TREND
REPORTING
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Don’t be shy to experiment
Any colour
combination is good if you can pull it off properly.
Blue green and orange work well together.
Do not combine more than three or four colours,
too many colours divide the body disportionally.
Do choose what you want to colour block and keep
the rest of your look simple.
Do choose colour blocked bag but go easy on the
clothes and shoes.
Add texture through fabric choices.
Do add orange and hot pink to neutrals to give
your outfit an instant pop.
Don’t forget make up,a strong colourwash on
eyes,bright lipstick or vibrant nails can really make an outfit pop
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COLOUR BLOCKING
The
concept of clashing colours is nothing new, so what is colour blocking. Colour blocking is combining different
colours that support and compliment each other in one outfit.
Colour
blocking originated in London’s swinging sixties, Mary Quant
designed coloured blocked mini skirts and dresses worn by mods, socialite Edie
Sedgwick and top model Twiggy. In the
seventies colour blocking could be found at Studio 54 with disco styles, and in
the eighties with Mondrian jumpers.
In 2009
US Vogue gave colour blocking a big push when they televised their September
issue,
But it
took a while to go mainstream, the use of primary colours red, blue, green and yellow in large blocks have
been gaining momentum in the last couple of years, who can forget Prada’s striped dress that made its way onto celebrity
backs. Designers have embraced the idea of a more free form abstract when using
colour, Marc Jacobs played with stripes and smaller blocks for a more
interesting distribution of colour.
The use
of a neon pop of colour is something we
all need during cold winter months and in times of austerity, so after a season
of neutrals and nudes its great to see
celebrities like Rihanna, Jlo and Leona Lewis making colour blocking popular.
Spring
2012 runways were more colourful than a Lady Gaga concert, from Missoni to DVF,
every colour imaginable rich jewel tones to neon pinks and orange. My-wardrobe.com buying director Luisa de
Paula says “wear bright tights with a pared down dress”.
Raf
Simmons at Jil Sander described his collection as “a mille feuille of colour”
his punchy hues were worn in colour blocks like a green jacket, pink tank,
yellow trousers.
Now that
colour blocking has made its way onto the high street with shops like
Debenhams, Forever 21 and Zara do not to be afraid choose the right
combination, think clashing not matching, the more mismatched the better, mix
hot pink, tangerine, lemon, yellow, jungle green , cobalt blue for maximum
impact.
Colour
blocking is not for wall flowers or the faint hearted. One way of introducing colour blocking into
your wardrobe whilst keeping hold of the purse strings is to add colourful
accessories or dress in a selected shade.
Wake up
favourite black pieces with colour. Team
clashing top and blazer to contrast with jeans.
Contrast shoes to a bright dress.
Draw attention to your best assets with the use of colour.
For colour enthusiasts its seem like colour
blocking will be with us for a few seasons, its time to welcome one of
fashions biggest, boldest and loudest trends, with electric
colours, graphic prints, there’s no room for modesty its time to stand out from
the crowd.
Its been a year since my favourite female vocalist of the twenty first century Amy Winehouse passed. something in her voice touched my very soul. The first year I was given Back to Black the album as a Christmas gift, i played a track every day for a year.
Outside Selfridges
that went by quickly
