• Color

    Choosing Prints for Your Color Contrast!

    (Or Patterns…) Happy day, dear reader! Spring is here (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) and summer is not far behind. It’s the season many people shuffle out of their predominantly neutral and solid wardrobes to embrace some…

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    What’s Your Color Contrast?

    And why does it matter? Happy day, dear reader, When I help a client style an outfit, or tweak what they have to make them look their best, two places I look first are at their Value Contrast and Color…

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    Summer Color Picks

    2022 Edition Happy day, Dear Reader! What colors say summer to you? Colors with a warm overtone? (The difference between overtone and undertone.) Brights? Pastels? White? Some combination of all of the above? I expect most people would lay claim…

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    Pantone F/W Colors 2021/22

    Happy day, reader dear! Here’s wishing your day is bright and colorful! (In all the good ways…) Why am I writing about the Pantone Fall/Winter 2021/22 colors in August when the news published in February? Well, who needed fall/winter colors…

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    Spring/Summer 2021 Pantone Colors

    Happy day, reader dearest! I hope your day is colorful! I mean that in the BEST possible way. If your day isn’t colorful yet, it should be brighter by the end of this post! That’s right! It’s time to talk…

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    How Many Colors is Too Many?

    It Depends! Happy day, reader dear! Isn’t the answer above frustrating? If you are the kind that likes rules and life in black and white, I apologize. I’m all about the messy middle (As Brené Brown calls it.) That place…

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    Pantone Colors: Spring/Summer 2020

    Cooling Off after Seasons of Warmth! Happy day, dear reader! Now that we are heading into the coldest part of winter (in our area), let’s take a peek forward to spring and summer. Well, at least to color for spring…

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    Color Inspirations

    Happy day, reader dear! Sometimes clients (or others who see wardrobe plans I have created) ask “How did you come up with that combination?” Well, I’m not always sure exactly where a particular one comes from, but I can tell…

  • Accessories

    Style Staple #7: A Colored Bag

    Wishing the happiest of days to you, dear reader! If this is your first visit, welcome! If you are returning, thank you for coming to see me again! We are finally at the end of this batch of Style Staples,…