The next in Carol Karl and my series on choosing jewellery is all about getting your contrast right. Contrast is a hot topic in my online style program 7 Steps to Style – as it’s the key to how you take a generic colour swatch and then choose colours in a way that work for…
If you don’t know which colours flatter your complexion and then you get a colour analysis and discover that a heap of your clothes are not in the right colours, it can feel like an expensive exercise to replace everything. But this doesn’t have to be so as there are ways around this conundrum without…
What are analogous colors? Analogous colors are colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel and share a similar hue. They create a cohesive and harmonious color scheme when used together in design or art. On a colour wheel, these are the colours that are next to each other and they…
Reader Question: My lifestyle is very casual and my personal style is relaxed, romantic and classic. How do I add romantic and classical elements to my outfits? We are all combination of dressing styles. Nobody is one style. Different situations may require us to rely more heavily on one dressing style than others. So often…
Recently I did a personal colour analysis for two women who ended up with the same palette, even though they would never have guessed that their colouring fit the same palette. One was a dark blonde with golden skin and brown eyes. The other was a light golden blonde with green eyes and fair skin. …
Reader Question: How much of each colour should you wear – what are the proportions when putting an outfit together? Balance and Harmony You want to create a balance between the inner you, your personality, and the outer you, your appearance and natural colouring. You want to feel like you when wearing your colours…
In This Video 0.08 Details- Looking stylish current and funky at 60 (and feeling comfortable) – ideas on the details involved putting a look together 4.48 I heard a successful makeup artist say that some people have a mixture of warm and cool features. For example, some may have warm colored natural hair but cool…
Are you unsure of how to successfully add jewellery and other accessories to more colourful outfits? Do you worry that you will look ridiculous or just overdone? Fear not, I’m here to give you the Accessorizing with Colourful Outfits fast-start course with just 3 top tips to follow. 1. Relate the Colours The first…
How do I wear multiple colours at the same time when I have a lower colour contrast?
How do I choose the right kind of brown for eyeshadows that suit my complexion? How do you tell warm from cool browns?
Why is it that you advise those with grey hair to wear smokier, more muted colours? Doesn’t this just make us fade further into the background?
What to put on your legs – socks, stockings what to wear with skirts and dresses, how about jeans?
As a deep value and neturals plus one colour how much colour in one outfit do you you think looks best?
What shoes don’t look frumpy?
When should you wear nude shoes with dark hair and when should you wear dark ones for visual grouping? How to choose your best nude colour for a shoe?
Is a medium size necklace and small crossbody bag enough for colour contrast?
How to adjust my wardrobe for my new grey hair
I love colourful outfits but my colour contrast is 1 colour at a time how can I wear more colours at the same time without looking like a clown?
Is it unusual to have a long decolletage and long rise?
WHat kinds of scarves should you have in a collection? Signature colours? Contrasts, patterns, or plain?
How do you choose your best neutrals?
Want to look taller and or slimmer? The column of colour is just one of the many illusion tricks I can teach you, so that you can become your own clothing magician. The column of colour is a great trick to elongate your body When we think about using lines to create the illusion of…
One of the easiest ways of creating a longer slimmer appearance is to wear a column of colour (and I’ve written extensively on this topic in multiple posts which you can look through here). Now what I’m finding is that there are a lot of questions about how to create a column of colour that…
Struggling with Your Style? Every day I get emails about style struggles and I put them into these video Q&A sessions as I want to empower you to look and feel your best every day and stop wasting money randomly buying clothes that end up sitting in you wardrobe unworn cos they just aren’t quite…
why don’t i wear all the colours in my palette?Why didn’t I get every colour selected in my signature colours? Colour and value contrast matter
Have you had a personal colour analysis but only wear a small selection of the colours in your palette? There are a number of reasons for this. They can be psychological – you just don’t like the colour (often some sort of association with the colour that is negative for you) or it can just…
If I shave off my hair how will this change my value and colour contrasts?
H shape with a large bust – should I wear an inner or outer column of colour and should it be light, medium or dark?
Wardrobe help – I’m moving from a hotter to a colder climate, have lots of clothes – what should I keep and how do I figure out what to purge?
If you have an ideal value of medium light and medium-low value contrast but are an A shape – can you wear dark tops?
My young son has warm skin and cool eyes – can he be a mix of colouring?
If I’m neutrals plus 2 colours can I just wear a different coloured necklace to the colour in my top, or do I need to add that colour to more areas of my outfit – such as a bracelet too?
In this Video 0.38 How can I wear black and white when I have grey hair and muted colouring? 6.40 How do I get a waist if belts make me look short waisted? 11.30 I’m having trouble figuring out my body shape – what tips have you got? Wearing Black and White Why Black…
