As I have recently got more into my wardrobe again, I have been experimenting with clothes which I haven't worn in a long time and begun to remember what makes me feel good. I am noticing that the relationship between colours and with clothes and how they make you feel is all but simple.
I am slowly beginning to abandon blue, which will be a shock to anyone reading my blog as you know that I am a serious navy wearer. Of course my navy jeans and I will never be parted but I am sick to the back teeth of electric blue.
I am moving more towards greys and greens. Grey makes me feel like me and green makes my eyes look good (although right now I don't have much of it, apart from one khaki jacket).
I have replaced blocks of colour with colourful accents. Blocks of bright colour make me feel like a five year old.
The therapeutic properties of pink will always remain close to my heart, but I have to make it look edgy. I just feel like a princess-y girly-girl otherwise. But pink on the lips is compulsory.
White is just the opposite of me. For years I struggled with the elegance of beige and camel and snow white, willing it to work for me. But it just doesn't work. If I ever get married, maybe I'll wear red. That's a colour which makes me feel strong, and which I don't have nearly enough of.
Black. Oh, black. Black always seems to get such a bad rep for being boring but when I wear it I boring is the last thing I feel. As long as I don't wear it with denim.
"I am moving more towards greys and greens. Grey makes me feel like me and green makes my eyes look good"
ReplyDeleteI feel exactly the same way about these two, though I didn't like grey that much until last year when I completely embraced it.
"I have replaced blocks of colour with colourful accents. Blocks of bright colour make me feel like a five year old."
Colourful accents = jewelry and badges for me :)
I'm willing to try nearly any color nowadays.
ReplyDeleteI'm rekindling my love of black these days ... perhaps because I own so MUCH of it!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had more options. I end up with/in a lot of black in my work, and I get sick to death of it. Just yesterday I tried to get some color other than black into my work wardrobe, and I failed. I felt deflated. I wish there were more options.
ReplyDeleteAs for my street clothes, it's usually jeans with some brightly colored top/t-shirt/sweater for me. I really don't branch out much.
I gravitate toward pink/red/purple, and the occasional green.
I loved reading your thoughts on color...color theory and its affects on emotions seriously fascinates me. I wish I could just study color (I already do a little for fun!).
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling more green lately too...but electric blue still make me giddy...maybe it's because I don't own a ton.
PS guys, that iz ME you see!
ReplyDeleteI'm rediscovering hunter green, but I've always been faithful to grays and blues. I own a lot of red because of an ex-boyfriend. violets, and pinks have been my wandering into my wardrobe in the last few years.
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