brown one. I knew there were plenty of outfits I wore that would look better in a different color, but I just never bothered.
Then this spring/summer I decided I needed a cardigan in every color. (Imagine that statement accompanied by jazz hands.) I now own…well, I don’t know exactly, but it’s somewhere north of 25. Mostly thrifted!
you know i love color! and i don’t stay away from anything!
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Wonderful colors!!!!!!!!!!!! As I am getting older (mid50s), I enjoy bright colors much more than I did 10 years ago. I don`t have to hide myself in a muted, grey, black crowd . When I started looking for spring clothes in January, I was very pleased to see c o l or !!!
I wouldn’t call myself a rebel, but thanks to your blog I am much more comfortable with color than I ever used to be. And now that I have some purple, teal, mustard and red in my wardrobe, I wonder what I was ever afraid of. I’ve stopped thinking of my wardrobe as neutrals vs. colors, and started thinking that all colors can be neutrals and vice versa; it just depends how they’re worn together. Once I got over that hump, it became much easier to incorporate color.
I’ve been experimenting more with color and putting outfits together especially since I started blogging about my daily outfits; however, I just started so I’ve got a lot to learn.
I don’t know what my best colors are, to tell you the truth. I suspect it’s probably red and oddly enough, blue, but I wear most colors happily, top or bottom. I love color, so I generally stay away from pastels and khaki neutrals. I don’t have a lot of cream, pale pink, lavender or baby blue in my closet. And if I wear khaki I don’t usually wear it near my face. But, I can’t tell you if that’s because I don’t look good in pastels, or if I just prefer brights.
I think you’ve given me something to ponder…
you’ve been rockin’ the great color combos lately. looooove!
Funny that you posted this because today I am wearing a colour that really washes me out. And I cheated by adding a scarf and some deeper shades to offset the death look.
I do, in general, know my colours although I sneak over into another season for their best bits and I do wear black (which I’m not supposed to). I’m lucky because I am supposed to wear warm and bright colours and this is what I am naturally drawn to.
I think colours are a great jumping off point but as with everything, “rules” are made to be broken. Or at least worked around.
I have somewhat of the opposite philosophy. Bright, bold yellow and orange – never near my face. That’s the only rule. I have orange and yellow shoes and bags and am always in the market for orange or yellow skirts or pants. And I love green, cobalt blue and bright pink/coral partly because they make me look good, I think.
Honestly…the whole seasonal color thing confuses me. Because when I think of the seasons I think of what the landscape looks like, and assume those are the colors they want us to wear. But that is wrong. Very wrong. And don’t even get me started on “cool” vs. “warm” tones and blue undertones and ohmygoodnessIamsoconfuseeeeeedddd. haha. And I honestly don’t see anything wrong with the above picture of you. You look fantastic and beautiful, as always, too me!
So, basically I wear whatever colors I like
Interesting! Without really planning it, I’ve ended up with a wardrobe that’s probably 80% blue and grey (navy and charcoal are my particular favourites). I like to wear pink, red, cream and forest green as well, but blue and grey are my staples. I buy and wear these colours because they appeal to me, and because it’s practical – I’m on a limited budget, so I need every piece I buy to be as versatile as possible, hence my sticking to colours that (IMO) work well together.
I’m sure it’s partly a comfort-zone thing too, though. I’m not taking any risks by wearing classic dark neutrals all the time, and I want to start being a little more experimental with colour.
I had my “colours” done when I was a teenager (that “Colour Me Beautiful” thing) and apparently I am a Spring. However, I firmly believe that anyone can wear any colour they want – it’s not about just how the colour is against your skin, but how your personality works with it! You have such a bright and energetic personality, Sal, I can see why you love bright colours.
As for me, I LOVE bright colours, patterns, bold combinations. I wear whatever I like.
I actually feel a bit discombobulated if I leave the house without something colorful on. Even jeans and a white tee-shirt, I have to add something. Don’t have a little black dress, don’t plan on ever having one, for instance.
And I’ve found that, several years ago, my closet hit color saturation—that is to say, no matter what color I buy, there will be something I already own that goes with it wonderfully.
