Given todays deluge of snow, you may be forgiven for thinking that I have taken leave of my senses when you read this post.
Summer colours are probably not what you’ll be rushing out to buy tomorrow but it’s always good to be ahead of the curve!!!
Anyway, where did the week go and what the hell have I been doing?!?!
To be fair a large chunk has been spent painting my living room.
Just before Xmas I had the bright idea that it needed redecorating.
I promptly informed Mr R of my brilliant plan and got him to rip the room apart. He probably knew this was a bad idea, with terrible timing but experience has taught him to keep schtum and JFDI!
So that is exactly what he did.
Finally, yesterday, after 2 months of mess, the sofa arrived and I merrily splashed the last bit of Lamp Room Grey around the walls. Done at last. Hooray!!
I’m a sad individual and I’m almost fanatical about the Farrow and Ball colour palette. Given the chance and a willing partner, I will happily discuss the merits and demerits of its colour palette for hours!
Anyway, moving swiftly from one fabulous colour palette to another. Lets talk S/S ’13 colour trends…do you like how I did that?!?
The catwalks were awash with colour last September.
Look hard enough and you could pretty much find every colour, shade and hue amongst the millions of clothes that were paraded up and down.
I am going to concentrate on the four biggest & brightest colour groups/ trends.
No 1 and probably the biggest news in colour for S/S ’13 is actually a non colour…
White - This was the must have colour on every designers catwalk. White was everywhere, whether worn as a head to toe outfit, as white on white embellishment or broken up with a contrast block colour. It was a must have. Not the easiest to carry off especially if we don’t get any sun!
From left to right – Chloe, Givenchy, Missoni
Next up is…
Pastels - This is a really pretty and feminine colour group. All colours in soft, pale shades were on show. Again, not an easy level to wear against lily-white, ‘I haven’t seen the sun in years!’ skin. We definitely need to get some colour for this to work!!
From left to right - Antonio Marras, Chloe, See by Chloe
In stark contrast to the soft pastels is a group of colours not for the faint hearted…
Neon Brights – A very bold group of colours. Everything from neon yellow to shocking pink goes! Maybe not everyone’s first choice for a head to toe look, (though it would definitely get you noticed)! These colours look great worn back to any neutral and will mix back and modernise clothes from last summer.
Left to right – Christian Dior, Cacharel, Givenchy
My last colour trend is again about non colour…
Black and White – Monochrome was 2nd only to white in popularity and appeared every which way possible, as print, banding, patchwork & block colour. A really easy colour mix to wear. However, if you go for the block colour look, BEWARE; you very can easily end up looking like a waitress!!!
Left to right - Giambattista Vialli, Balenciaga, Lanvin
Just enough time to do Diet Watch- All I can say about that is ERGGHH, not going well at all. Will start again Monday!!
Next time my final S/S ’13 installment. Key Pieces.
Happy & snowy weekend everyone!
I do agree about wearing black and white carefully to avoid looking like a waitress. I love to wear pastels with neutrals in the spring and summer months but I’m always a little wary of neon. Pleased to have stumbled upon your blog and now following on Bloglovin’.
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Hi Miss b, Thank you for your comments & glad you’re enjoying the blog. I have to say I might be steering clear of the neons…not sure they’re 100% for me!! Kat x