Woohoo, it's Sunday! I finally have a bit more than 10 minutes to write a post. It was a busy Sunday for me. Had to wake up at 6 am to get to a local carboot sale early. I know, I know, it's not charity shopping. Well, at least all proceedings from selling pitches are going to the Sheffield Children Hospital!
Anyway. This time I wanted to write a little bit about colour blocking. I'm obsessed with this trend. It looks like a summer or spring trend, however I like adding such bright colours during winter seasons when the sunrise is at 7.30 am and greys rule everywhere. I think the main rule here is to keep the balance and not overdo it. So there should be a neutral item in the look that would balance two complimentary colours.
Also, it looks really good if colours are right opposite each on the colour wheel. So, for example, blue will be enhanced by orange while purple will standout even more when it's combined with green.
I picked a look from the current Carolina Herrera collection and used it as inspiration. I want to get more bright items soon and add to my collection. Armani too like playing around with colours so I decided to include some of their ad campaigns in this blog.
I picked several items from my collection that I found in charity shops. I picked:
- Per Una red polyester jacket
- Anthology orange polyester jacket
- Jaeger blue wool skirt
- Jaeger sleeveless white silk top
- Sonia Rykiel wool top
- Per Una khaki maxi skirt
Black Next trousers aren't from a charity shop. They were my emergency trousers when I ripped my very nice wool trousers at work! Devastating as these were Saba trousers and I really liked them...anyway..moving on..
Sooo, here's the Carolina Herrera's look.
As you can see if you have such a bright and colourful item like this Sonia Rykiel top, it's better to combine it with a more subdued and plain item. Although, I should try and combine it with that blue Jaeger skirt!
Anyway. I'm on my way to colour block and experiment with more combos and colours! Happy Sunday!
Anyway. This time I wanted to write a little bit about colour blocking. I'm obsessed with this trend. It looks like a summer or spring trend, however I like adding such bright colours during winter seasons when the sunrise is at 7.30 am and greys rule everywhere. I think the main rule here is to keep the balance and not overdo it. So there should be a neutral item in the look that would balance two complimentary colours.
Also, it looks really good if colours are right opposite each on the colour wheel. So, for example, blue will be enhanced by orange while purple will standout even more when it's combined with green.
I picked a look from the current Carolina Herrera collection and used it as inspiration. I want to get more bright items soon and add to my collection. Armani too like playing around with colours so I decided to include some of their ad campaigns in this blog.
I picked several items from my collection that I found in charity shops. I picked:
- Per Una red polyester jacket
- Anthology orange polyester jacket
- Jaeger blue wool skirt
- Jaeger sleeveless white silk top
- Sonia Rykiel wool top
- Per Una khaki maxi skirt
Black Next trousers aren't from a charity shop. They were my emergency trousers when I ripped my very nice wool trousers at work! Devastating as these were Saba trousers and I really liked them...anyway..moving on..
Sooo, here's the Carolina Herrera's look.
and here're some of the Armani's past campaigns
Here're the combos I created using mentioned items
Anyway. I'm on my way to colour block and experiment with more combos and colours! Happy Sunday!
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