My favorite colour is yellow, but I love all colours, and I strongly believe anyone can every colour — just the right shade or hue, and combined with other colours to maximize and flatter your colouring
If you think you don’t look good in yellow for example, wear a cobalt cami or top (or grey), and a warm yellow cardigan (more orange yellow, than lemon) — the cami or top is closer to the center of you face, thus relecting the colour more. I have a top in every colour imagainable, and keep topping up my colour collection — my drawers and shelves are rainbows of tones, colours, hues, tints and patterns. When I wake up in the morning, or select outfits at night, I wear the colour to suit my day, mood, and complextion for that day. Be brave with colour, especially combining two colours around your face, which really opens up and luminates and reflects your skin — (and don’t pigeon holE yourself into a ‘season’– in my personal opinion, that doesn’t really add up in terms of colour theory anyway! — just my thoughts).
I love yellow and I wear it frequently – and without fail, EVERY time I wear it, at least one (usually several) women say ‘Oh I love yellow, but I just can’t wear it!’ and when I ask them WHY they usually flounder around for a minute and change the subject.
I think it’s one of those myths that women pass on to each other – that they can’t wear yellow! But they never question it…
I’m not saying that everyone looks great in every shade of yellow – but I’ll bet there’s a shade for everyone, if they would just experiment a little!
I feel like the Yellow Defender! (Preaching to the converted with you Sal – you ROCK yellow!) And you rock this fabulous combo above – is it cornflower blue??
Sarah xxx
Color can be a slippery slope. Four years ago I’d go shopping and show my mom my purchase and she’d say, “Oh, just what you needed, another black skirt.” Then when I was making a packing list for Europe, all the advice said to stick to neutrals and bring accessories in one color, and I was like, “Oh, I guess there are colors, huh?” So I bought a peridot-colored corduroy jacket and fell down the color rabbit hole.
I discovered that I can wear mustard and orange tops as well as pink or purple. I discovered I can wear olive green, kelly green, and teal. I discovered that navy looks better on me than black. I’ve always had a hard time with red, but I’m slowly creeping back into using it. I bought a bright yellow linen skirt this summer and wore the heck out of that thing, and one evening last fall when I was out having cocktails with my coworkers, I realized that they were all in black or beige and I was wearing enough colors for the lot of us combined. (And I was even wearing a gray skirt that day!)
Here are the things I keep in mind:
*All shades of some colors will look good, and some shades of all colors will look good, but not all shades of all colors will look good. Stick to the ones that make you happy.
*Even so, most colors people tend to think of as unflattering, like orange and yellow, look great with bright pinks, magentas and purples. Those who use cosmetics can use them in these shades to counteract the effects of a color that might not look great with your skin tone, unaided. If a color makes you look sallow, a bright lip color on the pink/purple/red spectrum will counteract it, or a neutral lip color will embrace it. If a color you love washes you out, a bright cream blush or cheek stain can bring the color back into your complexion.
*Contrary to what beauty magazines and color consultants taught us all in our teens, you don’t have to match your clothes to your skin tone to look great. Contrasting colors can look just as good. Or if a color you love doesn’t contrast directly, add a third color that looks good with both and create a triad. A little knowledge of color theory will go a long way.
And sure, I might be blatantly using my art school education primarily to make myself look good, but hey. At least it’s useful for something. If nothing else, it’s taught me that I look fantastic in orange.
Well I am a true color rebel…
No I do not like this word: I am a lover of colour, the colours Mother Nature offered us and I enjoy wearing them (not all of them at once of course).
And believe me here in Europe and especially in France and Paris where I live wearing and finding coloured clothes is quite a challenge… So very often I have to go shopping on US sites or Ebay US.
I love strong colours like red of all shades, orange, russet, violet and purple.
And teal. And some greens.
I can’t stand pastel as I had to wear so much as a child along with all shades of blue (ahhh navy blue) especially as I went toa catholic school.
Actually it tooks me a looooooong time to wear some navy blue again.
I am a red hair with green-blue eyes and fair skin and although I like yellow, this colour does not really suit me close to the face.
And I never wear pure clear white but rather cream of ivory of light beige.
I am not against grey and black, I like them too but I want to wear colours and I do. Even my shoes.
And once again it is not easy in France and in my job (banking).
By the way while browsing some us blogs of women in banking, legal or finance area, I am always so very surprised to read all the so very stric dress code, all the dont’ they have to suffer (IMO) as professionals. It is amazing and while in Europe colours are uncommon even in legal or banking or general office women do not have to follow rules so strict. And they are still see as professionals.
I think wearing colours might be seen as being too bold too in a kinf of unconscious way.
True grey and beige and black are elegant but so are red and orange.. you just have to wear proper clothes that fit you well and elegantly cut.
And with colours made of good quality pigments too, that is very important.
I recently bought a silk fuschia-rasperry jacket with jeweled buttons.
Well normally I never wear this colour but “flute” why not, why should I restrain myself.
