Peach Jacket 5 Ways

Jane from Work that Wardrobe (and boy does she work it hard) was given (don’t worry, she didn’t buy it)  a pale peach jacket, it’s a Chanel style tweed, and similar colour to this jacket.  She asked me what she should wear it with colourwise, so I’ve put together a layout of 5 outfits in…

How to Mix Colours

An easy way to mix colours is to mix 2 neutrals with 1 colour, this is pretty fail safe, especially if both your neutrals are either warm or cool in their undertone. Another option is to go for 2/3 of a triad. A triad is three colours equidistant on the colour wheel, if you choose…

Colour Me Happy

The other day I was surfing around and stumbled upon this fantastic blog about colour written by an interior designer Maria Killam.  It’s so full of incredibly useful information on how to choose colour for your interiors I had to share it with you all.   Maria’s blog is called Colour Me Happy , and is…

What’s Your Colour Contrast?

Have you ever thought about colour contrast when dressing? What is colour contrast you may ask and why does it even matter? Colour contrast relates to your own natural colouring and creating harmony and balance with you. For example, if you are monochromatic in colouring – so say have brown eyes and brown hair, you…

Tips on wearing red - figuring out warm v cool red as well as the difference in intensity - bright v muted or soft, and how to wear red shoes and create a harmonious outfit using accessories

How to Wear Red

A lovely reader asked if I could do a post on wearing Red – as she bought a pair of red shoes in Paris, and was thinking that maybe they looked a bit ‘clownish’ – so here are some tips.   Red comes in many guises From bright to dusky, from warm to cool, light…