So here I am I have a very well tailored and cut jacket that will be great with my black (yes) trousers.
Sorry for this very long post.
Apologies too for my bad english I need some more vocabulary.
I wish I could wear more colors at once, but it turns out I’m absolutely hopeless in sorting out which colors look good together. So I just stick to one bright color as an accent against my black and gray pieces. Luckily, black and gray suit me quite well!
I love combining jewel colours (sapphire/cobalt blue, emerald green, fuschia pinks or bright, blue-based reds) with black when I’m feeling like being bold. If I’m describing my “colours” seasonally, I’m a definite Winter, with pale skin and dark hair and eyes. I can also wear pure white OK, but tend to stay away from it for practical reasons – I swear, no sooner do I put it on that I attract the first passing stain from out of the ether…
I can also do deep colours fairly well – forest greens, midnight blues, dark maroon-based reds and some chocolate browns.
The only colours I know make me look godawful are the muted autumn earth-tones, any of the brighter or darker colours if they’re yellow-based (which *ALWAYS* make me look jaundiced), and of course, the whole colour palette that runs from orangey-red to yellow-y green.
But I also know I don’t have a fantastic eye for colour, so although I’ll happily mix any of the above colours with black or neutral, I’m really nervous about mixing them with each other because I genuinely don’t know which look good together and which clash horribly!
Colours. Oh, my. I’m a little scared of colours, admittedly, which is probably rather common thing? I’m working on it and have so far managed to wear outfits containing up to two different colours – neutrals excluded, of course. Neutrals are safe. Yes, I’m proud of that.
When it comes to colours, I’m less worried about how they look against my complexion, though, and more about how they work with each other. I have a little colour wheel-file on my laptop and whenever I contemplate wearing more than one colour that I’m not absolutely used to, I check that file to see if they’ll go together somehow. That isn’t to say I stick to trusted and tried colour combinations all the time – the other day I wore a turquoise cardigan with a pink scarf and while it scared me to death, I also looked in the mirror and went “hah, this is kind of cool. Lookit me, I’m wearing colours” … it worked, somehow.
Well, long story short, I might still be scared of colours, but I’m more and more discovering how fun they are.
Oh, and another thing about colours: I find it utterly fascinating that there seems to be some kind of relation between colours and nationality. No, really. Of course, this is a gross generalisation, but I study in a Dutch town with a large percentage of German students (of which I’m one) and I noticed that the Dutch dress rather more colourful than the German students. Something to ponder, maybe.
Yes, I’m a colour rebel! I’m a ‘winter’ (dark hair and eyes, pale skin) who really doesn’t suit most pastels (most mauves are great on me for some reason) and many beigey autumy colours. However, I bought an apricot top and have been wearing it (gasp!) and I have been known to dip into the odd pastel i.e. baby blue, mint green. I can’t do baby pink for the life of me, but I wear it as underwear and sleepwear. I can only do cool beiges, not yellowy ones, but that’s fine as I much prefer bright colours.
I tend to wear much brighter colours in spring/summer/autumn. (It’s summer here) If I’m not careful in winter I sink into the same old, same old of black pants and a bright top. Yawn! I find tights a bit tedious, but I must keep making the effort! A bright wool overcoat helps keep me perky too.
Thanks for your thought provoking blog!
I recently have been taking Image Consulting classes and had my colours done. I’m a true Winter, which means that I look best in jewel tones, and BLACK is my neutral (YAAAAY!)… Despite just figuring this out, I naturally gravitated to bold jewel tones, so I’ve been dressing for my “colour” all along. To me, colour has a very profound effect on how I feel – so when I wear colours that make me look jaundiced (orange and mustard, anyone?), I literally feel more “depressive.”
I actually do not find having “set colours” very limiting. In fact, it’s quite liberating, because dressing is easier and more enjoyable. Also, I see signature colours as the establishment of a personal “brand.” Perhaps this is due to years of working in the design profession, but I love creating formulas that make life easy for myself and having a signature look that just screams “ME” all over it.
I love color! I especially love orange, purple, turquoise, hot pink and lime green. I, too, don’t care if those are “my colors” or not. I just feel fabulous when I wear them. It makes me mindful of a previous post you did on Decorating Your World. I enjoy injecting color in a world of grays, browns and blacks. Keep up the colorful garb, Sal. You are a great fashion inspiration! Thanks for your blog.
i fear too much color. i feel it makes people look at me, however i am trying to incorporate more color into my wardrobe.
btw you look fabulous.
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